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VALENCIA: Valencia’s Paco Alcacer, center left, celebrates after scoring against Real Madrid during Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain, Sunday. — AP
Benitez's Madrid stumbles in 2-2 draw at Valencia
VALENCIA: Valencia’s Paco Alcacer, center left, celebrates after scoring against Real Madrid during Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain, Sunday. — APBARCELONA: Real Madrid squandered a great opening goal and a chance to catch Barcelona in the Spanish league standings when it slipped to a 2-2 draw at Valencia in a match it ended with 10 men on Sunday.Madrid seemed set to romp to an easy victory after Karim...
CAPE TOWN: South African batsman and Captain Hashim Amla plays a shot during the third days play in the second Test cricket match between England and South Africa at the Newlands stadium yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa. — AFP
Amla stands firm against England
CAPE TOWN: South African batsman and Captain Hashim Amla plays a shot during the third days play in the second Test cricket match between England and South Africa at the Newlands stadium yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa. — AFPCAPE TOWN: South African captain Hashim Amla defied England's bowlers and batted throughout the third day of the second Test at Newlands yesterday.Amla made an unbeaten 157 as South Africa reached 353 for three at the...
PERTH: Andy Murray of Britain hits a return against Kenny de Schepper of France during their fourth session men’s singles match on day two of the Hopman Cup tennis tournament in Perth yesterday. — AFP
Murray off to flying start with easy win at Hopman Cup
PERTH: Andy Murray of Britain hits a return against Kenny de Schepper of France during their fourth session men’s singles match on day two of the Hopman Cup tennis tournament in Perth yesterday. — AFPPERTH: World number two Andy Murray blew away his training court cobwebs with a season-opening demolition of Frenchman Kenny de Schepper at the mixed teams Hopman Cup yesterday. Murray said his form in practice since arriving in Australia had...
Saudi Arabia's state television channel displays an image of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, Dubai. Saudi Arabia on Saturday announced the execution of 47 prisoners accused of terrorism charges, including the Shiite cleric who was a central figure in 2011 Arab Spring-inspired protests in the kingdom. The killing of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr may spark new unrest among Saudi Arabia's Shiite minority, largely concentrated in the kingdom’s east, and in Bahrain, which has seen low-level violence since 2011 protests by its Shiite majority demanding greater rights from its Sunni monarchy. Arabic under photo reads: Nimr Baqir Ameen al-Nimr, nationality/Saudi. Red ticker reads: The deviant group determined to strike the national economy and harm the position of the kingdom and its relations with (other) countries. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
Saudi Arabia severs ties with Iran
Saudi Arabia's state television channel displays an image of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, Dubai. Saudi Arabia on Saturday announced the execution of 47 prisoners accused of terrorism charges, including the Shiite cleric who was a central figure in 2011 Arab Spring-inspired protests in the kingdom. --AP RIYADH: Saudi Arabia broke off diplomatic ties with Iran on Sunday night after protesters ransacked its embassy in Tehran to...
Lieutenant GeneralnSuleiman Al-Fahd
Expats face deportation for violating environment laws
Suleiman Al-FahdKUWAIT: The Interior Ministry yesterday warned that violators of environmental laws will face tough action, including deportation for expat offenders. Interior Ministry Undersecretary Maj Gen Suleiman Fahd Al-Fahd said environment police are determined to implement ministerial decision no. 1129 due to its integral role in implementing the environment protection law in cooperation and coordination with concerned authorities. He...
Major General Talal Maarafi
Linking passport, residency validities become effective - No visa to dependents without separate passports
Major General Talal MaarafiKUWAIT: Director General of Residency Affairs Department at the Interior Ministry Major General Talal Maarafi spoke about many decisions, some to become effective today. He said this will lead to achieving more control and secure the country against violators. He said the department will be stricter in collecting fines and transfer them to the state treasury. He said the increase of fees for expat residencies is...
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Morning OPDs at public hospitals only for Kuwaitis from this month
KUWAIT: Al-Anbaa reported that the health ministry prepares to implement a decision to allocate morning OPDs at various public hospitals for citizens only from this month. But it intends to exempt nuclear medicine departments from this decision.Informed sources said the exception was due to the need to rationalize the use of isotopes and radioactive elements by using them only in the mornings instead of doubling the quantity used.Notably, the...
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And the chaos continues...
Lately there have been a lot of crackdowns on illegal expats. Yesterday, while at the newspaper, I heard the guys talking about a raid on a publishing house near Kuwait Times in Shuwaikh. When I checked it out, it seemed that they were looking not only for illegals, but also anyone working part-time somewhere other than with their sponsor. It is not allowed for expatriates in Kuwait to work a second job or with anyone besides their...
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Fear of Filipinos with diseases entering Kuwait - After GAMCA ruling in Philippines
KUWAIT: Following a court decision in the Philippines that does not recognize the GAMCA system for testing expat labor, health ministry sources expressed fear that Filipino laborers infected with infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and AIDS may arrive in the country.Sources said this ruling will lead to the Philippines government to consider the GAMCA entity illegal in the country, adding that the ruling will affect the accuracy of medical...
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22,000 bedoons do not meet citizenship criteria
KUWAIT: The Central Apparatus for Illegal Residents’ Affairs has concluded studying the files of 32,678 bedoons (stateless residents) within the second phase of the Cabinet’s roadmap to consider granting bedoons citizenship, said high-ranking sources, noting that 22,037 of them did not match the conditions set to get Kuwaiti citizenship and thus their applications were rejected.The sources added that the concerned committee nominated 745...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
Entering into a work relationship
I have been writing for the past two years on multiple platforms and as I look back on last year's accomplishments, I am extremely grateful that I started writing for Kuwait Times. I received in total 4,862 emails in 2015. The most discussed issues are related to the labor law, and although I have discussed various parts of it on multiple occasions via my writings, my advice was mainly focused on ending a work contract. I spoke about the common...
MP Faisal Al-Shaye, MP Faisal Al-Kandari and MP Saleh Ashour
MPs wary over subsidies' rationalization plans - 'Wrong to target citizens' pockets when oil prices drop'
MP Faisal Al-Shaye, MP Faisal Al-Kandari and MP Saleh AshourKUWAIT: Chairman of the parliament's financial affairs committee MP Faisal Al-Shaye said that he supports stopping all 'wasteful official spending' including subsidies, provided it was done according to clear studies and setting binding prices. "The government must not consider making up for the budget deficit due to falling oil prices by increasing revenues collected from citizens," he...
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