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KUWAIT: Officers are seen during a crackdown against violating labor forces in Ardiya.
437 arrested in second Ardiya crackdown
KUWAIT: Officers are seen during a crackdown against violating labor forces in Ardiya.KUWAIT: Hundreds of people were arrested in a police crackdown in Industrial Ardiya Tuesday night, hours after 545 expatriates were arrested in an unscheduled campaign in the same area.During the second campaign in less than 24 hours in the area, 437 people were arrested for violating residency and labor regulations, as well as being wanted by authorities over...
KUWAIT: Vehicles drive with their headlights turned on during heavy rains yesterday afternoon in Shuwaikh. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Heavy rains hit Kuwait
KUWAIT: Vehicles drive with their headlights turned on during heavy rains yesterday afternoon in Shuwaikh. —Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Thunderstorms hit Kuwait yesterday as heavy clouds in some areas such as Abdali forced drivers to use headlights while driving in the afternoon. Meteorological stations recorded 10 millimeters of rain in northern and western areas including Abdali, Salmi, Abraq and Matraba. The Kuwait Meteorological...
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Fuel prices' liberalization remedy for budget deficit - KD 16 billion subsidies for next three years
KUWAIT: Local scene has been abuzz with much talk about forecast liberalization of prices of diverse types of fuel, particularly the benzene, amid predictions rates of the latter type may range between 100-115 fils per liter in the foreseeable future.The sector's stakeholders now view as a necessity liberalization of the fuel prices, considering the oil prices slump, where the barrel of crude has shed more than 70 percent of its value since June...
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MoI promotes cybercrime law
Brigadier Adel Al-HashashKUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) is set to launch a wide-scale media campaign on January 12th to promote the cybercrime law, a senior security official said yesterday. The MoI's media campaign is mainly intended to make the largest number of society categories familiar with the contents of the law, General Director of the MoI's Public Relations and Security Media Department Brigadier Adel Al-Hashash said in a press...
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MP slams labor unions' bill
MP Saleh AshourKUWAIT: MP Saleh Ashour criticized the government over a new bill to organize labor unions' work in Kuwait. The lawmaker charged that article 12 of the new law, which states that the regulations are compulsory, is considered a blatant intervention in unionist work and a shift in the government's role which providing guidance according to the constitution. "Article 177 of Kuwait's constitution states that applying its articles must...
KUWAIT: This file photo shows the Jaber Hospital under construction.
KD 1.33 million to build, expand hospitals: Ministry - Medical experts to visit Kuwait
An aerial view of Jaber Hospital, which is slated to be opened sometime during the first quarter of 2016.KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health (MoH) set KD 1.33 million for a total of seven projects for expansion and establishment of hospitals in the country's governorates. The Ministry is following up on a strategy to cope with the structural plan of the country till 2010, allocating a total of 4,342 beds to all existing and new hospitals, Head of the...
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Expat teachers to be cut by 25%
KUWAIT: The Education Ministry plans to reduce the number of expatriate teachers of both genders in certain specialties by up to 25 percent, starting from the next school year.General Education Undersecretary at the Education Ministry Fatima Al-Kandari said the ministry is keen and serious over the replacement process, especially for expats, who will be reduced by 20 to 25 percent in specialties that already have qualified citizens, Gulf...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah waves to the crowd at the official opening of the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium. — KUNA
Major local events in 2015 - Part II
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah waves to the crowd at the official opening of the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium. — KUNAKUWAIT: The following is part two of a list of major local events that happened in 2015, courtesy of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA):Defense and security:March 19: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Sabah issued a ministerial decision on the...
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Municipality seizes 650 kg expired truffle
KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality launched inspection campaigns yesterday to ensure validity of foodstuff, with field inspection teams seizing 650 kilograms of expired truffles. The food and markets control department carried out a field tour that targeted the seasonal truffle market, resulting in the seizure and confiscation of 650 kilograms of rotten truffles, that were also destroyed, Director of Al-Asimah Municipality Saud Al-Enezi said in...
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Bedoon Driver arrested with drugs
KUWAIT: Major General Fahd Al-Shuwaye sent a bedoon man to the Drugs Control General Department after he was arrested while obstructing traffic on Taawon road. Officers found him in an abnormal condition with possession of hashish and drugs paraphernalia.Generator theftA citizen accused a person of stealing a power generator in a complaint he filed at Jahra police station. Investigations are ongoing.Two hurt in fightA bloody fight took place in...
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Israel cracks down on Islamic State recruits
JERUSALEM: Ayoob Kara, a deputy Israeli cabinet minister, used to double as an unofficial intermediary with the few of his fellow Arab citizens who have left to join Islamic State insurgents in Syria or Iraq. Negotiating discreetly through relatives and go-betweens, he would offer them reduced jail terms if they returned to Israel, cooperated with security services and helped deter other would-be Islamic State recruits by publicly disavowing the...
This photo provided by Thames Valley Police shows Mohammed Rehman and his wife Sana Ahmed Khan. —AP
Life sentences given to UK attack plot couple
This photo provided by Thames Valley Police shows Mohammed Rehman and his wife Sana Ahmed Khan. —APLONDON: A husband and wife convicted of planning a major attack to mark the 10th anniversary of the London suicide bombings were both sentenced to life in prison yesterday. Mohammed Rehman, 25, who used the Twitter name "Silent Bomber" and asked users whether he should bomb a shopping centre or the London Underground train network, will serve a...
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Residency violators arrested in Shuwaikh Industrial Area