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17 sales consultants at Mercedes-Benz Kuwait complete Daimler global certification program
KUWAIT: Highlighting the global standards of excellence followed by Daimler around the world, Abdul Rahman Albisher & Zaid Alkazemi Company, the authorised General Distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Kuwait, announced the recent certification of 17 sales consultants from new passenger cars, AMG, fleet sales and approved used cars in a two-year certified training program conducted by the Daimler Regional Training Centre.During the certification...
Hampton Creek Foods pastry chef Ben Roche pouring syrup over french toast made with Just Scramble
Taste test: Next generation of fake meats, vegan mayo - 'Number one, never use the word 'vegan'
Hampton Creek Foods pastry chef Ben Roche pouring syrup over french toast made with Just ScrambleNEW YORK: Patrick Brown is on an improbable mission: Make a burger Americans love, minus the meat. Veggie patties have been around for decades, but Brown and others want to make foods without animal products that look, cook and taste like the real thing - and can finally appeal to the masses. "We are not making a veggie burger. We're creating meat...
Eugenio Figueredo
Fallen FIFA ex-VP 'took $50,000 a month in bribes'
Eugenio FigueredoMONTEVIDEO: Fallen FIFA vice president Eugenio Figueredo received $50,000 a month in "improper payments" from sports marketing companies, authorities in his native Uruguay alleged yesterday in an indictment.The 83-year-old ex-football boss, one of seven top FIFA officials arrested at a Zurich luxury hotel in May, received "hefty sums" each month to ensure two firms retained their exclusive rights to various South American...
Louis Van Gaal
Louis Van Gaal vows to fight through Man Utd uncertainty
Louis Van GaalMANCHESTER: Louis van Gaal has vowed to fight on as Manchester United manager, but admits that the matter may yet be taken out of his hands by the club's board.The Dutchman, 64, has faced three weeks of speculation after a run of games that has seen United slip to sixth place in the Premier League table and limp out of the Champions League in the group phase.Despite an improved display, they could only draw 0-0 with misfiring...
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Ooredoo concludes Paris Saint-Germain Academy sessions
KUWAIT: Ooredoo has successfully concluded its intensive football camp, in collaboration with Paris Saint-Germain Academy for youngsters. The Academy hosted 200 young football lovers between the ages of 6 to 16 for three days. All registered participants received diplomas on the successful completion of their training.This dedicated intensive camp, which was held for the first time in Kuwait, was a great chance for the participants to develop...
Enrique Iglesias
Sri Lanka cricket stars sorry for Enrique concert chaos
Enrique IglesiasAn entertainments company owned by two Sri Lankan cricket legends apologized yesterday for an Enrique Iglesias concert where local women shed their underwear, sparking outrage from the country's president. Live Events, owned by Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, admitted that security "failed alarmingly" and apologized for the "negative experience" during the one-hour concert in Colombo on December 20. Fans had paid prices...
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Barbeque ban on pavements, streets and public parks and seafronts
KUWAIT: State Minister for Municipality Affairs and Communications Minister Essa Al-Kandari issued a decision to amend cleanliness rules and transport of garbage. The decision bans barbequing on pavements, streets and public parks and seafronts. The minister's decision included the following:Article one: The text of the first, fifth, tenth and 24th articles of ministerial decree 190/2008 shall be changed to the following.Article one:...
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MoE sets American schools' fees at KD 1,600-7,000
KUWAIT: The education ministry's private education directorate set the fees to be collected at various American schools operating in Kuwait for the 2015-2016 school year (from kindergarten to high school) at KD 1,653-7,000 per student. Private education director Abdullah Al-Basri issued a memo explaining the details of fees to be collected by the 10 American schools in Kuwait per student in all four educational stages. The details showed that...
Yousef Mustafa
'Kuwait TV lures more watchers'
Yousef MustafaKUWAIT: The number of Kuwait Television watchers climbed by 43 percent in October 2015, as compared to the same period of last year, a senior information official said yesterday. Yousef Mustafa, the Assistant Undersecretary for Television Affairs, attributed the significant rise of spectators to revamping the national visual service in terms of content, technology, employed in shadow of soaring number of users of electronic...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNA
Cabinet urges delivering GCC railway land to Communications Ministry - Northern area to be turned into nature reserve
KUWAIT: The empty chair of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah is seen during yesterday's cabinet meeting. - KUNAKUWAIT: The cabinet yesterday tasked the Public Authority of Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) with taking necessary measures towards delivering plots of land where the Gulf railway project goes through to the Ministry of Communications. This came during a cabinet meeting held at Seif Palace...
Firefighters and workers look down a hole in the ground created following a landslide which killed a construction worker in Funaitees yesterday.
Policeman killed in traffic accident - Lack of safety blamed in worker's death
Firefighters and workers look down a hole in the ground created following a landslide which killed a construction worker in Funaitees yesterday.KUWAIT: A police officer died in an accident reported at Abdali Road yesterday. Sergeant Major Meshari Al-Enezi, 22, from the Jahra police department was pronounced dead on the scene before his body was taken to the forensic department. Paramedics, police and firefighters had rushed to the scene; located...
Iranian Ambassador Dr Ali Reza Enayati
Iranian Ambassador greets on Prophet's Birthday, Christmas
Iranian Ambassador Dr Ali Reza EnayatiIn a statement issued by the Iranian Embassy in Kuwait on the occasion of commemorating the birth of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Iranian Ambassador Dr Ali Reza Enayati said this occasion coincides with the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ (PBUH) and thus both Muslims and Christians are simultaneously celebrating two blessed holy occasions.Enayati added that both religions' followers can share the joy in...