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Amir congratulates Saudi King on municipal elections’ success - Kuwaiti feminists laud women’s election
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent on Sunday a congratulatory cable to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud on the success of the municipal elections. In the cable, His Highness the Amir praised Saudi women's participation as candidates and voters in this elections, which embodied Saudi women's effective role in the Kingdom's development.His Highness the Amir also prayed to Allah Almighty to bless King...
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Don't Rush To Judge
Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan Two MPs have filed to grill Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi over a variety of allegations. While filing interpellation motions is the right of lawmakers, one has to look at the bigger picture, as there is a tendency to look at a person's flaws and ignore his achievements. Since assuming office, Dr Obaidi has initiated plenty of new services and has overseen the opening and refurbishment of many health facilities. He has...
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Two MPs file to grill health minister
KUWAIT: MPs Hamdan Al-Azemi and Rakan Al-Nasef yesterday filed a request to grill Health Minister Ali Al-Obaidi over a variety of alleged violations and exploitation of Indian nurses recruited for the ministry. National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said the grilling was supposed to be placed on the agenda of the Dec 29/30 sessions, but there is a possibility that the two sessions may be held next week instead. Accordingly, the grilling will...
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Dec 24 public holiday for Prophet’s birthday
KUWAIT: Thursday, Dec 24, will be a public holiday on the occasion of Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) birthday, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced yesterday.The CSC added in a statement that all government offices and institutions would suspend work on this day. Bodies with work of special nature will decide their own holiday accordingly, taking public interest into account. Work will resume on Sunday, Dec 27.
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DNA tests required to get Kuwaiti passports: Jarrah
Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-SabahKUWAIT: Commenting on withdrawing the citizenship of cleric Nabil Al-Awadhi, the Ministry of Interior's Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship and Passports Major General Mazen Al-Jarrah stressed that MP Kamel Al-Awadhi arranged for a meeting with him (Jarrah) prior to the withdrawal of the citizenship, in which Awadhi offered to "do anything to cancel the decision".Speaking in a meeting at writer Saad...
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Lawmaker suggests replacing expat workers with bedoons
KUWAIT: MP Jamal Al-Omar called for establishing a special center to train stateless people with university degrees and those who had finished high school in various fields needed for local labor market so that they could gradually substitute expatriates. Omar added that bedoons could be utilized as automobile mechanics, carpenters, constructions laborers, factory technicians, clerks, receptionists and farmers.Subaih's grillingResponding to an...
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Residency detectives bust 30 fake companies
KUWAIT: Residency affairs detectives discovered 30 fake companies including 18 that only existed nominally and had no offices at all, said security sources.The sources explained that in collaboration with the manpower authority and under direct instructions from the Interior Ministry's Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship and Residency Affairs Major General Mazen Al-Jarrah, the detectives discovered that 430 workers had been sponsored by fake...
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled, Cabinet Affairs Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah and other officials tour the Jaber Stadium.
Speaker, ministers check Jaber Stadium reopening preparations
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled, Cabinet Affairs Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah and other officials tour the Jaber Stadium.KUWAIT: Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem said Sunday the security personnel were able to make successive achievements in maintaining the security of the country thanks to their perseverance and vigilance. He called on the hardworking...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah chair the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNA
Public urged to attend Jaber Stadium festival - Cabinet Oks anticorruption bill
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah chair the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNAKUWAIT: The cabinet has invited citizens and expatriates to participate in a grand festival slated on Friday for the opening the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium. This came during a cabinet meeting held yesterday at the Amiri Airport under chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad...
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US defense secretary signs Fayez Al-Kandary's release
Fayez-Al-KandariKUWAIT: Well-informed sources said that the US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has signed the release of the Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainee Fayez Al-Kandari. The sources explained that this step was preceded by other procedures and measures taken to free Kandari and return him to Kuwait."Signing the release is an important step towards putting an end to the sufferings of the last Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee," stressed the...
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Eleven Kuwaitis arrested for using 'fake fingerprint'
KUWAIT: Eleven Kuwaiti citizens were found using "silicone fingerprints" on behalf of 344 employees at the ministry of electricity and water in Khairan, Zour, Mina Abdullah, Khaitan and Salmiya. Criminal detectives learned about the forgery and launched an investigation, and were able to catch the forgers red-handed with the silicone prints, for which they used to charge KD 50 per month each.Taxi driver robbedA man claiming to be a policeman hit...
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Fighting the culture of hate
UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon's call to fully respect the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) on the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime is a highly significant perspective to boost awareness and eliminate some of the bad images about inhumane practices in some parts of the world. Despite the presence of a...
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