Durra Domestic Helpers Company recruits 'well-trained chefs'

KUWAIT: The public prosecution is currently investigating two university degrees that the Ministry of Higher Education referred to it with suspicion of being fake, well-informed sources said. They explained that one of the degrees was supposedly given to a citizen by a Syrian university in Dair Al-Zour, which had been subject to military offensives for years now. The second degree was also submitted to the ministry by a citizen who received it from Egypt but held no official attestation stamps. The sources said that the public prosecution would interrogate ministry employees then summoned the two concerned citizens for further investigations.

Trained chefs

Following the announcement of the arrival of a batch of female domestic helpers from the Philippines and Sri Lanka, Al-Durra Domestic Helpers Company announced on their Twitter account the arrival of a group of 'Indian chefs with good experience and training on cooking Kuwaiti dishes' to Kuwait.

TEC facilities

The Touristic Enterprises Company (TEC) has some valuable facilities while some others are totally worn out, Finance Minister Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf said, adding that the company was currently preparing the feasibility studies needed to develop those facilities pending contracting specialized companies to execute the development projects. Hajraf added that the company would temporarily continue operating on various traditional and national occasions. He also noted that 14 percent of the company's employees were citizens and that the lease contracts of most facilities were concluded and would be offered for public bidding soon. Separately, Kuwait Municipality Director Ahmad Al-Manfouhi said that the finance ministry was about to terminate the contract signed with the investor at the heritage village project because of delaying the project's execution.

Direct purchase

Kuwait Farmers Union's Chairman Abdullah Al-Dammak stressed that the tripartite committee's decision on direct purchase of vegetables from the union's outlet without any mediators was in effect. Speaking after a meeting with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor's (MSAL) assistant undersecretary for cooperation affairs Abdul Aziz Sho'aib, Dammak said that MSAL was currently preparing a new mechanism to activate e-control on various consumer goods and services in co-op societies and vegetable outlets, adding that automating the service would connect co-ops' systems to that of the ministry to improve performance. Dammak added that automation would soon be applied to vegetable items in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Public Authority for Manpower. He also stressed that 94 percent of co-ops were fully committed to direct purchase to help reduce the prices.

By A Saleh