Новости за 06.03.2019

Online process to begin with domestic workers from March 10 KUWAIT: The interior ministry yesterday announced the cancellation of the use of residency stickers on expats’ passports, saying all the needed data will be on their civil IDs, which will be considered as proof of residence for expats. During a press conference yesterday, Director-General of […]

KUWAIT: The Traffic Department’s Assistant Director General for Traffic Regulations Col Yousuf Al-Khaddah issued a decision banning the issuance of driving licenses to muezzins and nurses. A source said the ban on these two groups is due to the fact that the majority of muezzins stay in the mosques where they work. As for nurses, […]

KUWAIT: The National Assembly yesterday overwhelmingly approved in the first reading a key amendment to the labor law in the private sector to increase annual leave from 30 to 35 days. All 45 MPs present voted for the amendment, which will become final when the Assembly holds the second and final voting on the law. […]

Fee hoped to curb entry of beggars on visit visas KUWAIT: Both the government and lawmakers agreed to accelerate the issuance of a law to impose health insurance on visitors to Kuwait, well-informed ministerial sources said. The sources added that the new health insurance is expected to go in effect within two months and before […]

KUWAIT: The national campaign for fighting cancer, also known as Cancer Aware Nation (CAN), launched an awareness campaign against colon and rectal cancer with a press conference at the Radisson Blu Hotel in the presence of Deputy Chairman Dr Khalid Ahmad Al-Saleh, Dr Rasheed Al-Hamad, Dr Hussa Al-Shaheen, Dr Rashad Salamah and Dr Abdelsalam Al-Najjar. […]

KUWAIT: Authorities filed 181 citations against violators of the labor law at the Shadadiya university site during an unscheduled campaign yesterday. The crackdown came as part of the activities of a joint committee that includes members from the Public Authority for Manpower, Interior Ministry and Commence Ministry to adjust local labor market conditions, Manpower Authority […]

KUWAIT: Around 115 people died of drug overdoses in 2018, including 50 Kuwaitis, Al-Qabas reported yesterday. The majority of the victims were youths, while morphine was the main cause of death, informed sources said. Among the dead are six women and 109 men, said the sources. Bedoons rank second after Kuwaitis with 18 victims of […]

Fines’ nonpayment stops processing paperwork at state departments KUWAIT: Although littering in public places has been punishable by law for more than 30 years, many people still litter. According to law 9/1987, Kuwait Municipality is in charge of issuing tickets for various kinds of littering, including throwing paper, cigarettes and other garbage on roads, yards, […]

DUBAI: Moody’s cut Oman’s credit rating to junk with a negative outlook, citing fiscal challenges at a time of moderate oil prices in a move set to keep its borrowing costs high. Moody’s said in a statement on Tuesday that Oman could face external vulnerability as wide fiscal deficits will contribute to wide current account […]

LONDON: British counter terrorism officers are investigating three “small improvised explosive devices” believed capable of starting small fires that were found in separate locations in London on Tuesday. The suspicious packages containing padded envelopes were found at an office block next to Heathrow Airport, the post room at Waterloo station, and at offices near London […]