Новости за 31.03.2019

KUWAIT: Recent statistics by the GCC statistical center (GCC Stat) showed 7.3 percent of the workforce in Kuwait is illiterate, which is the highest amongst GCC states, followed by Bahrain with 4.1 percent. Kuwait also has 23.3 percent of the workforce with only primary school education, which is the highest in the GCC, 12.7 percent […]

KUWAIT: The interior ministry’s PR and security media department announced that in collaboration with the ministry of public works to maintain various roads, partial road closures (one lane at a time) will begin in two phases from tomorrow (April 2, 2019). The department explained that the partial closures will be from 6 pm till 6 […]

DUBAI: Several Israeli speakers are to appear at a business conference in Bahrain next month, a move condemned by MPs in the tiny Gulf state yesterday. At least three Israeli speakers, including the Israel Innovation Authority’s deputy chief Anya Eldan, are scheduled to speak at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Manama, according to the forum’s […]

‘If you are 40 years old and above, please undergo screening of the colon’ KUWAIT: Colorectal cancer is the number one cause of death for middle-aged men and number two for middle-aged women in Kuwait, according to Dr Abdullah Al-Haddad, consultant general laparoscopic surgeon at Dar Al-Shifa Hospital. The finding was based on ministry of […]

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior’s residency affairs investigation department contacted Ministry of Education demanding it not hire any residency visa violators in public schools, said informed sources. The sources explained that MoI’s letter explained that a number of expats had been arrested for working in public schools while holding visas sponsored by other companies or […]

KUWAIT: Informed sources at the manpower authority said expats recruited in Kuwait in agricultural, industrial, shepherding and fishing activities or to work in co-ops will be allowed to transfer their work permits after one year instead of three years, provided the original sponsor approves the transfer. The transfer should also be made to another sponsor […]

KUWAIT: The health ministry has set up a high-level probe panel to investigate the causes of the death of Mohammad Barjas Al-Mishari, a Kuwaiti citizen, at Jahra Hospital two days ago. The ministry is determined to find the true causes of the incident and take the appropriate legal measures if there is any medical error, […]

KUWAI: A law was issued amending law number 1/1999 pertaining collecting health insurance from non-Kuwaitis and fees for the health services they receive. Informed sources said the new amendment will mandate expats visiting Kuwait to purchase health insurance either through specialized companies or by purchasing revenue stamps to be affixed on the visa from Kuwaiti […]

KUWAIT: A man was stabbed to death by a friend, who also sustained various injuries, while a third escaped unharmed. The three – all Indians – were involved in a fight in their sponsor’s home in Ishbiliya. Police are investigating to take the necessary legal action. A police source said the three had an argument […]

KUWAIT: The interior ministry yesterday arrested a Kuwaiti for kidnapping, torturing and burning his nephew. The suspect admitted to abducting his nephew and taking him to his chalet in Khairan, where he tortured him with a knife. The victim also suffered first-degree burns from head to toe after being burned by his uncle. – Hanan […]