Новости за 16.04.2019

Lawmaker calls for taxing expat remittances • Two MPs to grill info minister KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ordered the establishment of a ministerial committee to carry out the work of completing the Entertainment City by entrusting the implementation of this project to the private sector. An official source at the […]

211 expired contracts with 5,792 workers registered on them KUWAIT: Official sources at the Public Authority for Manpower said the authority allows, through its committee handling disputes, the transfer of workers registered on government contracts to work for another government contract in exchange for certain fees. The authority denied issuance of transfer decisions in exchange […]

KUWAIT: The Environment Public Authority (EPA) has detected the spread of red tide over large swathes off Kuwaiti coasts along the Green Island and the Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Al-Sabah causeway. In a press statement, the EPA stated Monday that its teams had surveyed the affected areas and took samples for laboratory analyses. The EPA […]

PARIS: French investigators probing the devastating blaze at Notre-Dame Cathedral yesterday questioned workers who were renovating the monument while hundreds of millions of euros were pledged to restore the historic masterpiece. As firefighters put out the last smoldering embers, a host of French billionaires and companies stepped forward with offers of cash worth around €700 […]

KUWAIT: The Relations and Security Information Department commented on a video clip that appeared o social media showing a bus driver violating traffic laws and overtaking vehicles near a traffic light. The statement said traffic policemen dealt with the driver and sent him to the traffic detention cell for committing a grave violation. The bus […]

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry asked the Kuwait Union of Consumer Cooperative Societies to provide it with the prices of 114 basic items by the 7th of each month at the latest in order to compare prices, Al-Qabas reported. Sources said that the ministry that the price list from cooperatives will help ministry […]

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced its partnership with Falcon’s Nest, the first of its kind pitch competition in Kuwait in collaboration with 500 Startups. The competition, held from 7 April – 2 May, offers a great opportunity for Kuwaiti startups to compete on a world-class level. Zain’s partnership with the […]

Recently, Kuwait witnessed the spark of a very heated conversation that began as a strategic cyber strike from the political Islamist right on local/regional non-profit youth organization LOYAC and its Chairwoman Fareah Al-Saqqaf. Fareah posed a question in a Dutch documentary about Kuwait a year ago that was taken out of context and made viral […]

We have all been hearing/reading news lately on the millions of dollars owed by private companies in indemnity rights of their employees. Many people also think that because this is being discussed right now, it is a new law or regulation that has been promulgated. I have also had many clients and others emailing me […]

Solid recovery of employment growth among Kuwaiti nationals KUWAIT: Population growth hovered near multi-year lows in 2017 and 2018, led by historically weaker growth in the number of expatriates as Kuwaitization efforts and higher administrative fees put a damper on expat hiring activity. According to the latest biannual release of demographic data, Kuwait’s population rose […]