Новости за 07.07.2019

Assembly rain panel insists probe is exhaustive, denies shielding anyone KUWAIT: The Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) referred yesterday an official – without disclosing his name, position, or the entity he worked for – to the public prosecution on the charge of accepting a bribe. Nazaha spokesman and assistant secretary Mohammad Bouzber said in a press release […]

6,013 Kuwaitis nominated for public sector jobs this year KUWAIT: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) recently referred 63 senior employees to retirement, said informed sources, noting that this is the second group of MoCI retirees after the minister previously referred 13 employees to retirement. Further, the sources said a new list of retirees […]

KUWAIT: Well-informed security sources said the interior ministry’s residency affairs department has given the manpower authority the green light to immediately transfer expats’ dependent residencies to work visas without checking with it. The sources explained that the new decision will help accelerate procedures by allowing transfers from article 22 to article 18 for expats reaching […]

KUWAIT: Judges at the justice ministry’s verdict execution department rejected pleas by local companies to summon or impose travel bans on Kuwaitis indebted to them with small amounts ranging between KD 100 and 200, which had been causing them embarrassment at the airport for years. A well-informed source said the cancellation has been in effect […]

KUWAIT: A half lorry driver was injured when his truck collided into a bus on Ghazali Road, said security sources, adding that the truck driver was trapped inside the wreckage. Firemen from Farwaniya rushed to the scene, where they managed to free the driver and handed him over to paramedics, the sources added. Meanwhile, a […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Times continuous to monitor the implementation of a law banning outdoor work from June 1 to August 31. These photos show construction work sites in Jabriya and Salmiya yesterday obviously defying the daily work ban period from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, ordered by Public Authority for Manpower (PAM). Most of these photos […]

Amir, Crown prince meet new National Olympic Committee Chairman, members KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Mohammad Al-Jabri, who escorted National Olympic Committee (NOC) Chairman Sheikh Fahad Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and the committee’s members on […]

Brainchild of Vice-Chairman Bader Al-Kharafi, embracing Zain’s highly impactful diversity KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces the launch of its far-sighted Disability Inclusion initiative, WE ABLE, which is set to position Zain as being Disability Inclusive by 2022. Supporting the program is Zain’s […]

KUWAIT: Beautiful Islamic architecture inside Kuwait’s Grand Mosque. — Photo by Ahmad Al-Failakawi (KUNA)

LONDON: Britain’s ambassador in the United States has described President Donald Trump and his administration as “inept” and “uniquely dysfunctional”, according to leaked diplomatic memos published by the Mail yesterday. Ambassador Kim Darroch reportedly said Trump’s presidency could “crash and burn” and “end in disgrace”, in the cache of secret cables and briefing notes sent […]