Новости за 31.07.2019

Compensation for rain damage soon – MP asks about complaints by embassies KUWAIT: The National Assembly’s legal and legislative committee yesterday approved a draft law to declare Ashoura as a public holiday for both the private and public sectors, MP Khalil Abul said. To become effective, the bill has to be approved by the National […]

Union calls for studies to determine feasibility of shrimping ban KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR), the General Department of Coast Guard and Kuwait Fishermen Union announced the shrimping season in international waters will begin today. “After a seven-month ban, it is important to follow up with neighboring countries and […]

Electricity and Water Ministry denies MEW-PAY app stoppage KUWAIT: Official sources said the Ministry of Education will not open local contracting with expat teachers for the upcoming school year, because its contracts with teachers from abroad and appointments of Kuwaiti teachers meets the need and covers what the school year and new schools need. The […]

KUWAIT: Senior general surgery, obesity and intensive care specialist at Amiri Hospital and head of the surgeries committee at Kuwait Surgeons Society Dr Asmaa Al-Rashid said the Kuwaiti female surgeons committee – a part of Kuwait Surgeons Society – was founded to support women to achieve their personal and professional goals while focusing on their […]

KUWAIT: Criminal detectives busted a gang of four headed by the nephew of a current member of parliament. The gang forged salary certificates and documents for cash loans. A source said detectives received information about a Kuwaiti forging salary certificates from a government establishment and airline companies, besides facilitating loans from banks and companies in […]

KUWAIT: The new head of Al-Durra Domestic Helpers Company Fahd Al-Kashty said he took a decision the minute he took over to limit domestic help applications to Kuwaitis only, as helpers used to be distributed to both citizens and expats earlier. Kashty said he reviewed offers of foreign labor and discovered they were very few […]

KUWAIT: The project of privatizing Kuwait Airways (KAC) has been postponed for five to seven years, according to sources familiar with the issue. The sources said this is based on two aspects – the first is to modernize the fleet and the second is to eradicate accumulated losses, because it is not possible to sell […]

KUWAIT: A high-ranking source at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said the rocket launcher found with a passenger at a US airport, who claimed it was a souvenir from Kuwait, did not go through Kuwait International Airport’s passenger terminal, adding that inspection at Kuwait airport is very strict. Military sources said the American passenger […]

KUWAIT: Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Causeway lightened up during the early morning hours. — Photo by Bader Al-Mithin (KUNA)

TEHRAN: The government in sanctions-hit Iran yesterday approved a plan to remove zeros from the rial and rename the currency – something its people have long been doing to simplify transactions. “The cabinet today agreed on a bill to eliminate four zeros from the currency and that ‘toman’ will be our national currency,” government spokesman […]