Новости за 04.09.2019

Assembly-government meeting nods to Bedoon law KUWAIT: An expanded meeting led by National Assembly Speaker Marzouk Al-Ghanem and attended by top government officials including ministers yesterday approved a draft law for a durable and fundamental solution for tens of thousands of stateless people or Bedoons living in the country, the Speaker said. Ghanem told reporters […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait has dismissed Iraqi objections that a platform installed within Kuwait’s territorial waters would affect demarcation of maritime borders, affirming that the country was exercising its full sovereignty. A Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry source was reacting to a reported Iraqi memorandum submitted to the UN Security Council (UNSC) to protest Kuwait’s installation of a platform […]

Municipal Council committee reviews requests, recommendations KUWAIT: State Minister for Economic Affairs Mariam Al-Aqeel said the meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) labor ministers, which was held in Muscat, Oman yesterday resulted in taking several decisions including the approval of the final draft of defining and banning forced labor and discrimination in the job place, […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Voluntary Work Center announced yesterday that the Union of Consumer Co-Operative Societies (UCCS) agreed on replacing plastic bags with environment-friendly biodegradable bags. The remarks were made by the center’s Chairperson Sheikha Amthal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, after meeting with advisors from the Environment Public Authority (EPA), deputy chairman of the UCCS Khaled Al-Hodheiban and […]

Brazilian agriculture and livestock delegation due in Kuwait in two weeks KUWAIT: The Amazon rainforest has been on fire for several weeks now with extensive damage dealt to its rich biodiversity. But according to Brazilian Ambassador to Kuwait Norton de Andrade Rapesta, people should not be overstressed as Brazil has been battling several forest fires […]

KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry sent nine new cases of human trafficking to the public prosecution recently as investigations led to pressing charges against individuals and companies who were sent to the judiciary. Informed sources said the cases concern laborers who were brought to Kuwait with paid visas issued for fake companies and individuals who trade […]

KUWAIT: The prevention sector at Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) carried out a wide inspection campaign in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh under the command of Deputy Director General for Prevention Sector Maj Gen Khalid Abdullah Fahad. The campaign resulted in issuing warnings to several facilities that were found in violation of fire safety conditions. By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: Hawally fire station men fought a fire in a power transformer in the area, as flames also spread to a vehicle parked nearby. No injuries were reported, and an investigation was opened to reveal the cause of the blaze. By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower said an Asian domestic helper was deported back to her country after she tested positive for HIV at the expatriate labor shelter’s clinic. An official source said the shelter receives expatriates without valid visas who wish to rectify their legal status, after which their file is examined to make […]

KUWAIT: A man casts his fishing rod on a pier at sunset in Kuwait City. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat