KUWAIT: A woman, who claimed to be a Moroccan, turned out to be quite creative in devising a way to extort money from a young man, when she convinced him to take off his clothes in front of a webcam, and then asked him to pay KD1000 or she will put up his pictures on the social media.
A major earthquake was reported with an epicentre in Iran. However, the tremors were felt across north and some parts of west India.
Tremors were felt in Delhi, National Capital Region and other states in north India.
KUWAIT: Users of mobile phones will be able to change their service provider without needing to change their telephone number. The service will be free of charge. This was announced during a press conference held by the Ministry of Communication and the National Technology Enterprises Company (NTEC) yesterday at the 150-metre-high Liberation Tower. Read more…
KUWAIT: An Asian woman expat claimed she was kidnapped and raped by a soldier at gunpoint. In her complaint to the Nugra police station, the woman said the man who assaulted her was a soldier who stopped her and asked her to get into his car. He forcibly took her to an uninhibited area and sexually assaulted her at gunpoint.
KUWAIT, April 14 (KUNA) — Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) Chairman and Managing Director Fahad Salem Al-Ajmi announced that his company is expected to get the final approval of the Kuwait Central Tenders Committee on its mega clean fuel project on Monday.
KUWAIT: Agnes, a Filipina waitress, was yesterday riding a public transport bus on her way to the Kuwait City when the vehicle was stopped by the immigration police. As the police entered the bus, they immediately asked everyone to keep handy their civil identification for a brief inspection.
Kuwaiti contractor Mushrif Trading & Contracting Co has announced that it has won a $48.8m tender from Kuwait Oil Company.
KUWAIT: Kuwait plans to soon announce the government’s strategy to deport 100,000 foreign workers annually in a bid to address the Gulf state’s demographic imbalance, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Thekra Al-Rashidi said in a recent statement. The plan, which aims to drive one million expatriate labor forces out of Kuwait within a decade, drew mixed reactions ever since Al-Rashidi announced it last month following a meeting with a governmental committee tasked with finding ways to organize the country’s expatriate population. “Reforming the labor market is among the top priorities along with steps to support national labor forces in the private sector,” Al-Rashidi was quoted as saying by Al-Jarida newspaper yesterday.
KUWAIT: Farwaniya security director Lt Gen Abul Fattah Al Ali took a van loaded with 739 bags full of locally made liquor into custody and transferred it to drugs fighting administration. Detectives are trying to find out the person who was driving the bus. As per security soruces a patrol ordered a Suzuki van to stop and the Indian driver was ordered to show his identity card. As security men asked him to open the van box to see what was inside, the man fled the scene on foot in Jleeb Shuyoukh area. As the security men searched the van, they found 739 bags full of locally made liquor. In the meantime, Farwaniya police arrested a 23-year-old bedoon who was found driving his car in an erratic way. Police searched his car and found three bags of heroin. He and the drugs were sent to drugs fighting administration.
KUWAIT: No one among the leaders in the private sector would believe that it was possible to get rid of 100,000 workers every year to bring down the number of expat laborers by one million over the next ten years, as proposed by Social Affairs and Labor Minister Thekra Al-Rashidi. Several high ranking officials and executives said correcting demographic imbalance requires a long term plan which will have to incorporate certain crucial amendments to laws related to economic, social and security issues. The solution would have to be in consonance with the development of the economy.
TEHRAN/KUWAIT CITY, April 9: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials said, adding that it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region.
KUWAIT: Hundreds of Indian nurses who went on strike on Monday have agreed to return to work after their company finally agreed to meet all of their demands. Some 500 Indian nurses stopped working last Monday in protest of what they termed “mismanagement and violation of our basic rights”.
KUWAIT CITY, April 9: The parliament’s Health and Social Affairs Committee approved a government amendment to the Public Authority for Manpower bill that gives it sole authority to recruit expatriate workers from abroad, revealed Minister of Social …
Source: Arab Times
KUWAIT CITY, April 9: Personnel from the General Immigration Department have taken into custody an unidentified Bangladeshi man for using the civil IDs of some Kuwaitis to sponsor people without their knowledge, reports Al-Jaridah daily.
A securit…
Source: Arab Times
KUWAIT CITY, April 9: The Cabinet approved the unified media law during a recent session which was headed by First Deputy and Acting Premier, and Minister of Interior Sheikh Ahmad Al-Humoud, reports Al-Anba daily quoting reliable sources.
KUWAIT: Some 500 Indian nurses stopped working yesterday in protest of what they termed “mismanagement and violation of basic employment rights”, hitting the operations of Mubarak Hospital and other polyclinics where the nurses work. Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital Director Dr Hassan Al-Dosary told KUNA the operations of public outpatient clinics were paralyzed after nearly 120 nurses working there went on strike.
KUWAIT CITY, April 8: MP Mubarak Al-Orf proposed on Monday to divide the working hours of government ministries and institutions into two periods — from 7:30 am-1:30 am and from 9 am-3 pm. This is to reduce the problem of traffic congestion during m…
Source: Arab Times
KUWAIT: One thing that you could not find yesterday at the Fish Market in Souq Sharq was fish itself. With vendors protesting against the decision of the Kuwait Municipality forbidding them to sell any other than Kuwaiti product, there was no fish to be found in the market since morning.
KUWAIT CITY April 7: A number of lawmakers submitted a draft bill on Sunday that amends the Foreigners Residency Law to enable expatriates to acquire and renew their dependency visas in Kuwait more easily. This is especially for expatriates who have…
Source: Arab Times
KUWAIT CITY, April 5: The Labor Affairs at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor upon a request from the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Zhikra Al-Rashidi has provided statistics for the past three years on transfer of foreign workers from t…
Source: Arab Times
KUWAIT CITY, April 5: An unidentified Egyptian woman, who was involved in a fight with another woman inside a commercial market in Al-Rai and got a cut on the hand, was given first aid by paramedics. When the Operations Department of the Ministry of…
Source: Arab Times
KUWAIT CITY, April 6: Secretary of the National Assembly MP Kamel Al-Awadhi proposed a bill on Saturday to allow foreigners to own property in Kuwait. He said the bill aims to provide foreigners with a stable means to carry on their business and wil…
Source: Arab Times
KUWAIT: Operations at Kuwait’s three ports were suspended yesterday because of poor visibility caused by dust, state news agency KUNA said. “Operations at Kuwait’s three ports come to (a) halt as a result of dust, strong winds, limited vision,” the agency said in an SMS news alert. OPEC member Kuwait produces around 3 million barrels of crude oil per day
KUWAIT: The interior ministry has deported as many as 17,824 expatriates over the past two years for committing serious violations and breaking the law, a top interior ministry official told the national assembly yesterday.
In this week’s online survey, the Arab Times asked voters their views on the causes of growing traffic accidents in Kuwait. About 34% of the voters felt that the road rage of local youth was a crucial factor in traffic accidents. Speaking to the Arab Times, some of them said that cars speeding above 200 kmph is a common sight in Kuwait. Many of them have had near-collision experience when speeding cars try to squeeze between two lanes, or cut in front as they weave through traffic.
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