KUWAIT: Ministry of Health will launch a week’s national vaccination campaign at the Saqr Specialized Health Center in Adailiya beginning coming Sunday, under the auspices of the Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obeidi. The event is part of an international vaccination festival themed “vaccination for all”.
KUWAIT: Director of Production and Distribution at the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) Jassem Al-Mazen says approximately 130,000 citizens and residents failed to receive their new civil IDs out of which 50,000 are Kuwaitis and 80,000 GCC citizens and residents of Article 17 as per the law of Social Affairs and Labor Ministry, reports Al-Jaridah daily.
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) has filed around 4,000 lawsuits against those who have failed to settle their outstanding energy bills, reports Al-Qabas daily quoting sources.
LONDON: Kuwait’s e-government website is ranked 50th on a global scale, according a UN report listing the top sites on a global scale, said an official from the Kuwaiti Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT) here Wednesday.
KUWAIT: According to information made available to the Arab Times, the government has proposed a labor law for domestics. The law pertains to domestic workers, cooks, drivers, farmers, guards and farm-animal caretakers or shepherds, stablemen and the sponsors and their family and dependents, as per Article 1 and 2.
KUWAIT: (Reuters) – Kuwait’s cabinet approved an amended draft law on Sunday paving the way for the privatisation of Kuwait Airways within three years, state-run news agency KUNA reported, after restructuring at the troubled carrier delayed the original plan.
KUWAIT: Ahmadi Governor Sheikh Ibrahim Duaji Al-Sabah inaugurated yesterday the 10th Kuwait Gold and Jewelry Exhibition at the International Fair Ground here. In press statements following the inauguration ceremony, Sheikh Ibrahim hailed the great development in this year’s exhibition, citing the efforts exerted by the organizers.
Kuwait National Petroleum Co. started the “prequalification exercise” for engineering, procurement and construction contractors to build a new 4 billion-dinar ($14.4 billion) oil refinery and upgrade two existing refineries, a KNPC official said.
KUWAIT: Four people were injured and two vehicles damaged when a group of Asians of Indian and Pakistani nationalities engaged in a fight over parking space at Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh.
KUWAIT: A Pakistani was arrested recently for his involvement in a series of robberies, the biggest of which was the burglary into the house of a Thai businessman in Messilah where the suspect stole a safety deposit box that contained gold worth KD 40,000, luxury watches and foreign currencies estimated at KD 10,000, in addition to a laptop and an expensive camera, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily quoting security sources.
KUWAIT: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) has come up with a novel idea to reuse the one million scrap tires that clutter the country’s various junkyards annually. Dr S. Neelamani, Senior Research Scientist and Program Manager, Coastal Management Program under KISR’s Environment and Urban Development Division was talking to the Arab Times.
KUWAIT: Assistant Undersecretary for Labor Affairs at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor Jamal Al-Dousari has instructed the labor departments in the six governorates to remain open in the evenings to expedite the processing of transactions, such as the transfer, renewal and issuance of work permits.
KUWAIT: Lulu Hypermarket, the largest retail and lifestyle shopping destination in Kuwait, launched their Food Festival 2012 on Wednesday. Preeti Mehta, the wife of the Indian ambassador to Kuwait, inaugurated the highly anticipated annual food festival promotion at the hypermarket’s Al Rai Branch, by cutting the tallest cake baked in the country.
KUWAIT: The Municipal Council team in the capital district busted on Wednesday 230 kilograms of spoiled fish at the Souq Sharq’s fish market.
KUWAIT: Under the patronage of Minister of Communications Salem Al-Utheina the Second Kuwait Metro and Rail Conference and Exhibition kicked off here yesterday, with large participation from rail, transport companies and experts from the four corners of the globe.
KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry may grant a 5-year residence permit for expatriates under Article 20 (domestic help), Article 22 (dependents) and Article 24 (self-sponsor), reports Al-Rai daily quoting reliable sources.
KUWAIT: Hundreds of Kuwaiti firemen on Tuesday fought to contain a massive fire in a dump for used tyres, with some members of parliament calling the blaze an environmental catastrophe.
KUWAIT: Water and electricity are two main important necessities in life. Every country in the world has encountered, if not experienced or is currently experiencing, water and electricity problems.
KUWAIT: Starting on May 1, Sri Lankan Airlines will start a direct and daily flight to Colombo from Kuwait and vice versa. The regular route will depart from Kuwait at 21:55pm daily and arrive in Colombo at 6:15am.
Securitymen at the Kuwait International Airport arrested an Indian expatriate for selling alcohol to customers in the parking lot of the airport, reports Al-Rai daily.
KUWAIT: Mohamed Naser Al Sayer & Sons Automotive Co, exclusive dealer of Toyota in Kuwait, April 12, 2012 announced the arrival of the new Toyota Aurion 2012 the second generation into the Kuwait market.
FAIRFAX: The U.S. Army has given DynCorp International a $25.4 million contract to provide helicopter maintenance support to the Kuwait air force.
KUWAIT: A gang of four expatriate men and two women were arrested recently for operating an Internet cafe that allows its customers to watch pornographic movies online.
An Indian man in Kuwait responded to the advances of a Sri Lankan woman and fell in love with her. He went further by agreeing to marry her after she told him he was her first love-not aware that she already has two husbands.
KUWAIT: According to statistics issued by the General Traffic Department, Hawally traffic officers registered 52,103 traffic violations from Jan 1 to March 31, 2012, out of which 1,300 were issued for using mobile phones while driving.
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