Local News
Three Women Arrested
Three African women were arrested in Hawally area for prostitution. According to security sources, Hawally securitymen received information about three expatriate women who were seen hanging around in commercial complexes to get the mobile numbers of adolescent boys in order to offer them flesh pleasure for a price.
Kuwait clamps down on unlicensed kindergartens
Kuwaiti authorities say they are stepping up the fight against unlicensed kindergartens, warning they would cut off their power and water supplies to such entities.
Kuwait studying tax alternative to VAT
Governmental sources said Kuwait might resort to a progressive tax system as an alternative to VAT if the latter is not sanctioned by the parliament.
29 Indian workers died in Kuwait
Many Indians workers are dying in Kuwait. Suicides, heart attacks, illness, accident at work site or traffic accidents are the causes of deaths.
Remittances from expats in Kuwait hit 4520400000 KWD
Remittances from expatriates in Kuwait amounted to $15.3 billion in 2016, said the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat) in report.
10 pct of marriages dissolved within first year
Head of Legal Affairs Unit at Legal Documentation Department in the Ministry of Justice Khalid Al-Haddad disclosed that 10 percent of marriages in Kuwait are dissolved within the first year of nuptial knot, reports Al-Qabas daily.
Permanent residence for teachers
Ministry of Education has announced its intention to rent a residential building temporarily for one month to receive the new male and female teachers of the 2018/2019 school year, reports Al-Rai daily.
Filipinos being fed pills to boost their hormone levels by force
In a case of human trafficking believed to be the first of its kind in the country, police have arrested five people – a Kuwaiti, two bedoun and two Filipinos — for forcing 39 Filipinos to engage in vice under the guise of massage, reports Al- Jarida daily.
Newly married couple, Husband died in mishap infront of wife :-(
A newly- wed Egyptian died on the spot after he was run over by a Kuwaiti motorist on the Sixth Ring Road opposite Sulaibiya, reports Al-Qabas daily.
