Local News
Expatriate sentenced to four years in prison with KD5,000 fine and deportation
The Court of Cassation nullified the verdict of Misdemeanor Court of Appeals that sentenced an expatriate to four years in prison with KD5,000 fine and deportation after serving the term for practicing pharmacy and dispensing medicines without license.
Owners inform tenants to bear cost of electricity and water, new rates will be …….
Owners of residential buildings have lately been informing tenants to bear the cost of electricity and water usage, mainly due to the decision to be enforced on Tuesday, August 22 to increase the electricity and water tariffs based on Law No. 20/2016.
Check your passports detail
Ministry of Interior prevented some expatriates from leaving the country because the information recorded in their passports do not match that in the ministry’s system.
Eid al Adha 2017 Holidays
Department of Astronomy and Space Science at the Kuwait Science Club announces that next Wednesday, Aug 23, will be the first day of Dhul Hijjah 1438 AH.
500 workers referred to prosecution
Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah disclosed the State has recovered over KD 500,000 and referred 13 companies with 500 people to prosecution over bogus employment and conspiracy to collect workers aid dubiously.
Police are looking for three women
Police are looking for three unidentified women for humiliating and abusing an Egyptian taxi driver, and not paying his fare, reports Al-Rai daily.
18 years old killed his 50 years old mother
Police have arrested an 18-year-old Kuwaiti for fatally stabbing his 50-year-old mother, reports Al-Rai daily.
MOI warns people
Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday that anyone withholding information on the whereabouts of convicts involved in a “terror” cell known as, “Al-Abdali,” should contact authorities immediately, or face legal repercussions.
Naval Base on Failaka
Kuwait is planning to set up a naval base within five years, the Commander of the Kuwaiti Navy has said.
The new base would be built on Failaka, an island about 20 kilometres off the coast of Kuwait City in the Arabian Gulf, Major-General Khalid Al Kandari said.
