While the General Traffic Department (GTD) of the Ministry of Interior continues its surprise campaigns to curb traffic violations, official statistics show an alarming rise is casualties both in human and material losses as a result of what the authorities called ‘road rage’ for the first 11 months of this year, reports Al-Qabas daily.
Recent Articles
Taxi driver rapes 13-yr-old student
Police are looking for an expatriate roaming taxi driver for allegedly raping a 13-year-old school student, reports Al-Anba daily.
Ban renting of private houses to expatriates
A number of real-estate experts expressed their objection to the request made by the Real Estate Association to ban expatriates from renting private houses, insisting that such a request does not have any legal bases, reports Al-Rai daily.
Driving Licence & Article 17, 18, 20 and 22 residencies renewal online
General Department for Residency Affairs headed by Major General Talal Marafie, following the footsteps of the General Traffic Department that signed a contract with a Polish company to launch the electronic issuance of driving licenses, has signed a similar contract with an information technology company to launch the process of electronic renewal of residencies, reports Al-Anba daily quoting informed sources.
Taxes on the remittances of expatriates
Parliament’s Legislative Committee intends to soon discuss a number of files including imposing taxes on the remittances of expatriates, reports Al-Rai daily. It is worth mentioning that MPs have different viewpoints concerning imposing tax on the remittances of expatriates.
African expatriate arrested in Khaitan, selling magic charms
An African expatriate was arrested from his house in Khaitan area for duping people by selling them magic charms at a cost of KD 200 each, reports Al-Shahed daily.
Teacher pulls earring of 6 yr old student
An unidentified person recently complained to the Al-Rai daily about what happened to his 6-year old elementary schoolgirl in one of the schools of the Capital governorate.
Another use of DRONE in Kuwait
In a strange incident, a young Kuwaiti woman has filed a complaint with the police accusing a young man of harassing her, reports Al-Shahed daily.
Kuwait’s Sheikha Intisar won the Arab Woman Award 2017
Kuwait’s Sheikha Intisar Salem Al Ali Al Sabah and veteran singer Nawal have won the Arab Woman Award 2017.
Kuwaiti won 8,750,000 Kuwaiti Dinar
A Kuwaiti family has won the lawsuit which was filed in London against the Credit Suisse Group AG after the family lost worth $29 million of investments with the bank during the 2008 financial crisis. Mahmoud Haji Haider Abdullah and his sons, Maytham, Mahdi, and Mansour, had lost $29 million at the end of October 2008, Judge Andrew Baker said Monday, without defining how much money they can recover.
