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  • Single men must live in separate towns

    Single men must live in separate towns

    According to several MPs, the issue related to bachelors staying in private residential areas needs radical solutions topped by expediting the construction of residential areas for bachelors, reports Al-Rai daily.

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  • Fight in a kitchen of a cafe in Mahboula, Kuwait

    Fight in a kitchen of a cafe in Mahboula, Kuwait

    Fight in a kitchen of a cafe in Mahboula in Kuwait.

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  • No work permit nor renewal of residence for Expats over 60 years old

    No work permit nor renewal of residence for Expats over 60 years old

    As a measure to resolve the issue of population imbalance and the need to regulate the labor market, Ministry of Interior with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and Public Authority for Manpower have issued a series of decisions and physical procedures to reduce the number of residency law violators, and unskilled and marginal workers.

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  • New devices for baggage inspection in Airport

    New devices for baggage inspection in Airport

    As part of the ongoing plants to tighten security at the Kuwait International Airport, the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will soon replace the traditional baggage inspection devices in the passport area, reports Al-Rai daily.

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  • No room for bachelors

    No room for bachelors

    The Kuwait Municipality said a meeting will be held between the Municipality, the Public Authority for Civil Information, the Ministry of Interior and mayors of areas to discuss the latest developments such as the file of bachelors who are accommodated by real estate owners in model housing areas, reports Al-Rai daily quoting sources from the Kuwait Municipality.

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  • 3,375 people arrested

    3,375 people arrested

    The Director of the Central Inspection Department at the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM), Mohammad Al-Ansari said that the committee which comprises members of the PAM, the Kuwait Municipality and ministries of Commerce, and Interior, have arrested 3,375 workers (violators of residence and labor laws) during field inspections since the beginning of this year, reports Al-Jarida daily.

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  • 1.250 million packets of molasses tobacco found, unsuitable for use

    1.250 million packets of molasses tobacco found, unsuitable for use

    Within the framework of a work plan which has been introduced by the Containers Management Committee Director-General of the General Administration of Customs, the customs authorities recently opened 10 containers and found large quantities of tobacco and molasses, reports Al-Anba daily.

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  • Men arrested with paan and porn

    Men arrested with paan and porn

    Two Asian expatriates were arrested in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh area in possession of 250 grams of betel leaves (paan), and CDs with pornographic movies and pictures.

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  • Kuwait visas valid for one month only

    Kuwait visas valid for one month only

     Director General of General Department for Residency Affairs Major General Abdullah Al-Hajri issued a circular to all residency affairs departments in all governorates to declare that all types of visit visa — dependent, commercial and tourist — will be valid for one month only and cannot be extended with effect from Aug 5.

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