Tag: kuwait news
Expats nabbed in cafes
Members of the Tripartite Committee formed by the Council of Ministers which includes personnel from the Kuwait Municipality in cooperation with the Interior Ministry organized a surprise inspection campaign in cafés in Fahaheel and arrested a large number of expatriates for violating residence and labor laws, reports Al-Rai daily.
One more try to reduce health fees on humanitarian grounds
Member of the Health Committee of the National Assembly, MP Khalid Al-Otaibi has said the committee plans to request to reduce some of the recently approved health fees for expatriates.
Ban eyed on expats below the age 30 and new charges on some services
In the context of measures adopted by Government to rectify the demography of the country and to organize the labor market, Board Council of the Public Authority for Manpower has approved a series of new conditions for recruiting foreign labor force and imposed new charges on some services and transactions, which expatriates are currently getting for free.
99000 KWD for Kuwaiti Nationality
Personnel from the General Department from the Citizenship and Travel Documents have arrested two Syrians for paying KD 99,000 to Kuwaitis to help their seven sons obtain the Kuwaiti citizenship, reports Al-Rai daily.
Notice period on temporary residence
I am working as Mechanical Supervisor in Kuwait and my contract and visa is expiring in October 2017. Is it possible to cancel without 3 months notice period in the company.
Two crossdressers arrested
Two crossdressers were arrested for not only wearing heavy makeup and dressing like women but for also crashing into a patrol vehicle while trying to escape from the police, reports Al-Anba daily.
Retirement age in Kuwait
Kuwait has the lowest retirement age among the Gulf countries — 55 years old for men and 50 years old for women, reports Al- Jarida daily quoting the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS).
ACs consume bulk of power in Kuwait
Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and Water Essam Al-Marzouq said on Monday air-conditioners consume 70 percent of the power in Kuwait. The minister, speaking at the inauguration of a workshop themed “power efficiency and cooling technology,” revealed that the ministry, this year shifted surplus of electricity to another GCC country via the Council power grid, indicating that power was saved due to rationing plans.
Six year old student locked in cupboard in school
The community police are looking into the level of negligence on the part of a female teacher who reportedly unintentionally ‘locked’ a six-year-old student in cupboard inside the school lab, reports Al-Rai daily.
