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Team to be formed to eye To Monitor Fees Charged By Recruiting Offices.
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor will soon form a team to monitor the fees charged by domestic labor recruiting offices in the country during Ramadan, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily quoting sources.
Sources revealed some domestic labor offices usually charge exorbitant fees during Ramadan, depending on the nationality of the housemaids. They said the team [...]
Kuwait’s Union of Consumer Cooperative Societies will be decreasing the prices of around 400 food and non-food commodities.
Kuwait’s Union of Consumer Cooperative Societies said on Thursday that they will work on decreasing the prices of around 400 food and non-food commodities by up to 55 percent, in attempt to ease financial pressure on citizens and residents alike in the upcoming period, particularly the holy month of Ramadan.
The union is keen on providing [...]
Kuwait to charge over staying visitors KD 10/Day
Violating the period of stay while on visit to Kuwait generates a fine of KD 10 each day and maximum of KD 1,000, reports Al-Shahid daily.
The daily quoting reliable sources from the Ministry of Interior added that individuals on visit visa violating the residency law will be banned from entering the country for two years, [...]
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry Warns Against hiking prices of foodstuffs and other commodities.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) will take strict legal procedures against anyone caught manipulating or hiking prices of foodstuffs and other commodities during or before the holy month of Ramadan, Al-Anba daily quoted Undersecretary Rashed Al-Tabtabaei as saying.
Al-Tabtabaei said this during a meeting with Assistant Undersecretary for Commercial Affairs Ali Al-Baghli and supervisors [...]
Kuwait participates in Radiation Protection Program In Jordan
A radiation protection program kicked off here Sunday, with representatives from 12 Arab countries, including Kuwait, participating. The five-day program is co-organized by the Arab Atomic Energy Agency (AAEA) and Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Commission (JNRC). Speaking to KUNA, Amina Ahmadi, representative of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health protection and radiation directorate, said Kuwait’s involvement in [...]
Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah is keen on accomplishing the state’s set development plan
His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah stressed the government is keen on accomplishing the state’s set development plan and is stressing cooperation among all state bodies and diligent effort to work out difficulties as means towards that end.
The premier was addressing a press conference he held with Editors-in-Chief of local papers, and [...]
Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah condoles Fadlallah’s family
HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah sent a cable of condolences on Sunday to the family of top Shiite cleric Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah who died in a Beirut hospital earlier Sunday.
In his cable, the Amir prayed to the Almighty Allah to have mercy on the soul of the deceased.
HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf [...]
1,020 Kuwaiti women married Asian and Arab expatriates in the past 5 months
Director of Legal Authentication Department Waleed Al-Mawash has disclosed that 1,020 Kuwaiti women married Asian and Arab expatriates from January until May this year, reports Annahar daily.
A total of 11,258 marriages took place during the said five-month period. Al-Mawash said 2,759 Kuwaiti men married Arab or Asian expatriates while 117 Bedoun couples tied the knot [...]
Dr Bader Al-Shuraiaan asked his ministry to produce suitable solutions to the strains of the power supplies
Kuwait Minister of Electricity and Water Dr Bader Al-Shuraiaan said Monday the Cabinet asked his ministry to produce suitable solutions to the strains of the power supplies in this exceptionally hot summer.
“The Cabinet sought during its weekly meeting last night a clear-cut mechanism for addressing this problem,” the minister told reporters here.
“It approved the formation [...]
Kuwait enters a season characterized by sandstorms
After days of humid weather, Kuwait entered Monday a season characterized by sandstorms caused by northwestern winds, Kuwaiti meteorologist Issa Ramadhan said.
The country will be witnessing dry dust storms at speeds of 20-45 km/h till the end of the week, Ramadhan said, adding that high humidity in the upper atmosphere resulted in forming clouds which [...]