Local News
‘Unsafe’ girls school shutdown
Ministry of Education has responded to warnings from the Government Center for Tests, Quality Control and Researches at the Ministry of Public Works and decided to shut down Latifah Al-Fares High School for Girls at Fahaheel in Ahmadi Educational Area, thus transferring 700 students therein due to report that buildings of the school are no longer safe, reports Al-Rai daily.
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.
Speeds up deportation of illegal residents
Kuwait is speeding up the process to deport foreign illegal residents, lawbreakers and beggars, security sources have said. “The competent authorities within the Interior Ministry have drawn up the list of all residents wanted in law violation cases in order to arrest them, serve their prison terms if any and then deport them,” the sources told Kuwaiti daily Al Seyassah.
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.
NO renewal/transfer of residency of Holders of certificates lower than diploma and 65 years
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, in cooperation with a number of institutions including Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) and representatives of relevant unions and the private sector, conducted a study on the lopsided demographic structure, reports Al- Anba daily quoting sources.
Kuwait civil authority cancels contracts of more than 3,000 expats
Work contracts for 3,140 non-Kuwaitis serving in the public sector have been cancelled, said Ahmad Al- Jassar, Chairman of the Civil Services Commission (CSC) on Saturday.
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.
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.
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.
KD 41m collected through expats
Forty-one million dinars have been collected from the expatriates in the form of health fees over the past four months, reports Al-Rai daily quoting Kuwait Ministry of Health sources.
