Plans to control over 182,000 illegal expat workers in Kuwait.
In an effort to regulate the demographics, authorities have revealed an urgent plan to monitor and control approximately 182,000 illegal workers, many of whom are registered under fake companies and residing in residential areas. Sources have confirmed that the Ministry of Interior, in collaboration...
Kuwaiti Wives Have Right to Ownership of Half of Government Provided House.
The Public Authority for Housing Welfare has confirmed that Kuwaiti wives have the right to obtain a document of ownership for half of a government house through the relevant department without presenting it to a committee.In a statement issued by the Public Authority for Housing Welfare refuted social...
61,688 expats under Article 18 working for private sector don’t have valid addresses.
The Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) has announced the suspension of 16,848 files of companies with a total of 22,863 licenses and 61,688 expatriate workers under Article 18 Visa (private sector work visa) as they do have no valid addresses, reports Al-Jarida daily. In a press statement, PAM disclosed...
Increase in fuel prices.
The Subsidies Evaluation Committee at the Ministry of Finance decided to raise the price of Ultra 98 gasoline from 210 fils to 225 fils per liter effective April 1, reports Al-Rai daily. A correspondence between Kuwait National Petroleum Company and Oula Fuel Company also stated that the committee specified...
‘Expats can buy at all co-ops’.
News reports are abuzz in the social media that some cooperative societies are preventing expatriates from buying their needs during Ramadan, justifying this by saying expatriates in large numbers flock these outlets to buy everything they can lay their hands to benefit from reduced prices during the holy...
‘Pakistani doctors for private sector’; ‘Made in Pakistan’ exhibition launched.
Pakistani Ambassador to Kuwait Malik Farooq has revealed that the 19th batch of Pakistani doctors, nurses, and technicians for the government sector will arrive after the holy month of Ramadan, reports Al-Qabas daily. He said there have been talks with the Kuwaiti private sector to bring similar medical...
’22 National Assembly wasted golden chance’.
Former MP Musalam Al-Barrak said the 2022 National Assembly wasted a golden opportunity, while the 2020 Assembly lost political and popular legitimacy in view of the decision of the Constitutional Court to nullify the decrees on dissolving the 2020 Assembly and the call for fresh elections in 2022. Al-Barrak...
MoI warns against breaking fast during day.
The Ministry of the Interior has warned Kuwaitis and expats against openly violating the fasting law during the day in the holy month of Ramadan. The Ministry of the Interior said in the tweet on it Twitter account “Do not openly break the fasting rule, you will be punished with imprisonment for a period...
Kuwait 2nd in terms of shortest fasting in Gulf.
During this holy month of Ramadan Kuwait takes the seventh position among the Arab countries, and second in the Gulf on the list in terms of the shortest fasting hours — approximately 14 and a half hours — just like Syria, Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon while the Comoros occupies the top spot on that...
No increase in private schools fees.
Foreign and bilingual private schools have already opened their doors to enroll students in the 2023/2024 academic year, while their Arabic and model counterparts set the next month for that purpose, reports Al-Rai daily. An educational source revealed that the tuition fees are the same as those previously...