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But 14-day hotel quarantine mandatory and at the expense of passengers

Messenger KUWAIT CITY, Feb 20: The decision issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday to mandate institutional quarantine for passengers arriving to Kuwait has sparked protests in both Kuwaiti and non- Kuwaiti circles, as well as the Parliament. They consider it to be inconsistent with Article No. 28 of the Constitution, which stipulates, “A Kuwaiti citizen may not be deported from Kuwait or prevented from returning to it.” Some hinted at the influence of hot...

A decision on parliament membership of Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul is likely to be made in two to three days, around three weeks after a Kuwait court sentenced him to four years in prison in a bribery case. The independent lawmaker from Lakshmipur-2 was also fined 1.97 million Kuwaiti dinars (Tk 55 crore) by the court in the case on January 28. The copy of the verdict on his conviction reached Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Thursday, and the process of taking acti...

Cairo: Kuwaiti authorities have warned against violating rules including a ban on gatherings and celebrations during the national holiday as the country seeks to curb the spread of COVID-19. A four-day holiday has been announced for marking Kuwait’s National Day and the Liberation Day starting February 25. Chief of the Interior Ministry’s Security Media Department, Brig. Tawhid Al Kandari, said that the law will be firmly enforced on violators of decisions recently taken by the government ...

In his 1980 State of the Union address, which came in the wake of the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979, U.S. President Jimmy Carter described in grave terms the risks of losing access to Middle Eastern oil. “An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America,” he said. “Such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force.” That pledge became known as the...

Kuwait: After a two-week ban which was put in place to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus, all flight passengers who land in and depart from

Kuwait Puts Citizens Before Expats as Vaccine Push Stirs Anger Bloomberg 2/18/2021 Fiona MacDonald © Photographer: YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP People wait for their turn to be vaccinated for COVID-19 coronavirus at the make-shift vaccination centre erected at the Kuwait International Fairground in the Mishref suburb south of Kuwait City on December 29, 2020. (Bloomberg) -- Kuwait’s vaccinating its citizens against Covid-19 at six times the rate of expatriates who make up two-thi...

Cairo: Kuwait is expanding its vaccinations against COVID-19, hoping it will inoculate at least 2.4 million people in four months to return to normal life, a local newspaper reported Thursday. Attaining this objective requires vaccinating 20,000 people per day, i.e. 600,000 per month, Al Jarida newspaper said. However, reaching this level will depend on the availability of the vaccine doses as well as interest among people to get the jabs, it explained. Around 16,000 people at present get the i...

Mazuns obliged to allow 5 persons only at ceremony amid strict observance of health rules

Radio and TV shows have hosted activists, lawyers and academics to discuss the issue of harassment, and the US embassy in Kuwait also threw its weight behind.