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Re-changing of residence address before 1 yr prohibited KUWAIT CITY, Jan 26: The Public Authority for Civil Information is working to accelerate issuing  of new Civil ID cards for  five categories that include Kuwaitis, Gulf citizen workers, domestic workers (Article 20), expatriates in the gover

HIS Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, kindly pardon me for not being able to attend the meeting you called for the editors-in-chief of local newspapers, which is scheduled for today. I am still under quarantine after my recent return to the country. Nonetheless, the Arab Times a

The Kuwaiti niche The writer is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad. She is a LUMS and Warwick alumnus In Pakistan, little is known about one of the smallest countries in the world, yet one of prime importance, especially when it comes to leading aid engagement in the Gulf and mediating regional disputes. The State of Kuwait is a high-income, city-state emirate which, with the discovery of oil, went through a transformational urban boom from a small seafaring tow...

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 26: Four young men – three Kuwaitis and a bedoun have been arrested for chopping off the finger and causing permanent disability to a young Kuwaiti, reports Al-Anba daily. The incident happened in the parking lot of a famous park after the four youths agreed among themselves to infl

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Messenger KUWAIT CITY, Jan 26: The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has informed the Ministry of Education that it is not competent to take measures to terminate the services of 372 non-Kuwaiti teachers who are stuck abroad and whose residency has expired, reports Al-Qabas daily. It insisted that it does not bear responsibility for the consequences of the decisions taken by the ministry in this regard. In a letter sent to the Ministry of Education, the CSC stressed that the terms of the second c...

Sector entrusted to ensure food security KUWAIT CITY, Jan 25: The head of the National Assembly’s Agricultural and Food Security Committee, Dr Badr Al-Dhahoum said Agricultural Committee’s interest in the agricultural sector is of great importance because this sector is entrusted to ensure food security, during which the Kuwaiti farmer has proved his responsibility during the crises the country is going through. He said this was best evidenced and witnessed during the ongoing COVID-19 crisi...

Kuwait City: The Minister of Trade and commerce, Faisal Al Medlej, revealed that the Civil Service Bureau has drawn up a report to reduce the number of expats working in the public sector in order to achieve Kuwaitization, a governmental policy aimed at creating a 100 per cent Kuwaiti workforce, Al Anba reported. Al Medlej pointed out that several government agencies are required to reduce the number of expats and replace them with Kuwaitis annually. Within two years, five specialities should a...

Time for a special adviser to learn just how special he is on his own.

Sales at truffle market slow KUWAIT CITY, Jan 20: With the early arrival of truffles in Kuwait the day before yesterday the sales at the truffle market was slow since the sellers suffered this year due to lack of rain and the circumstances imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic which has restricted movement between countries. The Al-Seyassah daily met with some visitors to the market and truffles sellers to know what they had to say about the truffle season this year. A Kuwaiti, who identified himse...