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4 Min Read DUBAI (Reuters) - Authorities in Iran on Saturday announced the detection of at least 10 new cases of coronavirus and two more deaths, deepening a sense of public unease over the handling of the spread of the disease. The latest cases appeared to bring the number of cases in Iran to 29 and the number of deaths to six. News of the latest cases and deaths came from Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur and the governor of Markazi province in central Iran, cited by state TV. The He...

Messenger SIX decades have passed since the Constitution and state of institutions came into being but can we say that we have a real democracy? Or is it just a decoration that conceals the ugliness of chanting a slogan of this kind behind it?  There is no doubt that an observer of what happened in the recent times raises this question amidst fear that the bullying and riots that accompanied the parliamentary elections and everything that came after that will turn into a hidden type of militia...

I Dont Want The Jab: This is Why? Published December 19th, 2020 - 10:15 GMT Ministry of Health workers, dressed in protective suits, wait on the runway at Kuwait International Airport to greet Kuwaitis returning from Frankfurt on 26 March 2020 Highlights ...46 percent of Kuwaitis said they will refuse to take the vaccine, 39 percent said they will take it, while 15 percent are not sure It is a fact that since March, when COVID-19 caught the world off guard, until this day, many people hav...

Messenger WHAT transpired during the National Assembly’s Speakership election is not a usual phenomenon, and cannot be taken as a normal issue. It is not possible to overlook the behavior of the opposition, represented by 28 parliamentarians, and everyone concerned should take into consideration the fact that this opposition is tantamount to a wounded lion.  Furthermore, it is clear that the hearts of the other four parliamentarians are with the opposition, which is represented by Bader Al-H...

Messenger The education kicked off in Kuwait as ‘a private education’ after the authority refused to contribute to the establishment of the Al- Mubarakiya as the first school of its kind, and it was named after the founder of modern Kuwait, Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah (1837-1915), and that was in the year 1912. Education before that, even long after it was mostly rudimentary and was given through the Kottab (elementary school primarily used for teaching children in reading, writing, grammar and...

Kuwait City: The Ministry of Public works has not awarded performance bonuses to non-Kuwaiti employees who will be laid off, Al Anba reported. According to a source that spoke with Al Anba, around 300 expats have been excluded from receiving the initial bonus. The source pointed out that the Ministry will permanently dismiss the rest of its non-Kuwaiti employees by next April. Currently, the total number of expats working in the Ministry of Public Works totals to around 500, the source added. E...

Kuwait City: After the opening session of the 16th legislative term of Kuwait’s National Assembly, many are wondering if the events that unfolded will impact parliament moving forward? The most prominent take away from the first session was that Marzouq Al Ghanim was re-elected as speaker of parliament after receiving 33 votes from the 64 members that were present. Al Ghanim’s re-election came as a surprise to many as 42 of the elected MPs publicly declared, last week, that they will be bac...

Several deals inked during 4th strategic dialogue KUWAIT CITY, Dec 16: The US Ambassador to Kuwait HE Alina Romanowski said the fourth strategic dialogue between the United States and Kuwait brought the two countries closer, during which several agreements were signed to develop healthcare coordination, law enforcement cooperation, and humanitarian aid around the world, and “we also adopted additional cultural and educational exchange programs.” Alina Romanowski She said, last Thanksgiving...

Medical staff with qualifications can transfer from family to work visas The Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) has added 4 new categories allowed to transfer from a residence permit to family residency visas (Article 22), then to a work permit (Article 18), after extensive study by specialists in the employment affairs sector, Al Qabas reported. PAM clarified that the second-degree relatives of Kuwaitis in health professions who have received approval from the Ministry of Health, and those wi...

Kuwait City: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health confirmed the flu vaccine will be available to expats of all ages, Al Qabas reported. A source told Al Qabas the vaccine is available to everybody who wants to take it after more doses arrive in Kuwait following the shortage that occurred during the beginning of the Ministry’s winter vaccine campaign in October. Those looking to take the vaccine will need to make an appointment online prior to their visit. When the Ministry of Health first launched i...