Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 17: Kuwait Municipality has refused to grant expatriate employees under the support services item permit to transfer to another sponsor when their contracts end. Sources disclosed the contracts of these employees do not include stipulation on indemnity, so granting them permit for residency transfer is connected to …

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 17: Ministry of Electricity and Water Undersecretary Muhammad Bu Shehri has reiterated that there is no plan to cut power supply in private houses regardless of the bill amount. In addition, Bu Shehri affirmed the ministry will start implementing new electricity charges for the investment sector on …

KUWAIT CITY Aug 17: Qatar Shipping Company announced the beginning of direct shipping between Doha and Kuwait, saying the new service will be a weekly affair between Hamad Port in Qatar and Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait, reports Al-Qabas daily. The company, through Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Abdul-Rahman Essa Al-Mana’e, …

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 17: MP Ahmad Al- Fadhel has urged Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs to order the removal of the barrier put in place by one of the imams in West Mishref in the parking lot of a mosque in the area, as this barrier is preventing worshippers …

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 17: MP Khalid Al-Otaibi has submitted questions to Minister of Oil, Electricity and Water Issam Al- Marzouq about the oil spills and sources of leakage. He said that on Aug 11, 2017; the Environment Public Authority (EPA) received a report from the Coast Guard General Department stating …

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 16, (Agencies): His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Sunday at Bayan Palace His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah and Qatari Foreign Minister Abdulrahman al-Thani. During the reception, the Qatari Foreign Minister handed in His Highness the Amir a …

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 16: MP Khalil Al-Saleh has forwarded questions to Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh about the impact of Value Added Tax (VAT) on citizens. He said the minister was quoted as saying on July 5, 2017 that the Ministry of Finance is studying the impact of VAT prior to …

‘CSC violates its own instructions’ KUWAIT CITY, Aug 16: Official statistics released recently showed that male expatriates outnumbered their female counterparts, indicating 68 percent of residency permits granted in 2016 were for male expatriates. The number of residency permits granted in 2016 totaled 2,697,195 — an increase by 465,840 in …

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 16: About 80 percent of the investment and commercial buildings do not have basements for the tenants to park their cars, quoting a reliable source from Kuwait Municipality. He said Kuwait Municipality has prepared a new mechanism that links issuance of license to offering electricity for parking …

MEW in coordination with KISR, EPA take samples for testing: Bo Shehri KUWAIT CITY, Aug 16: Ministry of Electricity and Water Undersecretary Eng Muhammad Bo Shehri has reassured citizens and expatriates that the country’s water production is at its best; with strategic water reserve of 3,900 million gallons. In an …