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KUWAIT CITY, Dec 24: Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa was recently quoted as saying the Civil Service Commission (CSC) has specified the value of housing allowance the expatriate female teachers are eligible to when the law was enacted, reports Al-Rai daily. He went on to say …
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Rights panel eyes granting more privileges to Bedoun – Jobs, health care, education discussed
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 26: The parliamentary Human Rights Committee on Thursday discussed bills on the civil and social rights of Bedouns with the representatives of the Central System for Remedying the Status of Illegal Residents (CSRSIR). Committee Chairman MP Jamal Al-Omar said they looked into the possibility of granting more …
Read More »Panel’s rapporteur says ‘hurt’ by criticisms over report on Dow file
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 23: Rapporteur of the Public Funds Protection Committee in the Parliament MP Saif Al- Azmi has expressed disappointment over criticisms on the panel’s reports about the Dow Chemical Company file. Al-Azmi claimed some of his colleagues have challenged the committee and accused it of being biased in …
Read More »‘8,000 ‘bedoun’ registered in 1965 deserve naturalization’
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 15: Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship and Passports Affairs at the Ministry of Interior Major- General Sheikh Mazen Al- Jarrah said 8,000 of the 32,000 stateless people or the so-called ‘Bedoun’ who had registered during the 1965 census deserve naturalization, reports Al- Qabas daily. On the other hand, …
Read More »Some 7,243 Bedouns ‘adjust’ their status since 2011: CARSIR
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 14, (KUNA): Since 2011 and until October 2015, some 7,243 illegal residents (Bedouns) have adjusted their status in Kuwait, said the Central Agency for Remedying the Status of Illegal Residents’ (CARSIR) here on Saturday. Head of the status adjustment department of the apparatus Colonel Mohammad Al-Wohaib told …
Read More »Gang of 2 Kuwaitis, bedoun held for trafficking in arms
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 8: Director-General of the Department of Weapons Security M a j o r- G e n e r a l Faraj Al-Zuabi was recently quoted as saying the security authorities were able to dismantle an international network which specialized in smuggling arms and ammunition from Turkey to …
Read More »‘Accept proposal to allow sons of Bedoun military personnel in army’
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 7: MP Askar Al-Enezi has called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Khalid Al- Jarrah to approve the proposal for his ministry to accept the sons of Bedoun military personnel as protectors of the nation. In a press statement, Al- Enezi argued the sons …
Read More »‘Door is open for issuance and renewal of Bedoun passports’
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 30: Assistant Undersecretary for Naturalization and Residence Affairs at the Ministry of Interior Major- General Sheikh Mazen Al- Jarrah was quoted as saying the door is open to receive transactions for the issuance and renewal of Article 17 passports for illegal residents or the so-called bedoun, reports …
Read More »MoE teams to review admission docus of military personnel kids – ‘Registration of Bedoun students in public schools violates ministerial decision’
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 23: Assistant Undersecretary for Public Education Affairs at Ministry of Education Fatmah Al-Kandari revealed that the ministry has formed teams to visit schools in all educational zones for reviewing documents submitted for admission of children of military personnel, in line with the ministerial decision, reports Al-Anba daily. …
Read More »Foreign liquor bottles, KD 3,000 seized from Bedoun
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 17: Anti-narcotics personnel arrested a Bedoun for peddling in alcohol and confiscated 135 bottles of imported liquor and KD 3,000 cash in his possession. Security sources said the department received report about the suspect and sealed a deal with a secret agent to purchase 24 bottles of …
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