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Kuwait Airways will acquire the “T4” building said Captain Ali Al-Dukhan, chairman of the board of directors at Kuwait Airways Company (KAC) during a press conference held by the company announcing its 2022 financial results. The terminal (T4) is currently operated by a Korean company until August 2023 and has been rented by Kuwait Airways for about KD 1 million annually. KAC revenues climbed by 10 percent compared to 2019 and 115 percent compared to 2021. The profit margin also improved by 40 percent compared to 2019 and 37 percent compared to 2021. Passenger traffic at “T4” grew by 26…

The new plan will not obligate expats to pay the fee to receive their medicine. The Ministry of Health will present a new report to Health Minister Dr Ahmad Al-Awadhi, which includes a plan to sell medicine directly to expatriates at hospitals and clinics, instead of obligating them to pay the fixed fee of KD 5 for their medication. The report found that medicine consumption is still large in the Minsitry’s health centres and hospitals. The report also shows that expats acquire more medication, compared to the locals in the country. Furthermore, there was an emphasis in the report that…

Depending on the person’s academic degree, the proposal stipulates paying married non-working Kuwaiti women for holders of a Master’s degree (or higher), KD 600 for university Bachelor’s degree or Diploma holders, KD 550 for high school degree holders and KD 500 for certificate holders of an intermediate school or below. In order to be entitled to receive the pay, the woman must still be married and must have no personal source of income, according to the proposal.

Major Abdullah Bu Hassan, General Traffic Department Officer of the Awareness Department, announced that effective next week, all traffic fines will be sent to violators electronically by mobile app or text message rather than on yellow paper. A text message including the license plate number of the offending vehicle will be sent to smartphones as proof of the digital violations. Bu Hassan stressed that it is the major duty of parents to prevent their young children and teens from driving dangerously and illegally. Bu Hassan announced the new development of Traffic fines at a ceremony honoring Major General Jamal Al-Sayegh,…

The patrols will regulate traffic flow as offices and schools resume operations after Eid holidays. The General Traffic Department has organized 200 security and traffic patrols to regulate traffic flow in the country after the Eid Al Fitr holidays. The patrols will manage the traffic flow, after offices, schools, and universities resumed operations on Wednesday morning. These traffic officials will work in coordination with the public security sector on all ring roads, main roads and streets, highways, and internal roads across all governates. The Traffic Operations Room will monitor all roads and streets to ensure the smooth flow of traffic…

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and its subsidiaries are planning to hire about 600 Kuwaitis with either diplomas or bachelor’s degrees, reports Al-Rai daily quoting highly reliable sources from the oil sector. The budget for this recruitment has been approved already, and most of those who will be hired will be assigned to Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC), which currently needs several employees with various specializations; followed by Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) and KPC sources said. Sources expect that there will be no suspension of promotion, rotation, and recruitment in the oil sector to ensure its operations are not disrupted; considering…

Kuwait dropped four spots on the Corruption Perceptions Index for 2022 from 73 to 77 globally with a score of 42, the Kuwait Transparency Society said on Tuesday. The annual report was prepared by Transparency International, where Kuwait ranked seventh in the Arab world. The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories worldwide by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, scoring on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).You can find the index here. Source: KuwaitMoments

Taleb Al-Refai received French badge of honor at French embassy in Kuwait. The embassy of France in Kuwait honoured well-reputed Kuwaiti novelist Taleb Al-Refai with the rank of Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters on Monday for his efforts in building bridges between the two cultures. Al-Refai has also received the badge of honour for French Literature and Arts and he has won the Kuwait National Award for Arts & Literature for The Scent of the Sea. During the honouring ceremony, French Ambassador Claire Le Flecher welcomed Al-Refai and his family and praised him for his works translated…