LOCAL
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2016
National Guards conclude two training courses for 2020
KUWAIT: Under auspices of the national Guards deputy chief, lit. general, Hashim Al-Resfa’e and with the attendance of the protection and reinforcement commander, Major general,
Faleh Shoja’ Faleh, the National Guards recently celebrated concluding two basic training courses in chemical warfare defense and military communication. Participants from the interior and defense ministries underwent the training courses held as part of the 2020 strategic goals plan.
Kuwait oil price up
to USD 51.93 pb
KUWAIT: The price of Kuwaiti oil went up Thursday by
three cents, reaching USD 51.93 per barrel as oppose to
USD 51.90 pb the day before, said Kuwait Petroleum
Corporation (KPC) yesterday. In the global scene, oil contracts were down due to data from US energy outlets
regarding the increase of American crude reserves by
614,000 barrels last week. The contracts for the West Texas
Intermediate went down by 29 cents to settle at USD
53.77 per barrel, the same case for the contracts of the
Brent crude which went down by eight cents to settle at
USD 56.14 pb.—KUNA
Kuwaiti jockeys perform well
at show jumping event in Qatar
Kuwaiti, Turkish societies ink MoU
GAZIANETP, Turkey: Kuwait Red
Crescent Society (KRCS) yesterday inked
a memo of understanding (MoU) with
the Turkish Red Crescent Society to
examine relief projects in eastern
Aleppo. The MoU was signed by the
KRCS Chairman Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer and the
Turkish society’s chief, Dr. Mehmet
Gulluoglu, at the latter’s headquarters in
the town of Gaziantep. Dr. Al-Sayer said
the MoU aimed at examining programs
for relieving Syrian refugees from eastern Aleppo. He also thanked the Turkish
counterpart for providing facilities to the
Kuwaiti philanthropic teams, namely the
visit to the displaced in Idlib countryside.
KRCS board chairman Dr. Helal Al-Sayer with the Turkish society’s chief, Dr.
Mehmet Gulluoglu.—KUNA Photo
Dr. Gulluoglu said his association has
launched several humanitarian operations near the border Bab Al-Hawa and
Bab Al-Salam checkpoints, building
camps, makeshift hospitals and schools
in addition to providing food the
refugees. Earlier today, the KRCS signed
agreements worth USD 2,465 million
with Qatar’s Red Crescent Society (QRCS)
to offer relief aid and medical supplies to
the Syrian refugee families from eastern
Aleppo. Dr. Al-Sayer signed the accords
with the Director of Relief and
International Development at QRCS Dr.
Khaled Diab, at the latter’s office in
Gazinantep, south-western Turkey. These
accords are part of the strategic partnership and cooperation between the two
societies for the displaced “Syrian brothers from Aleppo,” Dr. Al-Sayer said. They
include providing 8,000 food packages,
winter clothes for 5-14 children, heating
oil, and blankets, he added. The KRCSQRCS cooperation projects also include
10 mobile clinics to offer medical services
to refugees from Aleppo, supporting a
field hospital, and providing three huge
tanks of drinking water daily. In addition
to assisting orphans, Dr. Al-Sayer noted.
On his part, Diab said that the QRCS started offering help to Syrian refugees in
2012 in neighboring countries, Iraq,
Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey. This has
covered health services, shelters, food
security, water, non-food supplies,
responding to emergencies, training and
capability building, he added.—KUNA
DOHA: Kuwaiti jockeys performed well at Al-Rayan international show jumping competition held late Thursday in
the Qatari capital, winning advance positions at the tournament. The Kuwaiti wins were achieved by jockey Sheikh
Yousef Al-Sabah who took part in two show jumping
events, coming in the second and third places. His compatriot Ghanima Al-Othman also came in fourth in position in
her respective competition. The tournament - which witnessed the participation of jockeys from 11 GCC, Arab, and
European countries - is part of the Arab qualification
rounds for an international tournament to be held in the
US next year.—KUNA
The Kuwaiti jockey Sheikh Yousef Al-Sabah who took part
in two show jumping events, coming in the second and
third places.