ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2016
LOCAL
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MEW staffer granted ‘excellent’ job
performance rating from ‘very good’
Court raises amount of comp to woman to KD 5,000
By Jaber Al-Hamoud
Al-Seyassah Staff and Agencies
KUWAIT CITY, July 23: The Civil Section
at the Court of Appeals has nullified the verdict of the Court of First Instance, which
ordered KD 500 compensation for a Kuwaiti
woman identified as ‘Barby’.
The court raised the amount of compensation to KD
5,000 for psychological and material damages that the
woman suffered due to the threat of a Kuwaiti man to
spread her pictures as a way to force her to give the money
in her possession.
According to the plaintiff’s lawyer, Attorney Abdul-Mohsen
Al-Qattan, the Public Prosecution charged the defendant with
threatening his client to hand over money in her possession and
forcefully entered her residence. The court also fined the defendant KD 100.
Al-Qattan added his client suffered serious psychological and material damages, because the incident affected
her job and caused her pain due to fear that her pictures
will spread.
Meanwhile, the First Instance Court has ordered cancellation
of the ‘very good’ job performance rating granted to a mechanical engineer at the Ministry of Electricity and Water, and then
change the rating to ‘excellent’.
Lawyer for the engineer, Attorney Ahmed Al-Failakawi,
argued that his client joined the ministry many years ago, indicating that his performance rating was ‘excellent’ in all the previous years.
Al-Failakawi added his client was shocked when he got ‘very
good’ rating without any justification. He argued his client has
always been a model employee, no punishment has been
imposed on him throughout the years in service and he is punctual.
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Bid to amend provisions: Interior Ministry Undersecretary
Lieutenant General Suleiman Al-Fahad issued a circular concerning Law No. 35/2016 to amend the provisions of Criminal
Code Procedure 17/1970 which stipulate the period of keeping a
person in custody for criminal and misdemeanor cases, over and
above procedures for detention.
The circular was issued upon the ministry’s commitment to
execute the provisions of law, and “it is not allowed in any way
to keep a person in custody for more than 4 days in criminal
cases and 48 hours in misdemeanor cases without a written letter
from the detective for that purpose”.
The meeting in progress
KU’s joint ministerial committee holds maiden meeting
Joint ministerial committee of Kuwait
University and the Ministry of Higher
Education in charge of studying
“Appropriateness of higher education
products and Kuwaiti labor market
needs” held its maiden meeting Sunday.
The committee was set up by the Minister
of Education and Higher Education Dr
Bader Al-Essa to harmonize efforts
among higher educational institutions
with Kuwait’s labor market needs in scientific and humanity specialties.
Distributed to those in need
Kuwait airport receives 35,000 passengers daily: Brig Al-Saleh
Campaign results in collection of
500 abandoned copies of Quran
Official denies implementing of comprehensive
solution to the problem of congestion on roads
KUWAIT CITY, July 23: A campaign for collecting abandoned copies of Holy Quran resulted in the collection of 500
copies in the last 10 days of Ramadan, in cooperation with a
volunteer team and F2 Group headed by Iman Al-Awadi,
reports Al-Rai daily.
Al-Awadi revealed she got the idea when she noticed
many abandoned copies of Holy Quran in houses, so she
decided to collect and distribute them to those who need the
Quran.
She added the collected copies include interpretation of
Quran in different languages that are distributed to non-Arab
Muslims and newly-converted Muslims.
She said Director of Al-Zumorruda Hall Tareq Abdulkhaleq
offered the hall for gathering and arranging the copies for
three days, disclosing the Kuwait Red Crescent Society participated in the campaign by delivering the copies to the
needy. She went on to say many of the collected copies were
distributed to prisons, mosques and committees in charge of
newly converted Muslims.
She also praised the cooperation of the Islamic Heritage
Revival Society; adding that the campaign distributed 3,000
Iftar meals and 300 pieces of new clothes throughout Kuwait.
Serves public interest: Hashash
‘Decision to reclaim, re-distribute
public houses ensures justice for all’
KUWAIT CITY, July 23: Director General of the
Public Relations and Security Media Department in the
Interior Ministry Brigadier General Adel Ahmad
Al-Hashash said the decision to reclaim and re-distribute public houses, which will begin early next month,
ensures justice for all and it serves public interest.
In a press statement, Al-Hashash explained this decision is not new as it has been applied since the allocation of such houses in 1979.
He disclosed that Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
of Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khalid Al-Hamad
Al-Sabah stressed, in more than one occasion, the need
to provide low-cost and adequate housing for employees of the Interior Ministry and the military. He
explained this aims to guarantee equality among all
employees in accordance with the entitlement conditions.
On the mechanism for reclaiming these houses, he
said the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW)
usually issues an administrative decision to terminate
or withdraw the lease. This includes everyone who
ended his tenure at the ministry and received full financial dues, thus, the beneficiaries of such houses must
return them to the custody of the ministry once their
service ends in order to redistribute the houses to those
who are still employed.
He noted the decision excludes employees with
unknown nationality for humanitarian considerations.
In case of death, the family will be allowed to stay in
the house for two years or until the oldest male child
reaches 18 years old, in recognition of the deceased’s
dedicated service in the ministry. It also entails the
need to postpone evacuation of the house until the end
of the school year or for a period of two months from
the date the service ended.
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Ahmadi Governor Sheikh Fawaz Khaled Al-Hamad
Al-Sabah praised the boundless achievements of the
Interior Ministry and the level of performance in all
security sectors.
He congratulated the Minister of Interior Sheikh
Mohammed Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on the latest
feat of anti-narcotics officers who recovered the largest
consignment of drugs ever witnessed in Kuwait. He
attributed successes of Drugs Control General
Department to proper planning, endless efforts, sincerity and patriotism.
KUWAIT CITY, July 23: Assistant
Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs at
Ministry of Interior Major General
Abdullah Al-Muhanna denied that a
comprehensive solution to the problem of congestion on the roads in
Kuwait will be implemented soon,
reports Al-Rai daily.
Indicating that the number of vehicles on the roads is increasing annually but the roads remain the same,
Major General Al-Muhanna said,
“Solving the problem of traffic congestion requires amendment of
streets, main roads and ring roads,
starting with Fahaheel, King
Abdulaziz, Al-Maghrib, King Fahd,
Al-Riyadh and Al-Ghazali roads, as
well as from First Ring Road until the
Seventh Ring Road”.
He stressed that the problem of
congestion on the roads cannot be
solved without making necessary
changes to these roads, adding that
the bridges network project that is
being carried out will partially contribute to alleviating the traffic congestion.
Meanwhile,
Major
General
Al-Muhanna revealed about a project for renewal of driving licenses
and civil IDs through devices that
will be installed in cooperative societies.
He indicated that about 788 expatriates have been deported so far this
year for driving without licenses.
Meanwhile, Director General of
Airport Security Brigadier Walid
Al-Saleh disclosed that the Kuwait
International Airport receives 35,000
passengers per day, reports Al-Shahed
daily.
He indicated that the current capacity of the airport is five million people
per year but the airport has been
receiving 11 million travelers due to
the tremendous efforts exerted by all
departments at the airport.
Brigadier Al-Saleh praised the citizens and expatriates of all nationalities who have contributed to the
strengthening of the security system
by respecting the laws and cooperating with security personnel as well as
reporting any suspicious matters they
witness at the airport.
He
affirmed
that
Kuwait
International Airport is one of the
most secure airports in the region.