KUWAIT CITY, June 3: Kuwait Society for Human Rights (KSHR) has urged all citizens and expatriates in Kuwait to monitor violations concerning engaging workers during the day in open places in summer. Chairman of the society Khalid Al-Humaidi affirmed that everybody can monitor violations and publish them on social media by sharing photos and video clips via the society’s number 55643333.

He noted the call is meant to activate government’s decision that bans working under direct sunlight from 11am to 5pm beginning June to August for the safety of workers. He said employers should respect law by protecting the rights of workers, and create the right environment for workers. He again urged employers to provide healthy and safe environment according to international standards. He stressed the importance of activating decision no. 535/2015 of the Public Authority for Manpower concerning ban on working in open places during summer .

Chairman of the society Khalid Al-Humaidi affirmed that everybody can monitor violations and publish them on social media by sharing photos and video clips via the society’s number 55643333.

He noted the call is meant to activate government’s decision that bans working under direct sunlight from 11am to 5pm beginning June to August for the safety of workers. He said employers should respect law by protecting the rights of workers, and create the right environment for workers. He again urged employers to provide healthy and safe environment according to international standards. He stressed the importance of activating decision no. 535/2015 of the Public Authority for Manpower concerning ban on working in open places during summer .

KUWAIT CITY, June 1: The Public Authority for Manpower is in the process of establishing new controls for work permits, renewal of residence and transfer of family visas to work in the private sector, reports Al-Seyassah daily.

According to informed sources the 65 years limit excludes some professions that do not require a physical effort, such as lawyers, consultants, doctors and some other important disciplines, noting that the controls include legalization of the transfer of the family visa to the private sector including if the husband is Kuwaiti.

Souce: Arab Times

Bachelor degree holders said paid KD 4,000 each, Masters 7,000

The daily added, these certificates are not worth the value of paper because they have not been recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education. The sources say, from India alone 190 Kuwaitis have acquired these certificates – 189 Bachelor degrees and one Masters for a total cost of 763,000 dinars.

The Bachelor degree holders are said to have paid KD 4,000 each and the Masters 7,000. The number of certificate holders from the Philippines is 562, including 6 Doctorates, 24 Masters and 532 Bachelor’s degrees. The cost of each certificate is 12 thousand dinars for the doctorate, 6,800 for the Masters and 3,000 dinars for the Bachelor degree. The total cost is believed to be 850 million dinars.

The number of these certificates holders from Slovakia is 57 citizens – specializations in industrial and civil engineering, and the value of one certificate is 5 thousand dinars, and the total is 285 thousand dinars. A source revealed that the holders of certificates from Athens numbered about 214, including 36 who received a Doctorate, and the value of each certificate 15 thousand dinars, total of 540 thousand; 38 Masters certificates, 6,800 dinars per certificate, total 380 thousand dinars, holders of fake Bachelor certificates number 140 people with 5 thousand dinars per certificate and the total cost 700 thousand dinars, which means waste of a total of 1.220 million dinars.

The figures indicate that the total value of the certificates of doubtful authenticity cost the holders about 4 million dinars, was paid to «Mafia» imaginary universities. An official source confirmed that the Ministry of Higher Education continues to fight fake certificates, and has referred dozens of certificates to the Prosecution. This is in addition to some ministries which are conducting investigations with the holders of such certificates, including the Ministry of Oil. The sources stressed the need to expand the investigation in various government sectors and Education Ministry, to eliminate this serious scourge.

Source: Arab Times

KUWAIT CITY: The Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced Wednesday that Eid Al-Fitr holiday would be on Tuesday, June 4, ending Thursday, June 6.

Official working hours shall resume on Sunday, June 9, whether Eid fell on Tuesday or not, CSC said in a press statement. State authorities with special working hours should arrange their work timing in a manner that would serve the public interest. (KUNA)

KUWAIT CITY, May 29: An unidentified toddler who was reportedly found abandoned by the parents near a mosque in Salhiya has been referred to the Amiri Hospital for medical care, reports Al-Rai daily. In the meantime, detectives have been tasked with identifying the parents of the child.

KUWAIT CITY, May 29, (Agencies): Kuwait tied with Bahrain and Belarus in ranking 37th out of 176 countries in the Global Childhood Report 2019 released by children’s advocacy group Save the Children Tuesday.

The advocacy group says youngsters in all but three of the 176 countries it evaluated have a better chance of growing up healthy, educated and protected from harmful practices like child labor and child marriage than at any time in the past two decades.

Save the Children said in a report released Tuesday that UN statistics show at least 280 million children are better off today.

source: Arab Time