Posted in Kuwait on March 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Farwaniya law enforcement agencies raided vice dens in Hassawi and arrested 13 Asian expatriates who had turned apartments into a brothel. The group included six prostitutes and seven pimps. According to sources, the raid lasted for three hours.
Photo by Anwar Daifallah :: By Mizyed Al-Saeedi – Special to the Arab Times
Posted in Kuwait on March 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »
| Kuwait mulls end to sponsorship system |
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KUWAIT, March 11, (KUNA): Kuwait’s Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor has already begun to ponder over a mechanism aiming to end the sponsor system as a state policy, a senior ministry official said here Tuesday. Mohamed Al-Kandari, undersecretary of the ministry, made the remarks following a meeting of the permanent committee on the organization of foreign workers in the private sector, under the chairmanship of Minister of Justice, Social Affairs and Labor Jamal Al-Shihab. Officials from the ministries of the interior and commerce, Kuwait Municipality and Chamber of Commerce and Industry were present at the meeting. He quoted the minister as hailing such a step as a state policy and expecting a relevant clear-cut future vision following the abolition of the sponsor system. Al-Kandari predicted that the system would be scrapped within 15 months, saying the conferees had explored several alternatives through a set of studies presented by experts of the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Kuwaiti ministry. The new system will be adopted in a way that will fulfill international requirements and criteria for foreign laborers, he said, noting that it would ensure the interests of employers and employees altogether. The conferees also considered a proposal for setting up new labor housing cities on state lands, which would meet relevant ILO requirements and answer the needs of foreign workers, he concluded. |
Posted in Kuwait on March 4, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Kuwait : Customs officers at the Kuwait International Airport have arrested two Bangladeshis for attempting to smuggle narcotic pills into the country, reports Al-Qabas daily.
According to a security source the suspects put up a brave appearance to pretend nothing was wrong with them. Their behavior caught the attention of customs officers and the passengers were whisked away for a thorough check.
The officers then searched their baggage and found 700 pills in the baggage of one man and 150 with the other.
The Bangladesh Times 