Arab Times

Finally she is home, safe

Maid’s miraculous escape

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KUWAIT CITY, Aug 26: Finally, she is home safe and sound after almost losing her life few months ago in Sabah Al-Salem, reports Al-Rai daily.

This is the story of an Ethiopian domestic worker seen in a horrifying video that went viral last May as she fell from the seventh floor of an apartment building in Sabah Al-Salem area. The issue had received wide media coverage after the employer posted the video clip on social media.

After months of medical and natural therapy, she obtained full recovery and traveled back home

Sources said the decision is in line with the commitment of the bank to regulate operative expenditur­es in its budget for fiscal 2018/2019 based on the Cabinet’s decision issued on March 1, 2017 and letter of the Ministry of Finance dated May 17, 2017 about the retirement of employees who completed 30 years in service and ending the contracts of several expatriate employees as well.

Sources disclosed the retired Kuwaiti employees will be granted additional financial privileges such as nine months salary, extending the health insurance period, legal reward and indemnity approved by the Central Bank.

Sources added the contracts of 12 expatriate employees have been terminated and they were given three months grace period according to the contracts they signed. Sources said these expatriate­s did not receive additional rewards except those defined by law. recently and the family received her with tears of joy upon arrival at the Addis Ababa Airport.

In a statement to the Ethiopian media, the former domestic worker explained she was not trying to commit suicide but to escape the cruel treatment of her lady employer.

The cooperativ­e societies sector has completed preparing an integrated study for adopting electronic voting (e-voting), reports Al-Anba daily.

According to informed sources, the aim of this process is to put an end to any shortcomin­gs that may occur in elections by hand or double voting in more than one cooperativ­e society.

They said they are expecting the process to be implemente­d after coordinati­ng with Ministry of Interior to adopt the fingerprin­t system in evoting.

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