Donations open for earthquake victims

Embassy of Mexico announced yesterday the opening of donations through the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) to help the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck Mexico on September 19th 2017. The Society will receive donations in cash and in-kind through its website: https://donation.krcs.org.kw. The embassy would further like to extend its thanks and gratitude to all those who contributed to the alleviation of the suffering of the families of the victims and those affected, and in particular to the Kuwait Red Crescent Society and the State of Kuwait (Leadership, Government and People) for their sympathy towards our country.

Treated abroad

The Health Ministry revealed yesterday that the number of Kuwaitis seeking medical treatment abroad fell by 80 percent in first quarter of 2017. The ministry revealed that the number of case was at 2,927 compared to the same period in 2016, which was at 13,352 cases. Meanwhile, this retreat was attributed to health ministry’s strict measures to inspect each medical case and determine whether treatment abroad was necessary.

Driver’s licenses

The Central Tenders Committee (CTC) recently approved a request made by the Interior Ministry’s General Traffic Department to purchase one million driver’s licenses of various types with a total cost of KD 99,000, and that in order to end a shortage that had been delaying the issuance of new or renewed licenses in some governorates.

Flags

Kuwait Municipality recently announced a reverse auction to supply state flags to be used for decorating various streets in preparation for the National and Liberation Days’ holiday next February, said informed sources, noting that a meeting would be held soon with participants to review the conditions.

Smoking

Environment police recently fined a hotel in Farwaniya for allowing guests to smoke indoors, which is a violation of article 173 of the environment law number 42/2014. The guests who were caught smoking were fined as well, said sources.