Company loses contract for being behind schedule

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Public Works (MPW) recently cancelled a contract signed with a contracting company because it failed to meet the schedule of building Granada Co-op Society’s supermarket, and broke several deadlines it had promised to respect. MPW’s decision involves withdrawing the project from the contractor and completing it by others at the contractor’s expense, explained MPW’s assistant undersecretary for construction projects affairs Ghaleb Al-Sofoug, who noted that that the decision was the last of a serious of penal measures gradually taken against the contractor.

Food boxes

Al-Manshar Rotana Hotel had been cooperating with Kuwait Food Bank (KFB) since the beginning of Ramadan to distribute food boxes to needy families in Kuwait. It has so far donated 150 boxes of basic food supplies, said KFB Manager Salem Al-Hamar. Meanwhile, Al-Manshar Rotana Hotel’s General Manager Pierre Zayoun expressed his joy for joining KFB in such a generous initiative during the holy month of Ramadan. He also noted that this partnership comes as part of the hotel’s social responsibility activities.

Foul fish

Public Authority for Food and Nutrition (PAFN) inspectors recently inspected the fish market in Sharq area where they confiscated and destroyed around 66 kilograms of foul fish, said the authority’s acting public relations manager Mohammed Jeraq.

9510 patients

Chairman of Kuwait Patients Helping Fund Society (KPHFS), Dr. Mohammed Al-Sharhan said that 9510 patients, out of the total of 16275 who had applied requesting financial help, have benefited from the society’s help with a total cost of KD 3,225,824.

Al-Sharhan added that KPHFS follows sets of rules and regulations that would help achieve donors’ interest and help patients actually in need of help. “Not all the cases circulated on social media networks actually need help”, he underlined noting that the society has its own specialized medical committee and social researchers who study each case for two days to decide whether it needs help.

Al-Sharhan added that the society focuses on the humane side of each case regardless of race, gender or religion. “We have helped non-Muslim patients”, he stressed urging those wishing to find out more about the society work to visit it in person instead of ‘staying eye-glued to mobile phones’ defaming others without verifying any piece of news.