No jobs for under 30 diploma holders rule effective in 2018
22 bogus companies sponsoring 90 people shut
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 4: The Manpower Public Authority (PAM) has issued a decision which will be implemented during 2018 and according to which the recruitment of people under the age of 30 holding diplomas and above will be stopped, reports Al-Anba daily.
The decision also stated those who are above this age will not be permitted to upgrade their certificates unless they leave the country.
On the other hand, a ceiling will be set for workers in some professions and marginal jobs that can be replaced by modern technologies.
The ministries will be asked to reduce the percentage of contracts for security guards and cleaning workers.
The Authority indicated the number of government contracts was 2,274 and the number of workers registered on those contracts is 447,077 workers.
Firms on blacklist:
Detectives from Residency Affairs Department discovered 22 bogus companies shut down for sponsoring 90 workers who are on a blacklist. Concerned authorities have since been notified to take necessary action against the companies in question.
In a statement, the department confirmed that citizenship and passports sector will continue the unexpected campaign to ensure arrest of all residency violators, while reprimanding bogus companies that provide jobs for absconders.
Meanwhile, Fire Protection Sector continued its closure of violating installations to protect life and property in line with the decision of Fire Chief Lieutenant General Khaled Al-Mikrad.
A team from Protection Sector in Hawalli Governorate in a recent inspection tour conducted under the directive of its deputy general director Major General Khaled Fahad administratively closedown a 17-floor hotel based on noncompliance to safety regulations.
Vendors arrested:
In a quick blow, the second of its kind in less than two weeks, members of the Tripartite Committee which was formed by the Council of Ministers, in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior carried out two surprise inspection campaigns and raided the makeshift markets in Jleeb AlShuyoukh and arrested expatriate vendors selling foodstuffs, fish and shrimps, reports Al-Anba daily.
The Tripartite Committee comprises members from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, Ministry of Commerce and Kuwait Municipality.
The director of the inspection department of the Public Authority for Manpower, Mohammed Al-Ansari said 11 expatriate street vendors were arrested during the two campaigns.
He added, 10 expatriates were holding residence under Article (18) and one Article 20.
He said those arrested have been referred to the residence investiga- Minister of Health Dr Jamal AlHarbi said the 11 Kuwaitis — seven men and four women — who were injured in a road accident while visiting the southern Iraqi city of Karbala were admitted to Farwaniya and Al-Razi hospitals, reports Al-Anba daily.
Al-Harbi disclosed Farwaniya Hospital admitted 10 of the injured and Al-Razi Hospital admitted one with a broken spine. Two of the four women referred to Farwaniya Hospital suffered from broken pelvis.
He explained this is in compliance
tions department. Those arrested will be deported and the file of their sponsors will be closed.
Ex-con resists arrest:
A Kuwaiti ex-convict resisted arrest by Capital security operatives in Shuwaikh Industrial Area. The officers later discovered he was wanted for drug related offenses, reports Al-Rai daily.
A security source said the officers were on a routine patrol in Shuwaikh Industrial Area when the man aroused their suspicion when they saw him loitering around the mechanic garages. They approached him for identification, which revealed with the directives of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber AlSabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and the acting interior and defense ministers to provide all the necessary medical services to the injured, expressing at the same time condolences to the families of those martyred in the accident.
He praised the efforts exerted
his status as an ex-convict. They also discovered he was wanted by the General Department of Drug Control for a series of drug cases.
He vehemently resisted arrest but the officers overpowered him. He has since been detained in the area police station, and measures are in place to refer him to the concerned authority.
Fight over nose:
A youth lost his temper inside a restaurant at a popular shopping mall in Jahra area and taught two individuals who made mockery of his large nose a lesson by dragging them on the ground by acting Defense Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khalid who sent a military plane to transport the injured to Kuwait and provided medical and health personnel on board the plane.
Hussain Issa Mohammad Kamal Al-Balushi said his brother Mohammad died in the accident, adding that one of the survivors said the bus driver was asleep because the bus veered off the road and went to the surrounding sandy area and then he tried to return but he could not control the bus until it overturned on the road.
until they fled the scene, reports AlShahed daily.
Manager of the restaurant placed a call to the police to report the incident and a patrol team responded swiftly.
The officers saw signs of violence in the location and investigated the man. He narrated two strangers who sat beside him in the restaurant started mocking him over his large nose, noting he initially ignored them but he was left with no option than to teach them a lesson to protect his dignity when they raised the tempo.
The restaurant owner later withdrew the complaint for destruction of his property against the youth.