Kuwait Times

Drugged man caught

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A citizen who had consumed too much drugs entered an off-limits area for a walk, and ended up with Hawally police arresting him. Policemen spotted the man in the area in Salwa, so they stopped him and found out he was under the influence. He also had drug parapherna­lia with him. He was sent to state security. — Al-Anbaa

VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing and most developed telecom operator has been recognized as “Best Industry Call Center (Telecom)” and “Best Recruitmen­t Program”. VIVA received the accolades at the eleventh annual “Middle East Call Centre Awards” event held recently in Dubai, and organized by Insights Middle East, the leading organizati­on with over 20 years of experience in the call center and profession­al services industry.

“Our team’s dedication and hard work in customer services along with excellent recruitmen­t process to hire experts and profession­als led us to reap those awards to prove that fulfilling our customers’ needs is one of our values and pillars”, VIVA commented.

The “Insights Middle East Call Centre Awards” Competitio­n is the undisputed regional benchmark for remote customer interactio­n success.

Not only is it widely acclaimed as the most comprehens­ive, rigorous and strategy-aligned contest of its type in the world but the process of preparing a submission is proven to enhance outcomes and performanc­e in areas such as customer data analysis, process re-assessment and re-developmen­t, and employee teamwork. these important historic sites demolished, then rebuilt in a modern fashion?! Does not the beautiful past have its own aroma, memories and testimony over history?!

Civilized nations preserve heritage and are proud of it, and boast in front of nations, so what are we doing by demolishin­g our heritage with our own hands without any remorse or sadness?! All old neighborho­ods and houses were destroyed, along with schools where the entire older generation studied, while the state did not preserve even one neighborho­od at least to be a memory of olden times and a symbol for the young. Old mosques and husseiniya­s of significan­ce and all Failaka landmarks were demolished.

And if it was not for the alertness of some people and the response of our late Amir Sheikh Jaber AlAhmad, may Almighty Allah bestow His mercy on him, the heritage diwaniyas would not have remained on the Gulf coast.

Recently, one of Ahmadi’s oldest schools was torn down. We, these days, hear about the intention to raze one of the oldest mosques in the capital, the Shamlan Al-Roumi Mosque, and tomorrow, only Allah knows where the destructio­n will reach! Regardless of the reasons, advancemen­ts in modern engineerin­g can do the impossible to keep heritage as is without distortion.

Countries worldwide compete to have the United Nations designate some of their historical locations as heritage sites, while some people here are demolishin­g every building that has the scent of history and aroma of the past and heritage of the grandfathe­rs. What we hope to do is to preserve our history and heritage, and all what reminds us of our beautiful past. As the Kuwaiti saying goes: “What lacks a beginning does not have an end.” — Translated by Kuwait Times

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