KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health affirmed yesterday that Kuwait is currently a Malaria-free zone with 388 cases treated in 2016. Patients with the treated cases have entered Kuwait from other Malaria-infected countries, Assistant Undersecretary for public health affairs Majda Al-Qattan said in a statement released on the occasion of the World Malaria Day which falls on April 25.

Department of Mass Communication in College of Arts at Kuwait University organized a Gulf Media Exhibition on Wednesday, April 19 at the sports arena of the college in Keifan Campus under the patronage and in the presence of State Minister for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah.

KUWAIT CITY, April 22 (KUNA): Amid rising aggression on property rights worldwide, Kuwait has been paying due attention to the issue. The country, a signatory to relevant agreements, has adopted legislations to protect the copyrights.

KUWAIT CITY, April 19: The average monthly salary of the 144,000 expatriate employees of the public sector is KD 691 and the average salary of expatriate employees of the private sector is KD 251, as per recent statistics issued by the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI), reports Al-Qabas daily.

KUWAIT CITY, April 18: The parliamentary Negative Phenomena Committee (NPC) has asked the Municipal Council to speed up issuance of a law which bans smoking in public and to allocate smoking areas in cafés and restaurants.

KUWAIT CITY April 18: Director-General of the Kuwait Municipality Eng Ahmed Al-Manfouhi has given the concerned officials two weeks grace period to answer how tons of frozen fish and shrimps entered the country although a ministerial decision was issued to prevent the entry of some fish and meat from some countries, reports Al- Rai daily.

KUWAIT CITY, April 17: Officers from the General Criminal Security Department arrested two Jordanians for stealing from laborers in Shuwaikh Industrial Area. This came after a Palestinian filed a complaint at Shuwaikh Police Station that some unknown persons stole KD 800 from him while he was praying inside a mosque in Shuwaikh Industrial Area.

KUWAIT CITY, April 17: As the Ministry of Education initiated the move to sign contracts with some Palestinian teachers to teach in public schools starting from academic year 2017/2018, roughly 76 percent of educators who participated in a recent opinion poll affirmed that Palestinian teachers cannot solve education problems in Kuwait, because the problems have nothing to do with the nationality of teachers but school administration, teachers, parents, students, and curricula, reports Al-Seyassah daily.

KUWAIT CITY, April 17: A draft law stipulates imposing a tax on certain goods including 100 percent tax on energy drinks and tobacco, in addition to 50 percent tax on fizzy drinks, reports Al-Anba daily.

KUWAIT CITY, April 17: The higher committee tasked to address the lopsided population structure will most likely suggest a ceiling on the number of expatriates in the country, reports Al-Qabas daily.