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RESIDENTIAL NASIMA AIMS TO QUESTION THE ESSENTIAL REALIZATION OF AN EVER MODERNIZING AND HOMOGENIZING SURROUNDING URBAN CONTEXT. AS KUWAIT CITY MOVES TOWARDS DRASTIC AND RAPID MODERNIZATION, THE ARCHITECTURAL VALUES THAT SHOULD PROTECT THE CULTURE, TRADITIONS OF THE CITY, AND THE INDIVIDUAL ARE STARTING TO DISINTEGRATE. TO INSTIGATE THE DEBATE OF PRESERVING CULTURE WHILE ALLOWING PROGRESS, RN BLENDS INTO THE CITY FABRIC. THE PARTI TAKES INSPIRATION FROM THE HISTORICAL NATURAL LANDSCAPE AND URBAN CLUSTERS, WHILE PROVIDING A PROVOKING CONTEMPORARY DESIGN SOLUTION IN CONTRAST TO IT.
PHILIPPINES HAD ALSO IMPOSED A BAN ON SENDING WORKERS TO KUWAIT IN FEBRUARY 2018, AFTER THE BODY OF JOANNA DEMAFELIS, A 29-YEAR OLD FILIPINO MAID, WAS FOUND IN THE FREEZER OF HER EMPLOYERS" HOUSE, LEADING TO A DIPLOMATIC STANDOFF WHICH WAS RESOLVED A MONTH LATER WHEN THE BAN WAS LIFTED.
THE AERIAL PHOTO TAKEN ON JAN. 1, 2020 SHOWS EMPLOYEES FROM CHINA GEZHOUBA GROUP CORPORATION (CGGC) TAKING PART IN A WALKATHON IN THE DESERT IN JAHRA GOVERNORATE, KUWAIT. CHINA GEZHOUBA GROUP CORPORATION (CGGC) HELD A WALKATHON ON ITS CONSTRUCTION SITE IN KUWAITI DESERT TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR ON WEDNESDAY. MORE THAN 1,000 CHINESE AND FOREIGN EMPLOYEES OF CGGC PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT. (PHOTO BY CHEN CICHAO/XINHUA)
THE PARTIAL BAN ON DEPLOYING FILIPINO HOUSEHOLD WORKERS TO KUWAIT IS NOW IN EFFECT FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF ANOTHER FILIPINO MIGRANT EMPLOYEE. BUT AS ZEN HERNANDEZ REPORTS, THE LABOR DEPARTMENT COULD STILL LIFT THE BAN SHOULD APPROPRIATE CHARGES BE FILED AGAINST THE VICTIM'S EMPLOYERS. - BUSINESS NIGHTLY, ANC, JANUARY 3, 2020
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD) ON FRIDAY RELEASED INITIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE FAMILY OF AN OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKER (OFW) FROM SOUTH COTABATO PROVINCE WHO WAS KILLED BY HER EMPLOYER IN KUWAIT LATE LAST MONTH.
「HINDI NATIN AGAD HINIHIMOK ANG ATING PAMAHALAAN NA MAGKAROON NG PANIBAGONG DEPLOYMENT BAN DAHIL MAAARING ILANG PAMILYA NG MGA OFW SA KUWAIT ANG MADADAMAY SA PANGYAYARING ITO. PERO KUNG HINDI MAGKAKAROON NG MAAYOS NA RESOLUSYON ITONG KASO NI JEANELYN,」 HE ADDED.
TIES BETWEEN KUWAIT AND IRAN SOURED IN JULY 2017 WHEN KUWAIT DOWNGRADED IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION ON ITS TERRITORY AFTER KUWAITI AUTHORITIES ACCUSED TEHRAN OF INVOLVEMENT IN SUPPORTING A TERROR GROUP LINKED TO IRAN-BACKED LEBANESE HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT.
WITH THE DISCOVERY OF OIL IN KUWAIT AND THE EASTERN PROVINCE OF SAUDI ARABIA IN THE LATE 1930S, TERRITORY BECAME A MORE VALUABLE COMMODITY AND EXPLORATION CONCESSIONS WERE GRANTED TO INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES IN THE ZONE IN THE FOLLOWING DECADE. BY THE MID-1960S, KUWAIT AND SAUDI ARABIA HAD AGREED TO PARTITION THE ZONE, SETTING A MORE DEFINITE BORDER WHICH TOOK EFFECT IN DECEMBER 1969.
IN THE EARLY 1980S, KUWAIT"S UNOFFICIAL STOCK MARKET — RUN OUT OF A PARKING GARAGE ON THE SITE OF AN OLD CAMEL MARKET — WAS THE THIRD LARGEST IN THE WORLD, SECOND ONLY TO THE U.S. AND JAPAN. BUT THEN, IN AN INSTANT, IT ALL CAME CRASHING DOWN, PLUNGING KUWAIT INTO A BRUTAL RECESSION THAT WOULD LAST FOR NEARLY A DECADE. HOW IS IT THAT A SIMPLE FINANCIAL INNOVATION COULD CREATE SUCH VAST WEALTH AND SUCH DEVASTATING CHAOS? AND WHAT CAN IT TEACH US ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTAL FORCES AT THE HEART OF MODERN CAPITALISM?
ESPER SAID THAT ABOUT 100 MARINES IN KUWAIT WERE INITIALLY SENT TO BACK UP EMBASSY SECURITY BUT ADDED: "WE ARE PREPARED TO REINFORCE OTHER POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION AS REQUIRED OVER THE COMING DAYS."
A MAN PREPARES SHISHA FOR CUSTOMERS AT DALALWA CAFE, IN KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT, DEC. 23, 2019. LOCATED IN THE OLD AL-MUBARAKIYA MARKET IN KUWAIT CITY, DALALWA CAFE HAS A MORE THAN 100-YEAR HISTORY. AS A HISTORICAL SITE, DALALWA CAFE DOES NOT OFFER COFFEE, BUT SERVES BLACK TEA, LEMON TEA, CINNAMON TEA, COLD DRINKS AND SHISHA TOBACCO. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS TEA HOUSES IN KUWAIT CITY, WHERE LOCAL KUWAITI PEOPLE ENJOY THEIR FREE TIME. (PHOTO BY GHAZY QAFFAF/XINHUA)
THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED AFTER THE PHILIPPINES IMPOSED A TOTAL BAN ON DEPLOYMENT TO KUWAIT BECAUSE OF THE KILLING OF JOANNA DEMAFELIS, A FILIPINA WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND STUFFED INSIDE A FREEZER IN AN ABANDONED APARTMENT IN KUWAIT IN FEBRUARY 2018.
KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER SHEIKH AHMAD NASSER AL-MOHAMMAD AL-SABAH AND SAUDI MINISTER OF ENERGY PRINCE ABDULAZIZ BIN SALMAN SIGNED THE AGREEMENTS IN KUWAIT, STATE NEWS AGENCY KUNA SAID.
BKUWAIT CITY, DEC 26: THE NATIONAL EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN KUWAIT PASTOR AMMANUEL GHAREEB, SAID 「THE NUMBER OF KUWAITI CHRISTIANS HAS REACHED 290,」 STRESSING, IN A STATEMENT TO AL-RAI DAILY THAT THEY 「ENJOY COMPLETE FREEDOM IN PRACTICING THEIR RITES IN KUWAIT, THE COUNTRY OF HUMANITY AND FREEDOMS,」 REPORTS AL-RAI DAILY.
TURKISH DEFENSE PRODUCTS EXHIBITED IN KUWAIT
PUTTING THIS MASSIVE GAP ASIDE, KUWAITIS AND OTHER ARABS HAVE HAD TWO SHOCKS IN THE SPAN OF TWO WEEKS AND ARE NOW WONDERING WHEN DID HAVING AN ANIMAL BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE THAN HAVING A HUMAN BEING. 
ON THE STRENGTH OF THE VIDEO CLIP THE MAN WAS REFERRED TO THE PROSECUTION FOR THREATENING THE ENDANGERED SPECIES, BUT HE DENIED THE CHARGES FILED AGAINST HIM BY THE EPA. "DESPITE WHAT HAS BEEN SAID BY THE SUSPECT, THE PROSECUTION WILL INVESTIGATE AND VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY OF HIS ACCOUNT, UNTIL IT IS CONFIRMED THAT THE BIRD WAS NOT HUNTED IN KUWAIT BUT BROUGHT FROM "ABROAD" AS HE CLAIMS. THE SOURCE CONFIRMED THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN KUWAIT NO. 101/2015 IS STRICT AND THE PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES MAY REACH A FINE OF 50,000 DINARS AND/OR 3 YEARS IMPRISONMENT.
FLUOR IS LEADING A JOINT VENTURE THAT IS WORKING TO DELIVER TWO ENGINEERING, PROCUREMENT, FABRICATION AND CONSTRUCTION PACKAGES FOR KEY PROCESS SUPPORT UNITS, UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE AL-ZOUR REFINERY PROJECT IN KUWAIT. UPON COMPLETION, THE NEW COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO BE ONE OF THE LARGEST REFINERIES IN THE WORLD AND PRODUCE 615,000 BARRELS OF OIL PER DAY.
A SECURITY SOURCE IN KUWAIT REVEALED THAT OFFICIALS AT A GENERAL TRADING AND CONTRACTING COMPANY HAD BEEN QUESTIONED IN THE CASE, LATER CONFIRMING THAT COMPANY OFFICIALS HAD RECEIVED SUMS OF MONEY AMOUNTING TO AROUND US$5,000 IN EXCHANGE FOR BRINGING EXPATRIATES TO KUWAIT.
A KUWAITI COURT HAS SENTENCED AN EXPATRIATE TO 20 MONTHS IN PRISON AND A FINE OF 1,000 KUWAITI DINARS ($3,300) FOR MISUSING HIS PHONE AND INSULTING THE UNITED STATES (US) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (UK) AMBASSADORS, AL-RAI REPORTED YESTERDAY.
FINALLY, KUWAIT SUFFERS FROM BEING LOCATED IN A VOLATILE REGION THAT INHERENTLY, DETERS FOREIGN INVESTORS. HOWEVER, KUWAIT』S EMIR, SHEIKH SABAH AL-AHMAD AL-SABAH, A DIPLOMAT PAR EXCELLENCE, ENJOYS HUGE INTERNATIONAL RESPECT, WHICH TRANSLATES INTO RESPECT AND SECURITY FOR KUWAIT AS WELL. THIS SOFT POWER CAN BE CHANNELLED TO SUPPORT A KEY OBJECTIVE OF 『KUWAIT』S VISION 2035』: MAXIMISING INBOUND FOREIGN INVESTMENT.

 

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