Ministries and government institutes will remain closed from Sunday, August 19 to Thursday, August 23
The Gulf country held an amnesty for illegal workers earlier this year
A new committee will take action against any state workers found to have fake qualifications
The men will be paid nearly $830 each
The beauty blogger has reportedly described the backlash against her as an attack on Islam and Kuwait
Potential bidder Cerberus Capital Management has pulled out after not getting enough investor support for its offer
The requirement means laid off workers cannot get their end of service gratuity if they switch to the private sector
Sondos Alqattan was accused of being racist after criticising new rights given to Filipino domestic staff under a May labour deal
Wren House fought off bids from JP Morgan, Blackstone, and private equity fund KKR to buy NSMP, sources said
Beauty blogger Sondos Alqattan reportedly described the new protections given to Filipino domestic staff as “pathetic”
The ministry will pay a monthly allowance of KD30 ($99) to each employee who works on the computer throughout the day
The Philippines has reportedly added a new condition to May’s labour deal requiring a deposit for each worker
Protesters burst into parliament in 2011 after lawmakers had been denied the right to question the the PM
The government wants to fully Kuwaitise government jobs by 2022
The cabinet has also rejected demands for a remittance tax on foreign workers, according to reports
His trip comes after the Kuwaiti parliament completed the second session of its 15th term on Wednesday
Agility will also provide solutions for Egyptian customs at the port
The Ministry of Interior has said old passports will no longer be valid for travel from next month
The move came after the US Federal Reserve raised its target range for the federal funds interest rate by a quarter point
Austerity measures have sparked massive protests in Jordan
The Philippine premier had accused the Gulf state and other Middle Eastern countries of seeing his people as slaves
Kuwait’s biggest listed banks ranked by total asset size
Few Kuwaiti firms have returned to do business in Iraq since Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion
Officials had previously indicated it would take longer to lift the ban
The ban was cemented in February after series of domestic worker abuse cases
All of the Gulf states were expected to introduce the 5 per cent tax by next year
“The final decision to lift the ban is in the hands of the president,” an official said
The deal had recently appeared in jeopardy after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he would make a worker ban permanent
The finance ministry wants to track comments that could damage the country’s “financial status”
Some private schools have been accused of blocking students with unpaid fees from taking exams