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Qatar to start luxury cruise ship service to Kuwait

Qatar will soon start a luxury cruise ship service for passengers to Kuwait and Oman. The first-of-its-kind service in the Gulf region, is expected to start its service in two weeks, Qatar media reported.

The 145 meter-long cruise ship ‘MV Grand Ferry’ has the capacity to carry 870 persons and 670 cars. Initially, the ship will be going to ports in Oman and Kuwait, but the service can be extended to Iran, if there is enough demand for the route, media reported quoting Qatar Minister of Transport and Communications H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti. MV Grand Ferry owner Faisal Mohamed al-Sulaiti said this new offering gives Qatar residents the opportunity to visit two neighboring GCC countries with flexibility and ease.

“After the blockade in GCC, a lot of passengers have the limitation of driving through the borders to neighboring countries. So we are giving people the flexibility to go with their own cars. They …

Kuwait provides security to all churches

Ministry of Interior lauded for providing maximum security for the worshipers

KUWAIT CITY : In appreciation of the freedom of religion available in Kuwait, which allows all Christian communities to practice their religious rituals easily and smoothly, churches are preparing to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ while the Roman Catholic Church will refrain from any celebration because of the events in Lebanon, Egypt and Syria, reports Al-Rai daily.

The parishioners of the churches speaking to the daily said they will offer prayers for the stability and safety of Kuwait and prayed to God to prolong the life of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and have praised the Ministry of Interior for providing maximum security for the worshipers during Christmas.

In this context, the head of the local Greek Catholic Church in Kuwait in the Arabian Gulf Archimandrite Boutros Gharib said: “We will confine our…

Awareness : Kuwait caution against a cold wave. The temperature is expected to reach zero

 

The astronomical expert Adel Marzouq called for caution against a cold wave in the country due to the blowing of the northern winds that are between moderate and light sometimes active, and after that the temperature will start to decrease starting from the middle of this week and increase in the second day of the new year.

  Al-Marzouq said:  The temperature is expected to reach zero  on 2019/1/2 and the temperature range between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius in the first morning hours during the month of January and mid-January, adding: The period of the cold ventricle coincides with the drowsiness that will enter on 2019/1/14.   The cold will continue at low levels between 6 and 10 degrees Celsius until the end of February, due to the arrival of the Siberian High to the region and its conflagration with the air heights stationed there, so we will notice the scarcity of f…

Kuwait declare New year holiday on January 1st

The Civil Service Commission declared that Tuesday, January 1st 2019 will be a public holiday on account of New Year. In a statement, CSC said that all ministries and public bodies will be closed on January 1st . 

The work will resume on January 2nd.

Credit cards, ATM cards without chip will stop working after December 31 - India - RBI As per the new directive issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), any credit or debit card with magnetic stripe will not be functional in ATMs across India starting from January 1st 2019. The RBI directive had asked the banks in the country to ensure that they completely migrate to EMV chip and PIN based credit and debit cards by December 31, 2018. According to an RBI circular, all existing bank cards should be Europay Mastercard Visa (EMV) chip- and pin-based from January 1. The magnetic stripe cards will not be valid after December 31. The remaining magnetic stripe cards are those that were issued prior to September 2015. As part of its measures to beef up security and mitigate risks, the RBI made it mandatory for banks to issue only EMV chip- and pin-based debit and credit cards (domestic and international) from September 1, 2015. EMV chips are placed close to the top of left edge of …

Kuwait Manpower authority - 3 year ban on transfer of residence in Kuwait

Manpower authority is planning to issue decision of banning visa transfers of expats hired from abroad to work in private sector to another company before 3 years. 

This step will enable Kuwait authorities considerably to fight visa trading and human trafficking and reduce marginal labor. At present visa transfers are done after one year from entry or by paying KD 300 fee for six month from entry date.

Sources informed that companies on projects will greatly benefit from this rule.

Source : Aratbimes