KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti
man was recently granted political asylum in Canada, said Kuwait Liberal
Association member Anwar Al-Rasheed, stressing that he has been in contact with
the young man sentenced to jail in Kuwait because of some posts he made on
Twitter. Rasheed explained that the young man left Kuwait for Canada before the
sentence was passed and remained there for a while before applying for
political asylum and explaining his motives. "The application was approved
and he is now a refugee in Canada," Rasheed explained. Notably, there is a
group of Kuwaiti bloggers in London who have been sentenced to prison because
of tweets deemed abusive to certain figures or sister countries and
incriminated by law.

Expats' degrees

Commenting on the
situation of expats who came to Kuwait to work with degrees from accredited
universities and how to accredit them in Kuwait, the Public Authority for
Manpower stressed that this issue out of its jurisdiction and that it is the
responsibility of the ministries of foreign affairs and higher education to
oversee this topic.

Meanwhile, the
Civil Service Commission stressed that employees contracted over the past three
years all matched the regulations of decree number 17/2017, which prioritizes
employing Kuwaitis, then children of Kuwaiti women and then Arab non-Kuwaitis
in jobs with not enough Kuwaiti candidates such as doctors, health services and
education, or in jobs Kuwaitis refuse to take such as services and crafts (drivers,
office boys, undertakers or gravediggers).

Pharmaceutical
treatments

Ministry of
Health's assistant undersecretary for food and medicine control Dr Abdullah
Al-Bader said Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah issued a resolution
organizing the registration and handling of pharmaceutical treatments. Bader
explained that previous regulations had not been updated in 40 years and that
the new decision came to comply with ministerial instructions to remain updated
and cope with the latest developments in international control systems related
to importing medicine, registering and handling it.

Teachers'
timetables

Minister of
Education Dr Saud Al-Harbi stressed his keenness on developing education,
achieving stability and justice in teachers' timetables in various schools.
Harbi added that he urged the public education sector to reconsider teachers'
timetables and the classes they teach per week in a way that achieves justice
and equality, adding that he will personally follow up this issue.

By A Saleh