Amir, Crown Prince Urge Mps to Cooperate with Government Sheikh Nawaf Affirms Necessity of Adhering to Constitution, Enforcing Laws
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JAMADA ALAWWAL 16, 1442 AH THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2020 16 Pages Max 21º Min 08º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18323 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait commissions unit Israel gives hero’s welcome to Colombian telenovelas New Zealand end Pakistan 3 117 of clean fuels project 5 American spy Jonathan Pollard 13 return despite pandemic 14 defiance for thrilling win Amir, Crown Prince urge MPs to cooperate with government Sheikh Nawaf affirms necessity of adhering to constitution, enforcing laws MoI extends amnesty for illegal expats By B Izzak KUWAIT: Interior Minister Sheikh Thamer Al- Sabah yesterday issued a decision extending a grace period for expat residency violators by another month, with the new amnesty ending on Jan 31, 2021. The earlier grace period was scheduled to end today. KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and heads of Assembly Under the amnesty, residency violators were committees yesterday. — KUNA allowed to legalize their stay in the country by paying the necessary fines, or leaving the coun- By B Izzak respecting the constitution and implementing the law. Meanwhile, 18 MPs yesterday submitted a new try - also after paying fines - with the ability to Present at the meeting along with Ghanem were motion calling for setting up a parliamentary commit- return to the country in the future. KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Deputy Speaker Ahmad Al-Shuhoumi, Assembly tee to investigate events at the opening session of the Under the new decision, illegal expats, esti- Jaber Al-Sabah and HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Secretary Farz Al-Daihani, Assembly Supervisor new Assembly, with the motion insisting that a series mated at more than 150,000, will be given simi- Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah separately Osama Al-Shaheen, head of the legislative and of constitutional, legal and moral violations had been lar facilities. However the decision warned that received members of the new National Assembly legal affairs committee Khaled Al-Enezi, head of committed. The motion calls on the investigation those who fail to benefit from the new grace office at Bayan Palace yesterday, headed by Speaker the financial and economic affairs committee committee to probe the behavior of a section of the period will be penalized in accordance with the Marzouq Al-Ghanem. The Amir and Crown Prince Ahmad Al-Hamad, head of the priorities committee invited public, their insults of MPs and causing chaos. law and deported from the country. They will urged cooperation between the Assembly and the Hesham Al-Saleh and Assembly Secretary General It also wants the panel to investigate employees also be barred from returning in the future. government and called for strengthening democracy, Allam Al-Kandari. Continued on Page 2 Sheikha Fawzia Al-Sabah, said the court’s ruling was ban on sending domestic workers to Kuwait follow- News in brief Kuwaiti woman gets fair and in compliance with the law and sharia. ing the death of Villavende. The ban was lifted a Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait Mohd Noordin month later after consultations with the Philippines Pendosina Lomondot thanked the lawyer who rep- Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the filing of UK approves low-cost vaccine death sentence for resented the Philippine government and the victim. appropriate charges against the perpetrators and He also thanked the Kuwaiti government for the after Manila and Kuwait City agreed the full imple- LONDON: Britain yesterday became the first killing Filipina maid favorable ruling. mentation of a harmonized employment contract for country in the world to approve AstraZeneca and “May the court’s decision on the Villavende murder Filipino domestic workers. Oxford University’s low-cost COVID vaccine, rais- By Ben Garcia case serve as a reminder to everyone that no Filipino is The agreement signed includes prohibiting ing hopes it will help tackle surging cases and ease a slave to anyone, anywhere and everywhere, and that employers from confiscating the passports of their pressure on creaking health services. The inde- KUWAIT: A death verdict by hanging was handed justice will always come to the defense of the weak housemaids. Domestic helpers also have the right to pendent Medicines and Healthcare products and by the criminal court yesterday to a Kuwaiti woman and the oppressed,” a statement by the Philippine own a phone, work not more than 12 hours a day, Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said the vaccine “met who tortured to death her Filipino housemaid, Embassy said. Villavende’s death certificate from and get enough rest and a weekly day off. They are its strict standards of safety, quality and effective- Jeanelyn Padernal Villavende, on Dec 28, 2019. The Sabah Hospital said she died due to “acute failure of also prevented from being transferred to other ness”, and a rollout was set for Jan 4. — AFP woman’s husband was sentenced to four years in jail the heart and respiration as a result of shock and mul- employers without written consent from the worker. for covering up and not reporting the crime. tiple injuries to the vascular nervous system”. There are 230,000 Filipinos in Kuwait, of which The Philippine Embassy’s lead counsel, Attorney On Jan 3, 2020, the Philippines implemented a 160,000 are engaged in domestic work. US Rep dies of COVID WASHINGTON: A repre- sentative-elect from Louisiana died of COVID- EU, UK leaders 19 Tuesday, the first mem- ber of the US Congress to sign Brexit deal succumb to the disease. Republican Luke Letlow, LONDON: Britain and the EU signed a post- 41, had been elected to Brexit trade deal yesterday, setting their seal on a Louisiana’s 5th district and drawn-out divorce just hours before the UK brings was due to be sworn in on Luke Letlow its half-century European experiment to an end. Sunday. Letlow is survived EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Charles by his wife, Julia Barnhill Letlow, and two young Michel, the heads of the European Commission children. — AFP and European Council, smiled at a brief televised ceremony to put their names to the 1,246-page Trade and Cooperation Agreement in Brussels. (Left) Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures after signing the Brexit trade deal between “It has been a long road. It’s time now to put Qatar Amir invited to summit the UK and the EU at 10 Downing Street in London yesterday. (Right) European Commission Brexit behind us. Our future is made in Europe,” President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel pose in Brussels RIYADH: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) von der Leyen said. said yesterday that Qatar’s ruler is invited to the Continued on Page 2 earlier yesterday with the signed Brexit trade agreement. — AFP bloc’s summit meeting next week amid efforts to heal rifts between Doha and a Saudi-led alliance. Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad medical and government sources told Al-Thani received a “formal invitation” from Yemen airport AFP in the southern city, with the Saudi King Salman to the Jan 5 meeting of the casualty toll feared likely to rise. six-nation GCC in Saudi Arabia’s northwest Al- Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Ula province. — AFP blasts kill 26 as said it was preparing a “mass casualty medical response plan”. As smoke bil- govt jet arrives lowed out of the airport terminal from Iran to compensate victims an initial blast, with debris strewn ADEN: At least 26 people were killed across the area and people rushing to TEHRAN: Tehran will pay $150,000 to each yesterday as explosions rocked tend to the wounded, a second explo- family of the 176 victims killed when a Ukrainian Yemen’s Aden airport moments after a sion took place. Video footage shot passenger plane was mistakenly shot down by new unity government flew in, in what by AFP appears to show missile-like Iran in January, the presidency said yesterday. some officials charged was a “cow- ordnance striking the airport apron - Many of those killed were Iranians and ardly” attack by Iran-backed Houthi that moments before had been packed Canadians, with 85 Canadian citizens or perma- rebels. Although all government minis- with crowds - and exploding into a ADEN: Smoke billows yesterday after explosions rocked Aden airport nent residents, some dual nationals. — AFP ters were reported to be unharmed, ball of intense flames. shortly after the arrival of a plane carrying members of a new unity government yesterday. — AFP more than 50 people were wounded, Continued on Page 2 2 Established 1961 Thursday, December 31, 2020 Local Speaker says honored after talks with Amir, Crown Prince Ghanem to convey ‘important recommendations’ to assembly members His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets National KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets National Assembly Speaker Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and members of the parliament’s office. Marzouq Al-Ghanem and members of the parliament’s office. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq scored necessity of adhering to the National Al-Ghanem and members of the parliament’s office Constitution and enforcing the laws. Meanwhile, met yesterday with His Highness the Amir Sheikh His Highness the Crown Prince called for con- Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His structive cooperation with the government to Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al- contribute to national economic development. He Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace. In a also called for further promotion of democratic statement, Ghanem said they listened to many practices, addressing challenges, respecting of important recommendations and directives from His constitution and application of the law.