RAJAB 10, 1439 AH TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2018 Max 34º 32 Pages Min 18º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17491 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Govt agrees with proposal Porn actress ‘threatened’ to 64 dead in Russia inferno; Australian cricket in crisis 3 to tax expat remittances 11keep silent on Trump fling 11 Amir sends condolences 14 over ball-tampering scandal Saudi-led coalition warns Iran after Houthi missile barrage Falling debris kills Egyptian • Amir condemns attacks • Yemenis stage rally RIYADH: A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia yes- terday threatened retaliation against Iran, accusing it of being behind a barrage of Yemeni rebel missile attacks on the kingdom. Saudi forces said they intercepted sev- en missiles on Sunday, including over the capital Riyadh, in a deadly escalation that coincided with the third anniversary of the coalition’s intervention in Yemen. Displaying wreckage at a news conference in Riyadh of what it said were fragments of those mis- siles, the coalition claimed forensic analysis showed they were supplied to Houthi rebels by their ally Iran. We “reserve the right to respond against Iran at the right time and right place”, coalition spokesman Turki Al-Malki told reporters. The missile strikes resulted in the first reported fatal- ity from Houthi fire in the Saudi capital. Egyptian national Abdul-Moteleb Ahmed, 38, died instantly in his bed when what appeared to be burning shrapnel struck his ramshackle room in Riyadh’s Um al-Hammam dis- trict, leaving a gaping hole in the roof, witnesses told RIYADH: A man looks yesterday at a hole in a ceiling of a house in the Um al-Hammam RIYADH: Saudi soldiers reveal the remains of missiles that a military coalition led by AFP at the site. Three other Egyptian laborers in the district caused by falling shrapnel from Yemeni rebel missiles that were intercepted Saudi Arabia claims are Iranian during a press conference at the Armed Forces Club same room were wounded and hospitalized, they said. over the Saudi capital. — AFP yesterday. — AFP Continued on Page 11 Accordingly, the finance ministry urged all Hajraf explains government bodies to fully commit to its directives and regulations concerning submit- Jabri handed ting the needed documents and details as well delay in paying as responding to the ministry’s inquiries to protect public funds. The ministry also con- additional labor allowances firmed that it will not accept blame for the failure of any government body to meet its youth portfolio By A Saleh commitments and obligations towards citi- zens. “It is the responsibility of every govern- KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah KUWAIT: Finance Minister Nayef Al-Hajraf ment body to verify the data submitted as Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, with the yesterday said that the ministry was not well as how every single dinar is spent,” the attendance of HH the Crown Prince responsible for delaying the payment of the ministry stressed. national labor support allowances. He said that Meanwhile, MP Abdulkareem Al-Kandari Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Mohammed Al-Jabri Sabah, received yesterday HH the through the Civil Service Commission, the demanded referring those responsible for the Manpower and Government Restructuring Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- roadmap for promoting youth services. delay for immediate investigations. “A gov- Program (MGRP) had “unofficially” asked on Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The pre- This is likely to guarantee youth dis- ernment that is incapable of coordinating March 13, 2018 for KD 11,640,000 to pay the mier presented to the Amir Mohammed tinction and creativity in assuming between various ministries and bodies cannot allowances. The finance ministry requested Al-Jabri, who was sworn in as Minister their national responsibilities in build- be trusted with citizens’ vocational rights,” he Nayef Al-Hajraf more details, which were only sent back to the of Information and Minister of State for ing the nation and developing it in all underlined. MGRP Secretary General Fauzi ministry on Sunday, March 25, and the min- Youth Affairs. fields, Jabri said in an exclusive press Al-Majdali stressed that the salaries of of KD 40 million. Majdali added that MGRP istry approved the payment on the same day. Jabri said the lofty directives he statement to KUNA after he was 59,299 citizens registered with the national had sent the lists to the finance ministry on The allowances are usually never paid later received from HH the Amir offer a sworn in. — KUNA labor support program would be paid by March 15, insisting that it was the ministry than the 24th of every month. Thursday or Sunday at most - a total amount which was late in providing the needed funds. News in brief situation in the labor market in favor of cer- engineers work in the private sector. “In the In order to get certified by KSE, an New rules due tified engineers. According to a PAM past two weeks, around 4,000 engineers engineer should be a graduate of an 100-day ‘probation’ visas introduced administrative circular dated March 11, came to get more information and have accredited university. “Those who graduat- 2018, all expat engineers working in the their certification done. We are under huge ed from universities that are not recognized KUWAIT: An official source at the Public Authority to presence of private sector have to get certified by KSE pressure as we are dealing with over 300 by their own countries won’t be able to in order to renew their work visas, which people daily,” he told Kuwait Times. hold the title of ‘engineer’ in their work per- for Manpower said the labor inspection department has resulted in large crowds at the society. Some engineers’ residencies will expire mit. Those who have graduated from a rec- has begun issuing temporary work permits for 100 ‘fake’ engineers “Expat engineers will benefit from this soon and they are worried of getting into ognized university will either have to pass a days for those who change jobs or those under pro- decision as there are many fake engineers legal troubles. “The procedure of receiv- test (for those who graduated before 2010) bation after entering the country for the first time. By Nawara Fattahova in the country, who have led to the monthly ing the certification from KSE will only or just an interview (for those who gradu- Employers have been asked to obtain the temporary salary of an engineer falling to KD 300. take a few days. If their visa expires ated after 2010). The interview is held by permit during the trial period as determined by the KUWAIT: The Public Authority of After these uncertified engineers will be before getting the certificate, they can an academic committee consisting of doc- private sector labor law to protect workers from any Manpower (PAM) claims there are many gone from the labor market, the salaries of always get a two-month extension till they tors from Kuwait University and engineers violations and from facing any punishments including fake and uncertified engineers in Kuwait, so real engineers will rise,” argued Ali have their papers ready. Applicants have from inside and outside Kuwait. The test is administrative deportation and fines. The temporary in cooperation with the Kuwait Society of Mohseni, member of the board of directors to pay KD 30 for the certificate by KSE,” in English, and the results should be ready work permits will be issued online in the near future - Engineers (KSE), it decided to rectify the of KSE. He estimated around 40,000 expat explained Mohseni. in four days,” he pointed out. meanwhile, these permits are currently being issued only by the central department in Egaila. — Al-Anbaa First UAE nuclear reactor complete gown and a bandana in the colors of the Sisi supporters Egyptian flag, and with a flag wrapped ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates said yester- around her shoulders. Scores of employ- day that one of four nuclear reactors at its debut plant revel as election ees, mainly assembly line workers, at a has been completed as it moves closer to becoming government pharmaceutical company the first Arab nation to produce atomic power. The across the street arrived together, not to announcement came after visiting South Korean gets underway vote, as they were not registered at this President Moon Jae-in and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince station, but to cheer for Sisi, the military, Mohammed bin Zayed toured the $20-billion Barakah CAIRO: Hundreds of President Abdel and the police. plant, the state-run WAM news agency reported. The Fattah Al-Sisi’s supporters reveled out- Sisi was elected a year after leading second reactor is 92 percent complete, the third 81 side polling stations in Cairo yesterday the 2013 military ouster of former percent, while 66 percent of the fourth has been com- as voting got underway to celebrate Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, amid pleted, WAM reported. — AFP what they expect will be his certain re- mass protests against his rule. “We got election. In the southwestern neighbor- together with the officials from the hood of Al-Haram, close to the ancient (company’s) union and they told us all to Syrian FM in rare Oman visit Giza pyramids, women danced and a come to this school... The whole compa- man beat a large drum, while those gath- ny is united... we all love Sisi,” said Sahar ered around them waved the Egyptian Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem Nasr, 41. Mother-of-six Nasr added: MUSCAT: flag and sang in unison. Nearby, trucks arrived in the Omani capital yesterday for talks with “We came here to salute Sisi and each of carrying large speakers blasted national- officials, the two countries’ official news agencies said.