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golf baseball Page 14 Page 15 THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2021 / RAMADAN 8, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17668 16 PAGES 150 FILS U.S. EMBASSY OPENS RENEWAL OF VISAS SANS INTERVIEW Gulf airlines eye digital COVID pass Emirates Airlines to use IATA corona passport Opinion KUWAIT CITY, April 19: Some Gulf airlines have passengers since the application consists of the health started using the digital corona passport issued by data of the passenger, reports Al-Qabas daily quot- Circus or country? Beware of taking the International Air Transport Association (IATA), ing an official source from the airport. while the concerned departments in some airlines op- In case some airlines operating at the airport decide to implement the digital corona passport, the system will be tested on some fl ights Kuwait into the era of ‘Ruwaibidah’ erating at Kuwait International Airport are planning with the aim of monitoring observations before its full implementa- to do the same in order to facilitate the movement of tion, the source explained. Saudi Airlines unveiled its By Ahmed Al-Jarallah trophes in tenders, unemployment, and plan to start implementing the Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times the tendency to brag about illicit wealth. electronic IATA document for Your Highness the Prime Minister, the traveler through its network INDEED, we no longer know whether the proper treatment starts with admin- of stations but it will not be we are living in a circus or in a country istrative control, and keenness about mandatory, indicating the initial that we owe to more than it owes us. We timeliness and accurate implementation implementation will be on ex- no longer know if the government and of projects. It is not just about saving the perimental basis in its Kuala the National Assembly are the ones ad- public funds because this is the money Lumpur-Jeddah fl ight Monday. ministrating and legislating, or if they of all Kuwaitis. It is owned by neither an Emirates Airlines also an- are for squabbling as though they are not employee nor an official. It is not meant nounced its intention to use the responsible for the destiny of the people to appease an MP or any particular influ- IATA corona passport system. and the nation. ential person. This treatment is aimed at The IATA traveler electronic I am saying this with bitterness be- preserving Kuwait- both the entity and document is a smart application cause the situation has not improved the nation. for mobile devices that allows from what it was prior to the immuniza- Over the past several months, we did travelers to create digital pass- tion of His Highness the Prime Minister not see any indications of good will. The ports, download test data and in the parliament against impeachment, country is regressing on a daily basis, as coronavirus vaccines; and share and cementing of the constitutional fact discord is increasing and disputes are them securely in order to ensure that the National Assembly Speaker raging. Therefore, I openly say – Your compliance with government cannot be dismissed by a parliamentary Highness the Prime Minister and honor- health regulations at all departure vote. able Speaker of the National Assembly, and arrival points. This duo has managed to achieve a the immunity should not render you to Kuwait’s Cabinet’s COV- victory over the opponents, and now relax. ID-19 Emergency Committee they have a comfortable parliamentary This is due to the fact that the oppo- discussed a proposal regarding majority that is needed to pave way for nents continue to read between the lines the operation of the Kuwait-Lon- initiating projects and amending legisla- to find the devil that would qualify them don-Kuwait air route by Kuwait tions that are regressive and unproduc- to achieve a victory, even if it is by hurt- Airways, reports Al-Qabas daily. tive. ing everyone, including themselves. According to high ranking Such legislations were approved un- Unfortunately, both of you provide government sources, the route der duress through a blackmailing pro- opportunities every day for the players, will soon be operational, and cess imposed by political blocs in the who juggle with the fire of division and there will be two fl ights per day. previous parliaments, which had well- go further, by not taking your initiative known but unpopular agendas. Their to settle matters, and by preoccupying aim was not to destabilize Kuwait, but to yourselves with responding to oppo- shut it down, and portray it in a way that nents. Curfew renews does not resemble its essence. This had Your Highness the Prime Minister, caused harm to everyone, as it cuffed the and honorable Speaker of the National KUWAIT CITY, April 19: The society and the economy. Assembly, what Kuwait needs is for you Cabinet approved a decision to Indeed, His Highness the Prime Min- to show courage, decisiveness and reso- continue implementing partial ister, as well as the National Assembly lution, and not to let go of the odds of curfews in the country from Speaker have been immunized, but their reactions, with which we will undoubt- the evening of Thursday, April immunity remains exposed if it is not edly reach a situation that is not to be People gather at the site where a passenger train derailed injuring at least 100 people, in Banha, Qalyubia 22, 2021, starting from 7:00 coupled with work and effort. envied upon. province, Egypt, April 18. At least eight train wagons ran off the tracks, the provincial governor’s office said pm until 5:00 in the morning It is not every time that affairs are We will reach a situation which is in a statement. (AP) of the next day, until the end left unmarked, given that our affairs are not different from that of Lebanon, of the blessed month of Ra- currently threatened by agendas from which has become a failed state due to Amir condoles madan, and this decision will abroad, and in consideration of the infor- squabbling and maliciousness, or like be reviewed in a timely man- mation received from friendly countries, Iraq which sinks deeper into corruption ner, after re-evaluation of the which are keen about the stability of Ku- whenever it attempts to get out of it. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Sabah sent cables of identical sentiments of condo- Jaber Al-Sabah on Sunday cabled Egyptian Presi- lences to President el-Sisi. epidemiological situation in the wait, especially in light of the very sen- What Kuwaitis want is for their coun- country. sitive regional situation and the internal dent Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, expressing his sincere National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim try to return to being an oasis of hope, a condolences on the deadly train accident which also sent two cables to Speaker of the Egyptian conflict of personal interests. Therefore, source of freedom of opinion and expres- took place in the Nile Delta city of Qalioubiya earlier House of Representatives Hanafy el Gebali and it has become necessary to have a clear sion, and a factory of economic initia- They indicated that Kuwait today. President of the Egyptian Senate Abdel-Wahab Airways is awaiting the response methodology that would also render Ku- tives. For all of this, those in the govern- In his cable, His Highness the Amir prayed for Abdel-Razeq to express sincere condolences on waitis to know where their country is ment and the Parliament are responsible, souls of the deceased and wished the victims’ fami- Sunday tragic train accident. of the Ministry of Health. heading to so that they do not sleep in not only before the people, but also before lies and loves ones patience and endurance of the In his cables, Al-Ghanim prayed for the souls of The sources revealed a gov- fear and wake up with anxiety about the your conscience as well as before Allah, tragic event. the dead and wished the wounded quick recovery. ernment approach to approve the future. and the political leadership. He also wished the injured people quick recov- Earlier, the Egyptian Ministry of Health an- resumption of fl ights, with the The first step that must be taken with- Finally, we reiterate the fact that hesi- ery. nounced that 11 people were killed and 98 others evaluation of indicators of the out delay is administration reform. Cor- tation in decision-making, mismanage- His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishaal were injured when a train went off the track in the health situation in London, and ruption is not only about squandering ment, and the appointment of people in Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Nile Delta city of Qalioubiya, north of Cairo today. after ensuring that the pandemic of the public funds, but rather it is the positions for which they are not quali- Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al- (KUNA) will not spread in the country if result of what is more subversive, which fied can be considered as corruption. It the airline resumes its fl ight op- is dysfunction and mismanagement. If is as if we are in the era of “Ruwaibidah” erations to London. (Vile and baseless individuals who con- The US Ambassador to Ku- these factors were fine and the employ- Deliberate attempts to dissolve Assembly wait, HE Alina Romanowski said ees abide by the law and act with con- trol the affairs of the public). Kuwaitis and residents can now science, no one would dare to illegally Email: [email protected] apply to renew a United States touch the public funds.

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