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olympics Pages 15 & 16 THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT markets Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com Page 10 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021 / ZUL-HIJJAH 25, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17754 16 PAGES 150 FILS GOVERNMENT FOCUS ON REVIVING STALLED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Departures freed from Mosafer filing Over 2.5 million received COVID vaccine KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3, (Agencies): A spokesman for the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Saad Al-Otaibi, said the operations at the Kuwait International Airport functions in line with the requirements and decisions issued by the Council of Ministers and the Corona Emergency Committee, reports Al-Rai daily. Al-Otaibi said there was no change in the incoming and outgoing flights on the second day of resuming work and that the operational capacity remained the same as specified by the Council of Ministers. He pointed out those leaving the country from Kuwait International Airport do not need to register on the Kuwait Mosafer platform, provided they obtain health insurance cover and sign a de- Day by Day parture pledge following the recent amendments made to the Kuwait Mosafer platform and OUR democracy unlike other de- tation for reconciliation. the start of new procedures for mocracies does not serve the in- The path of democracy is jus- travel through the Kuwait Air- terests of the people. In it we don’t tice, meaning people are equal port. see philosophy and the principles before the law. Democracy is Al-Otaibi called on incoming are obscure. not about distributing positions, and outgoing citizens and resi- In our democracy what we see grants, and sharing the spoils dents to fully comply with the are insults, accusations and dis- (profits) sans justice. procedures announced by the crimination, therefore what our … Yet, tomorrow is another day. democracy needs is an iron fist to Council of Ministers to enjoy a correct its course and stop exploi- Zahed Matar smooth and safe journey. According to informed sources, the government has made arrangements to revive Six lose steering development projects that were suspended due to poor funding, A man leaves as advancing fires rage the Hisaronu area, Turkey, Aug 2, 2021. For the sixth straight day, Turkish firefight- and deal with the lack of tech- ers battled Monday to control the blazes that are tearing through forests near Turkey’s beach destinations. Fed by strong nical specialists due to previ- winds and scorching temperatures, the fires that began Wednesday have left eight people dead. Residents and tourists ‘Potential hijack’ of ous closures, reports Al-Nahar have fled vacation resorts in flotillas of small boats or convoys of cars and trucks. (AP) daily. They explained that the gov- ernment’s decision to reopen the country to those stranded ship feared off UAE abroad will revive the move- Opinion Newswatch ment of development projects, DUBAI, Aug 3, (AP): The British assault to have killed civilians in the which were postponed or halted navy warned Tuesday of a “potential yearslong shadow war targeting com- due to the repercussions of the KUWAIT CITY: The Public hijack” of a ship off the coast of the mercial vessels in the region. COVID-19 crisis. The cost of Authority for Civil Information United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Iran denied playing any role in the Development projects or (PACI) has agreed to renew the these projects, which are in the Oman, without elaborating. incident, though Tehran and its allied sectors of electricity, oil and in- contract for delivery of civil ID The incident comes amid height- militias have used similar “suicide” cards to homes based on the au- frastructure, exceeds hundreds thority’s desire and the decision ened tensions between Iran and the drones in attacks previously. of millions. a summer night’s dream? of its procurement committee, West over its tattered nuclear deal Israel, the United States and Unit- reports Al-Anba daily. and as commercial shipping in the ed Kingdom vowed a “collective re- Measures Sources told the daily the con- region has found itself in the cross- sponse” to the attack, without elabo- The measures taken by the tract will be renewed for one year hairs over it. Most recently, the U.S., rating. state during total lock down the U.K. and Israel have blamed Iran The Gulf of Oman is near the Strait led to strengthening project oversight starting from October 22, 2021, prevented the entry of special- By Ahmed Al-Jarallah and will bring a revenue of 650 for a drone attack on an oil tanker off of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times and setting the correct costs for them, fi ls for each successful delivery. Oman that killed two people. Iran has Arabian Gulf through which a fifth of ized workers to complete some resulting in a massive decrease in the ❑ ❑ ❑ denied being involved. all oil passes. Fujairah, on the UAE’s projects, causing difficulty AN excellent step was taken by the Cab- spending and speedy implementation. for experts and technicians to inet a few days ago when it laid out a The British military’s United eastern coast, is a main port in the Hence, there are dozens of major pro- WASHINGTON: An offi cer died Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reach the country to supervise road map to expedite the implementation region for ships to take on new oil jects implemented by the government after being stabbed Tuesday dur- initially warned ships Tuesday that cargo, pick up supplies or trade out some technical works. of 18 major development projects. today without any budget defi cit, and far ing a burst of violence at a transit “an incident is currently underway” crew. The sources indicated that Perhaps, this step could be the kiss of from quotas and corruption. station outside the Pentagon, law the decision would reduce the enforcement offi cials said. off the coast of Fujairah. Hours later, Since 2019, the waters off Fujairah life to revive the development drive, the Unfortunately, it is customary in they said the incident was a “potential have seen a series of explosions and cost of labor, which rose sig- slogans of which have been decorating The Pentagon, the headquar- Kuwait for projects to become semi- ters of the US military, was tem- hijack.” They did not elaborate. hijackings. The US Navy blamed Iran nificantly with the continua- ministerial programs for several dec- reservoir for certain infl uential people. The US military’s Mideast-based for a series of limpet mine attacks on tion of the decision to close ades. In fact, it remained as just makeup porarily placed on lockdown af- Despite the existence of several anti- ter gunshots were fi red Tuesday 5th Fleet and the British Defense vessels that damaged tankers. the country for the return of that beautifi es duplicated tendencies corruption bodies and institutions, they morning near the entrance of the Ministry did not immediately re- Also in 2019, Iran seized the stranded workers; this will re- of successive governments that preoc- work selectively, which is what caused building, A Pentagon police of- turn calls for comment. The Emirati British-flagged Stena Impero on July duce the cost of the product and cupied themselves with bickering and such a huge defi cit. Tens of billions of fi cer who was stabbed later died, government did not immediately ac- 19 in the Strait of Hormuz as it was thus increase the ability of local wrangling with the National Assembly, dinars were lost, and all of the Kuwaiti according to offi cials who were knowledge the incident. headed from the Iranian port of Ban- which in turn benefi ted from exposing products to compete in the long projects are not equivalent to even ten not authorized to discuss the mat- Earlier, six oil tankers announced dar Abbas to Dubai. The raid came term. the shortcomings of the executive au- percent of the Saudi projects. ter and spoke to The Associated around the same time via their Auto- after authorities in Gibraltar, a British thority. Press on condition of anonymity. They said they expect the We have publicly seen how the in- matic Identification System trackers overseas territory, seized an Iranian current year 2021/2022 to wit- There is no doubt that such an an- More details about the vio- that they were “not under command,” supertanker carrying $130 million in fl uential, who did not obtain shares in lence were expected at a Penta- ness a significant increase in nouncement needs a strong will so that some projects, moved their tools in the according to MarineTraffic.com. crude oil on suspicion it was breaking it does not remain mere ink on paper. gon news conference. The con- That typically means a vessel has lost European Union sanctions by taking the spending on development National Assembly and deliberately dis- nection between the shooting and projects, as its execution had However, the most important thing is rupted it, and they cost the state several power and can no longer steer. the oil to Syria. Both vessels were that the systematic and well-known the stabbing of the offi cer was not “At the same time, if they are in the stopped due to the precaution- billions of dinars. immediately clear. The authori- later released. mechanism of corruption quotas does same vicinity and in the same place, In July of last year, an oil tanker ary measures taken by the Hence, if the government is serious ties did not immediately provide government to confront the re- not return to control these projects. about this announcement, it must work details or the sequence of events.