Page 15 basketball ice hockey THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT Page 16 Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2021 / RAJAB 27, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17633 16 PAGES 150 FILS MP seeks pullback on foreign aid Local, regional, global issues discussed ‘Replace expats’ Opinion By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh Cabinet holds weekly meeting Arab Times Staff Don’t denounce ... chop KUWAIT CITY, Mar- KUWAIT CITY, March 9, (Agencies): Second: To assign the Ministry of Kuwait’s Cabinet on Monday held its Trade and Industry, in coordination with ch 9: MP Abdullah weekly meeting, chaired by His Highness the Ministry of Social Affairs and Com- Al-Turaiji has called off snake’s head in Iran the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled munity Development and Kuwait Munic- for rationalizing the Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. ipality to implement the appointment res- On the occasion of the Isra and Mi’raj, ervation system for the entry to consumer financial support that By Ahmed Al-Jarallah which falls next Thursday, the Cabinet cooperative societies during the period of Kuwait grants to other Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times congratulated His Highness the Amir partial curfew in the country. countries in light of the Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Furthermore, the Cabinet discussed the low oil prices and the IT is no longer acceptable to fall for the claims pertaining to what the Sabah and His Highness (currently the latest regional and global political devel- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is subjected to, by saying, “They are terrorist Deputy Amir) Crown Prince Sheikh opments, where it condemned the recent major negative eco- attacks carried out by the Iranian-backed Houthi group in light of the Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Houthi attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi nomic consequences of continuing missile attacks that coincide with the negotiations between the Kuwaiti people. Arabia. Moreover, the Cabinet was briefed by PM’s Diwan photo The Cabinet decided to accept the do- coronavirus. Washington and Tehran”. HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah The lawmaker also for- It is time to call things by their names - to call a spade a spade - so the Health Minister Dr. Bassel Al-Hu- nation made by Imad Muhammad Abdul moud Al-Sabah on the health situation in Al Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah chairs Rahman Al-Bahr for design, construction warded queries to Minister that blood is not lost between the canny interpretations. Monday’s Cabinet meeting. The truth of the main actor - Iran - should be highlighted, given that the country. and establishment of the Neurosurgery of Finance Khalifa Hamada The minister also pointed out that those Hospital Center project, next to the new about all the amounts of it engages in these negotiations with missiles and drones, attacks the and then decided the following: unarmed and the innocent in Saudi Arabia, and covers itself with the who received the coronavirus vaccine in Al-Sabah Hospital, whose value is esti- grants given to other coun- Kuwait has reached 322,000 so far. First: Assigning the Minister of State mated to be 10 million dinars, reports Al- tries from 1990 to 2020. He Houthi group, which we know is nothing more than a faded mask and The Cabinet called on all citizens and for National Assembly Affairs to coor- Qabas daily. no one falls for its deception anymore. residents to continue cooperation and dinate with the Ministry of Health to ex- The Council of Ministers thanked and requested for details such as The escalation that the Yemeni front is witnessing is one of the cy- commitment to health requirements and pedite the draft law amending some pro- appreciated this generous initiative for the amount granted to every cles of pressure exercised by the Tehran regime. We have to look at precautionary measures. visions of Law No. 8 of 1969 regarding the sublime values it embodies and brings country and the criteria ad- the “unknown” missile strikes against US installations in Iraq, as well Therefore, the Cabinet has studied preventive health precautions from com- together the Kuwaiti community in cohe- opted in distributing grants. as what Lebanon is witnessing in terms of aggravation that led to the the recommendations of the Ministerial municable diseases and consider it among sion and their keenness to give in the in- Meanwhile, National As- abyss, and the act of advocating Shia doctrine in Syria, all of which are Committee for COVID-19 Emergencies, the priorities. terest of the dear nation. sembly Speaker Marzouq Al- axes of fire and sabotage practised by Iran. Ghanim confirmed that he re- In this regard, condemnation and denunciation are no longer suf- ceived the grilling motion filed ficient. Today, whoever refuses to confront Iran will tomorrow find by MPs Badr Al-Dahoum and himself a victim of its atrocities. Muhammad Al-Mutair against Therefore, the Arab countries, particularly the Gulf states, are re- His Highness the Prime Minister quired to immunize themselves from this continuous aggression be- Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled. cause the Iranian persistence will not stop at the borders of its agree- ment with the United States. Agenda For 40 years now, the Mullahs regime has been seeking to impose Al-Ghanim disclosed that ac- its hegemony over the region. As it claimed, it considers the region as cording to Article 135 of the its backyard, something that it has been publicly speaking about day National Assembly Decree, HH and night. the Prime Minister has been in- As for the United States, which brags daily that it is the strategic ally formed about the grilling motion of Saudi Arabia and is committed to its protection and stability, it needs and it was included in the agenda to be firm in the face of Iranian arrogance. If Joe Biden’s administra- of the upcoming session. tion expects Tehran to positively reciprocate, then this administration Al-Dahoum and Al-Mutair is mistaken; in fact, it will be committing a major sin that history can- submitted the grilling motion, not forgive. which consists of one item – se- All that the Biden Administration need to do is to go back to the lective enforcement of the law, events that accompanied the negotiation of the defunct nuclear agree- after Minister of Interior Sheikh ment, and how the Revolutionary Guard was pressing with blood and Thamer Ali Al-Sabah decided to fire in all the squares allied to Washington to convince that the ag- refer 140 citizens, including 16 gression against Saudi Arabia was targeting its prestige and strategic MPs, to the Public Prosecution interests, not Ras Tanura or Dhahran. for violating health regulations In addition to all this, the world is required to protect its oil supplies when they attended the press and economic security. It must act by forming an international front conference held in the house of that works to defeat the aggressor with all available means, instead of Al-Dahoum to support him in the settling for condemnation and denouncation only. appeal filed against his parlia- All that is left to say is - It is naive to accept the Houthi interpretation mentary membership. that its factions were the ones that launched the ballistic missile at the In another development, MP oil fields at Ras Tanura, as this group does not have the capability that Marzouq Al-Khalifa submitted qualify it for that act. a proposal to allocate a health Rather, this missile was launched by an Iranian warship from the center for the expatriate work- sea. Therefore if things are not called by their names, Iran will continue ers, apart from Jahra Health with its blackmailing and hiding behind a tattered mask. Its terrorist Complex. He pointed out that demeanor will become a reality, wondering if the international com- the health complex which is munity will accept it. supposed to be allocated for the Email: [email protected] A protester covers her face with a scarf, as she blocks a main highway, during a protest in the town of Zouk Mosbeh, north residents of Old Jahra is always of Beirut, Lebanon, March 8. The dayslong protests intensified Monday amid a crash in the local currency, increase of con- crowded as a large number of Follow me on: sumer goods prices and political bickering between rival groups that has delayed the formation of a new government. (AP) expatriate workers are residing in various parts of Jahra Gover- norate. Coalition downs missile, drone MP Badr Al-Humaidi submit- [email protected] ted a proposal for public institu- tions and ministries concerned with national security and State sovereignty such as the Ministry US airs concern on Houthis of Interior, Ministry of Defense, Newswatch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, WASHINGTON, March 9, (Agencies): ment this evening. cility inside the Passports and Naturaliza- Amiri Diwan among others, to The United States has expressed concerns “Recent efforts of the International Com- tion Authority complex in Sanaa, which replace all expatriate employees, about the escalating Houthi attacks in munity to establish a conducive momentum is controlled by the rebels, when the fire except the support staff, with Ku- KUWAIT CITY: The home delivery service offered by the Public Au- Saudi Arabia. towards a political resolution of the conflict took place, the International Organization waitis within one year. thority for Civil Information (PACI) now for the fi rst time includes all “We continue to be alarmed by the fre- must not be undermined,” he said. for Migration said. The Legal and Legislative Af- – fi rst time registrants, new born babies and those who renew their IDs. quency of Houthi attacks on Saudi Ara- Further, the statement said the EU “is More than 170 migrants were injured, fairs Committee on Monday dis- The charge for the home delivery services according to the Kuwaitlo- bia.