SUBSCRIPTION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2017 THULQADA 17, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net 74 Filipino Kuwait must Kenyans vote Isco magic wins workers prioritize in high-stakes Super Cup for repatriated3 tourism4 elections11 Real16 Madrid Amiri envoy delivers letters Min 35º in Oman, UAE and Bahrain Max 49º High Tide 01:31 & 12:20 Low Tide US reiterates support to Kuwait’s mediation efforts 06:48 & 19:42 32 PAGES NO: 17301 150 FILS KUWAIT: Amiri Envoy First Deputy Prime Minister and In Oman, the letter to Sultan Qaboos bin Said on the Minister’s Office Ambassador Dr Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al- Assembly to review Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad recent regional and international developments, was Mohammad Al-Sabah and Kuwaiti Ambassador to Oman Al-Sabah and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting handed to Deputy Prime Minister for International Fahad Al-Mutairi. In UAE, the letter to President of the new medical fees Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al- Relations and Cooperation Affairs and Personal UAE Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, was handed to Mubarak Al-Sabah yesterday visited UAE, Oman and Bahrain Representative of Sultan Qaboos Asa’ad bin Tariq bin UAE Vice President, Prime Minister, and Dubai Ruler By A Saleh to deliver letters by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Taimour Al-Said. The meeting was attended by Assistant Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum. KUWAIT: The decision by the Health Minister Jamal Al-Harbi to Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to the leaders of the GCC nations. Foreign Minister for the First Deputy Premier and Foreign Continued on Page 11 increase the fees of medical services for expats will be reviewed by Parliament as MPs believe that the decision deserved a second look, informed sources said. Although, the minister has the authority to issue such a decision and Parliament has no right to oppose it, many MPs are of the opinion that a legislative-level review maybe helpful in pass- ing a law and chalking out a clear mechanism for fees on Kuwait’s health services. The sources said the parliamentary committee on health will soon hold a meeting to discuss the increase of fees. Though the committee agrees on the new decision in princi- ple, it objects to the decision to grant exemptions to certain groups from the increase. The sources added that the same applies to the education committee which will also discuss a proposal to end the exemption granted to expat children of public school teachers from joining government schools. Though a decision was tak- en in the 1980s to prohibit expatriate children from enrolling in public schools, an exemption was granted later to children of Arab teachers who worked in public schools. Recently, Education Minister Mohammad Al-Fares had made a proposal to the parliament’s educational committee to review this ABU DHABI/MUSCAT: Amiri Envoy First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs SheikhSabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah delivers a letter to UAE Vice exemption so that the state can save thousands of dinars President, Prime Minister, and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum. (Right) Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah hands over an Amiri letter to which can be effectively utilized in the education sector. Omani official. —KUNA LOCAL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2017 His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdelfatah Al-Sisi reads a letter from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah, delivered by First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. —KUNA Egyptian President appreciates Amir’s efforts CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdelfatah Al-Sisi mend the rift in the Arab rank. The meeting gath- Gulf states. The two sides agreed to continue con- extolled His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh ered Kuwait’s Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs sultations and coordination closely in the coming Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for his efforts and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh stage based on the commendable stances of His to consolidate the inter-Arab unity and solidarity. Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Highness the Amir, the statement said. President Al-Sisi received His Highness the Amir’s according to a statement by the Egyptian At the onset of the meeting Sheikh Sabah Al- envoy - the First Deputy Premier and Foreign Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef. Khaled, accompanied by Sheikh Mohammad Al- Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- President Sisi reaffirmed support to the Kuwaiti Abdullah delivered a letter to President Al-Sisi Sabah, to discuss the latest developments of mediation efforts and stressed the need for Qatar from His Highness the Amir on the latest devel- Qatar crisis in the light of Kuwait’s mediation to to address the concerns of Egypt and three other opments in the region. —KUNA KUIWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Central Bank of Kuwait Governor Dr Mohammad Yousef Al- Hashel. —Amiri Diwan photos Amir meets Central Bank Governor KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh al report for the year 2016-2017, and the Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah financial stability report for 2016, as well as received at Al-Seif Palace yesterday Central the economic report for 2016. Meanwhile, Bank of Kuwait Governor Dr Mohammad His Highness the Amir also met with His Yousef Al-Hashel. Hashel handed His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al- Highness the Amir a copy of the 45th annu- Ahmad Al-Sabah. —KUNA KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah meets with US Deputy Assistant State Secretary for Arab Gulf Affairs Tim Lenderking and retired US Marine Corps general and ex-CENTCOM Commander-in-Chief Anthony Zinni. —KUNA Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah meets with the ambassadors of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Deputy FM, US delegation discuss Gulf row mediation KUWAIT: During talks with Kuwait’s Deputy would double its efforts in pursuit of the joint Kuwait and the bloc. During the meeting, which Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah on Monday, a goal, read a Kuwaiti official statement. came on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of US official and retired US general reiterated sup- The meeting, which was also attended by the ASEAN, the diplomats briefed the Kuwaiti port of Kuwait’s efforts to resolve the ongoing Assistant Foreign Minister for Jarallah’s office official on ongoing preparations and arrange- feud between Qatar and another four Arab Ayham Al-Omar and US Ambassador Lawrence ments for marking this event in late September. countries. Silverman, also discussed bilateral relations along The meeting was attended by Assistant Foreign Both Deputy Assistant State Secretary for with regional and international developments. Minister for Protocols Ambassador Dhari Al- Arab Gulf Affairs Tim Lenderking and retired US Separately, Jarallah met yesterday with the Ajran and Assistant Foreign Minister for the Marine Corps general and ex-CENTCOM ambassadors of the Association of Southeast Deputy Foreign Minister’s Office Ambassador Commander-in-Chief Anthony Zinni said the US Asian Nations (ASEAN) on relations between Ayham Al-Omar. —KUNA Kuwait offers more food aid to Yemenis in Taiz RIYADH: A Kuwaiti humanitarian cam- Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- paign yesterday provided 3,000 food Sabah’s support. Jamel pointed to the packages to the needy families in the colossal devastation in Taez, calling for deprived and most-harmed areas of the more flow of aid. Yemen’s Taiz Governorate. The food was Meanwhile, Abdulrahman Al-Wajeih, offered to Yemenis in various parts of the project officer in the ‘Kuwait By Your province, including the Jabal Zeid camp Side’ campaign, said that the food aid for the displaced and the besieged Taiz would help alleviate the suffering of the area, the campaign said in a statement. people in Taiz amid the acute conditions Governorate Undersecretary Aref they have been going through. Wajeih Jamel commended Kuwait’s efforts to voiced thanks to the State of Kuwait for help the Yemeni people since the erup- the generous support and efforts to help tion of the crisis in the country, highly the “brothers in Yemen,” especially in appreciating His Highness the Amir Taiz. —KUNA KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chaired the 114th meeting of the Supreme Petroleum Council, which was held at Bayan Palace yesterday. —KUNA LOCAL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2017 Mom, boyfriend deny murder intent in five-year-old’s death Child subjected to two months of repeated abuse KUWAIT: A five-year-old girl who died in a seek help at her country’s embassy. A com- child abuse case reported earlier this week plaint was lodged with local police, and was subjected to abuse for 60 days before investigations revealed that a Gulf national her eventual death, according to police had paid KD 400 to a man who ran an unli- findings. Meanwhile, reports emerged yes- censed domestic help office; and who coor- terday indicating that the child’s mother dinated with the person who recruited the and her boyfriend said during questioning girl from her home country in order to that the girl was of special needs, adding bring her to Kuwait. Detectives were able yet another dark twist to the crime that to arrest the African national who con- shook Kuwait. The public prosecutor gave fessed to taking the girl to his Fahaheel orders in the meantime to remand the cou- apartment, and asked for $2,000 to return ple in custody, as they are accused of the her passport.