Joint Arab Media Action to Face Challenges 'Vital'
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ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 LOCAL 6 Kuwait’s Ambassador to Italy Sheikh Azzam Mubarak Al-Sabah commends re-election Kuwait re-elected as FAO governing council member for 5th time ROME, June 15, (KUNA): Kuwait was re-elected on Tuesday as UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) governing council member rep- Kuwaiti research center earns invention patent from US resenting Near East and North Africa (NENA) Group, for the fifth time. KUWAIT CITY, June 15, (KUNA): discarded waste increases “green The Environment and Life of the environment in the long term In a statement to KUNA, Kuwait’s The Environment and Life Sciences house” emissions, underground Sciences Research Center at the and producing healthy and safe food permanent delegation to FAO said Research Center, affiliated with water pollution, but their use with Kuwait Institute for Scientific in Kuwait. member states, holding their 164rd Kuwait Institute for Scientific the newly made product can be ben- Research announced earlier this This project was supervised by a session, elected Kuwait as a member Research (KISR), has been granted eficial for agriculture. month the completion of a project group of researchers from the of the 49-member council for the peri- an invention patent for making a The innovated organic product, ‘Developing Sustainable and Environment and Life Sciences od from July 2021 to December 2024. product for enhancing soil’s physi- mixed with some fertilizers, can be Environmentally Safe Strategies to Research Center, Dr. Muhammad Kuwaiti Ambassador to Italy Sheikh KUNA photo cal components from the US Patent added with the sand or soil where it Reduce Excessive Use of Toxic Al-Bahouh, Dr. Mustafa Gallo and Azzam Mubarak Al-Sabah commend- Kuwaiti Ambassador to Italy Sheikh and Trademark Office (USPTO). acts like a sponge that keeps humid- Pesticides on Invasive Agricultural Benson Thomas. ed the re-election of Kuwait, which Azzam Mubarak Al-Sabah with KISR said in a press release on ity at the roots’ level. Pests’ with the support of the In other news, the Regional Office reflects the international appreciation Kuwait’s Permanent Representative Monday that the invention was USPTO is an agency in the U.S. Kuwait Foundation for the of the World Organization for Science for its development and humanitarian to FAO Yousef Al-Juhail. recorded in the name of the center’s Department of Commerce that Advancement of Sciences. and Technology (MILSET Asia) role in the world. researchers, Dr. Hanaa Bou-rizk and issues patents to inventors and busi- The institute said in a press state- declared five Kuwaiti students win- Kuwait’s Permanent Representative role in the organization regarding food Dr. Shawki Lahaleeh. The pair has nesses for their inventions, and ment that the project is among the ners in a series of open virtual interna- to FAO Yousef Al-Juhail thanked the security issues. The Council’s tasks re-used agricultural waste to reclaim trademark registration for product important projects in the field of tional scientific competitions. member countries for their re-election are focused on food and agriculture sandy plots of land for cultivation. and intellectual property identifica- sustainable agriculture and would Participating in the competitions were as it reflects Kuwait’s status and active issues in the world. Accumulation of such randomly tion. contribute to maintaining the safety students from 17 Arab countries. Joint Arab media action to face challenges ‘vital’, says info min ‘Full-scale approach to overhaul sports’ KUWAIT CITY, June 15, (KUNA): Minister of Information and Culture and Minister of State for Youth Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi stressed on Tuesday the importance of joint Arab media action to enhance the ability to face the challenges in the Arab region. Al-Mutairi said in a statement The Guest Show poster to KUNA before traveling to Cairo to head the Kuwaiti’s offi- cial delegation to the Arab The Guest Show features Tarek Aleryan Information Ministers council meeting, which will discuss the On Thursday, The Guest Show will lights & camera. On The Guest present Tarek Aleryan - Kuwait Show, our listeners will get to enhancement role of Arab media TV’s prominent host in English. He understand the person behind the and take the necessary measures is also the Head of Public Relations persona. Tarek will speak of his in this regard. & Media at Dasman Diabetes journey in media, his career in He added that the Arab information Institute. Over the years, Tarek public relations, and the way he ministers will discuss the Palestinian has built a reputation as an affable balances things in his life. He will issue, the Arab media strategy and the and unflappable live show host, speak of his experience in hosting Arab Committee for E-Media, in addi- who interviews guests from differ- Hala Kuwait Show and how his tion to the issue of the Arab media ent walks of life making them work has shifted during the pan- capital, stressing the Kuwaiti media’s super comfortable while facing the demic. KUNA photo firm support for all Arab causes. Minister of Information departs after the meeting. Al-Mutairi expressed hope that the meeting, which will be held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab League, will result deci- sions that serve the Arab media and those working in this field. Overhaul Meanwhile, Kuwait’s Minister of Information, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Chairman of the Public Authority for Sport (PAS), Abdulrahman AlMutairi, affirmed on Tuesday that tangible and full- fledged measures would be taken to back up sports and overhaul the sec- tor. In a statement to KUNA, Minister Al-Mutairi said the PAS board adopt- ed the general framework of sport pro- fessionalism for Kuwaiti athletes, not- ing dedication of their full time for the sport would nudge them to enhance Yawmi Quarterly Draw winner their performance. The board has also decided to back Burgan Bank names new KD 125,000 up the Kuwaiti players who would partake in the Olympic games, set in Tokyo this summer, in line with winner in the ‘Yawmi Quarterly Draw’ instructions by His Highness the Prime KUWAIT CITY, June 15: Burgan rewards, entitling one lucky customer Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Bank announced Mr. KENAN LOUAI to win KD 125,000 cash prize every Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. ALBOUAINI as the new KD 125,000 three months. Elaborating, Minister Al-Mutairi said the Government would cooperate cash prize winner in the Yawmi To enter Burgan Bank’s Yawmi with the National Assembly to enact Quarterly Draw. The winner expressed Quarterly Draws, customers should required legislations and amend rele- his excitement for being the winner of maintain a minimum amount of KD vant existing laws as part of the the rewarding cash prize with Yawmi 500 in their account for 2 months prior approach to support sports, indicating Account from Burgan Bank. to the draw date. Additionally, every that the government would not inter- The Yawmi Quarterly draw offers KD 10 in the account will entitle cus- vene in the sector affairs. customers chances to win higher tomers to one chance of winning. Jahra health team closes 7 shops Municipality issues 9 warnings in Sulaibikhat area KUWAIT CITY, June 15, (KUNA): in Jahra Governorate announced on the sidelines of a tour of one of the The Kuwait Municipality announced Sunday the closure of seven shops complexes that the rate of adherence to Monday that it has issued 9 warnings within the governorate during the health requirements and the increase in for violating properties in the areas month of May that did not comply health awareness in Jahra Governorate northwest of Sulaibikhat and Granada, with the precautionary requirements has become high, especially among as part of a campaign to detect building and measures approved by the health the elderly. violations of all kinds, in implementa- authorities to confront the spread of Al-Ghais added that the teams con- tion of building regulations and rules. COVID-19. cerned with following up the extent of Director of the Engineering Audit Committee member and head of the commitment to implementing the rel- and Follow-up Department at the removal department of the Jahra evant Cabinet decisions will continue Capital Governorate Municipality Municipality branch, Suleiman their field tours in order to contribute branch, Yousef Al-Bathali said in a Al-Ghais, told Kuwait News Agency to maintaining community health. statement to reporters on the sidelines of the tour that the team set 22 warn- ings of encroachments on state prop- erty, in addition to issuing two viola- tions for not assigning an engineering office and establishing construction work without a license. He added that the supervisory teams in the Kuwait Municipality will con- tinue their field tours to detect building violations of all kinds and take all supervisory measures in implementa- tion of building regulations, noting that the violations that were issued came after the end of the legal period from the date of placing the warning label. He explained that the media cam- paign launched by the Public Relations Department aims to detect all building violations and monitor the violating properties in all governorates, noting that the violations will be submitted to the legal department to take the neces- sary action. KUNA photo The Health Regulations Committee The Municipality team puts warnings on violating properties..