SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014 THULHIJA 27, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Cabinet okays NCB to become Moscow hotel Manning new army chief Islamic bank goes ‘halal’ makes history of staff, amends after pressure in bid to woo on sensational sports law2 from23 scholars Muslim40 visitors Sunday20 MoH denies Ebola cases as Max 30º Min 20º MP queries health minister High Tide 10:10 & 22:50 Lawmaker slams govt silence on oil turmoil Low Tide 04:20 & 16:44 40 PAGES NO: 16319 150 FILS By B Izzak and Agencies Mutair chief KUWAIT: The Health Ministry yesterday refuted reports on social media that Ebola cases were discovered in stabbed by Kuwait as “baseless”. A police station had demanded the Health Ministry to examine some Asian and Ethiopian son in mosque women held there and they were found to have upper respiratory tract infection but not Ebola or MERS coron- By Hanan Al-Saadoun avirus, acting director of public health at the ministry Musab Al-Saleh told KUNA. They had been held in cus- KUWAIT: Well-informed security sources said that tody for more than a month, while the incubation period former MP and head of the Mutair tribe Faisal of the Ebola virus is 21 days, Saleh added. Bandar Watban Al- He explained that none of the examined women Duweesh was yesterday belonged to African countries hit with Ebola outbreaks, rushed to Farwaniya noting that they did not complain of high temperature Hospital for urgent sur- or any other worrying symptoms. They were given the gery after he was stabbed usual medications and are improving, Saleh said. No thrice by his son. The case of Ebola has been recorded in Kuwait, he said, refer- sources added that the ring to the strict precautions and measures taken almost incident took place inside two months earlier in cooperation with the Interior the Al-Duweesh Mosque Ministry by declining visas to people from countries hit in Sabah Al-Nasser after by the virus. Maghreb prayers, and that Earlier, MP Kamel Al-Awadhi sent a series of questions the son’s motives were to the Health Ministry about its measures to combat the still unknown. Later, deadly Ebola virus which has killed thousands of people. Minister of Amiri Diwan Awadhi asked about the specific measures the ministry Faisal Al-Duweesh Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al- has taken to prevent the disease from reaching Kuwait, Ahmad Al-Sabah and his and what are the measures in case the virus is detected. deputy Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah visited Duweesh The lawmaker asked if citizens of infected countries are at the hospital and conveyed the best wishes of HH present in Kuwait and what are the measures that the ministry has taken or plans to take towards testing them the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah KUWAIT: Cars drive on a street as a sandstorm engulfs Kuwait yesterday. The three major ports of the country - for a speedy recovery. to prevent the transfer of the disease to the country. Shuwaikh, Shuaiba and Doha - stopped functioning due to strong winds.— Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat (See Page 3) Continued on Page 13 LOCAL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014 KUWAIT: HH the Amir with Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah. HH Sheikh Nawaf Al-Sabah with Sheikh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah. HH the Crown Prince with Dr Ibhrahim Al-Duaij Al-Sabah — KUNA photos Amir, Crown Prince receive Foreign Minister KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- HH the Crown Prince also received Dr Ibhrahim the Premier the Diwan’s report about revision of Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace Al-Duaij Al-Sabah and Chief of National Security the State final accounts and budget covering the yesterday the First Deputy Prime Minister and Apparatus Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al- 2013-2014 fiscal year. Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Sabah. In other news, Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Hamad Al-Sabah. Meanwhile, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Al-Khaled received a written message from his Also yesterday, HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received, Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shukry, dealing Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace yesterday, Audit Bureau Chairman with bilateral relations between the two brother- Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah at Seif Palace. Abdulaziz Al-Adsani. The chairman handed HH ly countries and issues of joint concern. — KUNA HH the Prime Minister receives the Audit Bureau’s report from Abdulaziz Al-Adsani. New army chief of staff, sports law amendments okayed Cabinet holds weekly meeting KUWAIT: The Cabinet, in its weekly meeting The new bill was referred to HH the Amir Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah from Yemeni Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah held at Seif Palace yesterday, approved the Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to approve President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, French Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah informed the appointment of a new chief of staff for the and send it to the National Assembly for delib- President Francois Hollande and Central cabinet about the outcome of his visit to Iraq Kuwaiti army and the amendment of sports erations and approval. The Cabinet also African Republic’s Interim President Catherine ahead of an Arab League delegation Sunday bodies law. reviewed the follow-up reports of the General Samba-Panza. The letters have focused on and the talks he held with Iraqi President Fuad Upon a recommendation from the Deputy Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Planning bilateral relations and means to boost them. Al-Masum and other senior officials. Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh and Development on fiscal year 2012/2013 and The Cabinet was apprised of a letter sent Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled also informed the Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, the Cabinet the first half of fiscal year 2013/2014. to HH the Amir from Turkish President and cabinet about the deliberations and outcome endorsed the appointment of Lieutenant In this regard, Minister of Social Affairs and Chairman of the Organization of Islamic of the fourth Gulf Cooperation Council-UK General Mohammad Khaled Al-Kheder as a new Law and Minister of State for Planning and Cooperation (OIC)’s Standing Committee for strategic dialogue meeting which was held in chief of staff of the Kuwaiti Army, said Minister Development Affairs Hend Al-Sabeeh made a Economic and Commercial Cooperation Kuwait last week. The cabinet discussed the of Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Justice presentation about the main points in the (COMCEC) Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The letter latest regional and international political Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah fol- reports, especially the evaluation of the pace included an invitation to HH the Amir to developments. — KUNA lowing the cabinet meeting, headed by His of work at the mega development projects attend the 30th session of COMCEC, to be Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber and the challenges facing the development hosted by Istanbul next month. CORRECTION Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. plans and role of each government body to The Cabinet was also briefed about a letter Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah pointed out overcome such challenges. addressed to HH the Amir by UN Secretary In yesterday’s issue of Kuwait Times, the that the Cabinet also discussed and approved a General Ban Ki-moon. In his letter, the UN captions and photos on Page 2 were draft law amending sports bodies law No 42 of Bilateral relations chief invited HH Amir to attend the 3rd World wrongly placed. Kuwait Times deeply 1978 to address the loopholes emerged in the KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister chairs the Cabinet’s Earlier, the Cabinet was briefed on letters Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2015 regrets the error. meeting yesterday. — KUNA application of the current law in the past years. addressed to HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- in Japan. For his part, First Deputy Prime TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014 LOCAL In Brief Sharia college KAC Employees Schools transformation By A Saleh KUWAIT: The Parliament’s Deputy Speaker KUWAIT: MP Majed Moussa condemned a Mubarak Al-Khrainej urged Communication Ministry of Education’s decision to turn two KUWAIT: MP Nabil Al-Fadl reminded of a memo presented by Minister Essa Al-Kandari to work on putting kindergartens of Jahra educational zone in former education minister Rasheed Al-Hamad proposing fol- Kuwait Airways employees’ demands into prac- lowing other GCC states’ steps in combining the Sharia and tice as soon as possible, pointing out that they Saad Al-Abdullah into primary schools two law colleges. “The Cabinet ignored that proposal under pres- were all legitimate ones that had been already months after the school year has already sure from Islamists,” he underlined. The lawmaker also approved by the Fatwa and Legislation started. He added that many area residents inquired about how much Sharia College graduates were Department on Sept 20, 2012 that approved were upset with this sudden decision and needed in local job market and the total number of these increasing KASCO employees’ basic salaries by 25 rejected it. graduates so far. percent. Photo of the day KUWAIT: Winds reaching over 60 kilometers per hour in velocity caused a sandstorm yesterday that dropped visibility to less than 500 meters in some areas. The bad weather conditions halted sea naviga- tion to and from the country’s three major ports: Al-Shuwaikh, Al-Shuaiba and Al-Doha, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported quoting Captain Marzoug Al-Qahtani, Director of Sea Operations at Al- Shuwaikh Port. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Joseph Shagra KOTC receives oil tanker KUWAIT: Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) announced yes- terday the official delivery of the 4th and last Medium Range Tanker of its Phase III Fleet New Building Project taking place in South Korea.