• The Kuwaiti Court of Cassation has set a bail of 2,000 Kuwaiti Dinars for Qatari national Ali Al Marri, who is accused of trying to run over Kuwaiti citizens and has been in prison for two years. The court ordered him to remain under monitoring for two years.
• There is talk in the social media about the announcement of undersecretaries for different ministries in accordance with their restructuring.
• There is discussion about the statement of the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs about his ministry’s plan to implement a labour wage protection system in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance and Qatar Central Bank. Employers will be obliged to deposit workers’ salaries in their bank accounts or transfer them to their home country under monitoring by the ministry and QCB.
• It has been suggested that trees be planted along internal roads in areas where infrastructure projects have finished. Some people say it is time the Ministry of Municipality paid attention to residential areas in setting up public parks.
• Many people have demanded that the authorities monitor food outlets near schools, as many of them are have poor hygiene and do not care for the health of students.
• Some parents have urged the traffic police to cooperate with them, pleading that they need to stop for a few minutes in front of schools while dropping or picking up their children. They have to drive long distances to return to the school gates when they are forced by police to move from there.
• Complaints about dental clinics charging patients huge sums are increasing. The charges are high compared to those in neighbouring countries, and people say they should be made uniform to prevent fleecing of patients.
