KUWAIT: Kuwait signed some 18 agreements with local and foreign firms for maintenance on highways and major roads across the country, the public works minister said on Tuesday, citing the government's green light to set the deals in motion. Relevant state bodies have given their approval of the agreements that aim to overhaul roads across Kuwait, Minister of Public Works Dr Nora Al-Mashaan told KUNA after the Cabinet's weekly session, in which she explained to state ministers the intricacies behind the deals. Hailing the "all-encompassing" agreements as unprecedented in the history of her ministry, she said these deals cover all areas across the country. - KUNA

‘White Cane Safety Day’

KUWAIT: Some 24 bodies and institutions devoted to the rights of disabled people assembled in Kuwait on Tuesday to mark the international "White Safety Cane Day," an initiative that acknowledges the plight of the visually impaired. Kuwait's Public Authority for Disability Affairs has always pursed an "open-door" policy in a bid to meet the needs of people with disabilities, the state body's acting deputy chief for medical, psychological and social services Dr Khalifa Al-Haila told the gathering, saying such an approach is in line with the "instructions" of the country's Social Affairs Minister. The large turnout of some 24 institutions and organizations devoted to the rights of people with disabilities made this occasion unlike no other, according to the event's chief organizer Abdurrahman Al-Adwani. Kuwait Ophthalmic Society member Dr Faisal Al-Jassar said these endeavors offer a chance to "generate awareness" about the different forms of disabilities.- KUNA

Arab strategy team meets

CAIRO: The first meeting of the Arab League's team concerned with working on a strategy for Media Education, kicked off on Tuesday at its headquarters with the participation of Kuwait. In his opening speech in the meeting, Assistant Secretary General and Head of the Media and Communication Sector at the League Ambassador Ahmad Khatabi said that media education is considered one of the most prominent issues recently included on the agenda of the Council of Arab Information Ministers. This comes from the standpoint of a confident approach towards developing the Arab media system through enhancing capabilities of understanding, analysis and qualification in dealing with conventional and digitalized media. - KUNA