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Home gardening blooming amid COVID-19 lockdown
Posted by chidi emmanuel ekeh on April 30, 2020 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment
Apartments vacant as expatriates leave Kuwait amid hardship
Apartments vacant as expatriates leave Kuwait amid hardship
Tenants renegotiate amid
slump in real estate sector
By Chidi Emmanuel
From Fahaheel to downtown Kuwait City, signs advertising apartments for rents can be found in abundance. Rising costs of living, stagnant wages for expatriates and growing anti-expat government policies are driving foreigners to leave the country.
According to the Central Statistics…
ContinuePosted by chidi emmanuel ekeh on July 8, 2019 at 2:09pm
Expatriates struggle to make ends meet as hardship bites
Expatriates struggle to make
ends meet as hardship bites
By Chidi Emmanuel
It is always a solemn moment whenever Tina comes home and doesn't see her six-year-old daughter Rosaline. "Life without her is just empty," she said as she narrated her ordeal. According to Tina, life went from bad to worse when her husband lost his well-paid job last year. "Things became very hard for us. We could neither pay Rosie's school fees nor get her a nanny. So we…
ContinuePosted by chidi emmanuel ekeh on March 23, 2019 at 5:11pm
Scammers calling, texting! Beware
Scammers calling, texting! Beware
Scammers change style and tactics
By Chidi Emmanuel
When Favor Tata, an African expat, got a call last month from someone posing as a customer care representative at one of the telecommunication companies in Kuwait, the offer was too enticing to refuse and she saw no reason for not handing over some of her bank details. "Congratulations! You (your phone number) have just won a sum of KD 10,000 through a draw. We just…
ContinuePosted by chidi emmanuel ekeh on August 18, 2018 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment
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Home gardening blooming amid COVID-19 lockdown
Home gardening blooming amid COVID-19 lockdownBy Chidi EmmanuelFouad Al-Shaikh’s garden. By Chidi EmmanuelAs the coronavirus wreaks havoc across the globe, some residents in Kuwait are turning to gardening – to ease the boredom caused by the lockdown, and for others, to cut expenses as austerity measures begin to bite. Amid a scarcity and rise in the prices of fruits and vegetables, some residents are resorting to supplementary gardening to ease the burden. While some do it for fun, others see…See More
Apartments vacant as expatriates leave Kuwait amid hardship
Apartments vacant as expatriates leave Kuwait amid hardship Tenants renegotiate amidslump in real estate sector By Chidi Emmanuel From Fahaheel to downtown Kuwait City, signs advertising apartments for rents can be found in abundance. Rising costs of living, stagnant wages for expatriates and growing anti-expat government policies are driving foreigners to leave the country.According to the Central Statistics Department, the number of Filipinos, Indians and Egyptians in Kuwait has dropped…See More
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