Hamad International Airport (File photo) By Sidi Mohamed / The Peninsula Doha: The Ministry of Interior (MOI) has advised passengers not to carry the luggage of others without prior knowledge as they may be exposed to legal accountability if it contains any banned substances. “Remember that carrying luggage of others without knowledge of its contents […]
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HMC screens over 25,000 newborns for hearing issues
Dr Maha Al Sulaiteen, Specialist and Acting Head of Hearing and Balance Unit, HMC. Pic: Salim Matramkot / The Peninsula By Fazeena Saleem | The Peninsula Doha: The National Center for Early Detection of Hearing Loss programme, an initiative for timely diagnosis of hearing weakness in children, has screened 25,668 newborns across the Hamad Medical […]
Impounded vehicles can be claimed from municipal office
By Sanaullah Ataullah | The Peninsula Doha: The Ministry of Municipality and Environment represented by the Joint Committee for Impounding Abandoned Vehicles has asked the motorists to visit the municipal office to claim their impounded vehicles during given period. A hotline No. 44348832 has been put up to provide information about impounded vehicles during official […]
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp partially down across the globe including Qatar
The Peninsula Online Doha: Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp are experiencing network problems around the world including Qatar. Users in Qatar reported the issue from around 4pm today. Photos, audio files and videos were not getting downloaded in Whatsapp. Meanwhile, in Facebook, users are not able to see pictures or videos and some were getting an […]
Qatar sees significant rise in water project contract awards
File picture used for representation only. By Satish Kanady I The Peninsula Qatar spent an estimated $10bn in water projects, the second largest in Mena’s water project market, during 2011-2018 period. A series of major water projects to construct storage reservoirs, water pipelines, desalination plants and water treatment plants, led to a boom in water […]
MOI service office at Search and Follow-up Department
The Peninsula Doha: The Search and Follow-up Department (SFD) has launched its new services office in order to expedite the completion of the procedures at the Department in the shortest time through its integrated staff counters. This is part of the Ministry’s efforts to save time and effort of the visitors. “The opening of this office […]
QP slashes petrol prices by more than 12 percent
Qatar Petroleum (QP) announced today the diesel and gasoline prices for the month of July 2019, showing 12.5 and 12.8 percent decrease for gasoline and 7.5 percent decrease for diesel. The company set the price for one liter of Diesel at QR 1.85 in July compared to QR 2 in June, a decrease of 7.5 […]
Chasing dream: Lessons from young Qatari entrepreneurs
Kummam Al Maadeed and Yasmin Mansour on the sidelines of the QBWA Takreem Awards 2019. pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula By Lani Rose R Dizon I The Peninsula All that Kummam Al Maadeed and Yasmin Mansour ever wanted was to simply pursue their childhood dreams. For Al Maadeed, it was to be an author. […]
Amir attends IOC General Assembly meetings
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani meeting with President of the International Olympic Committee Dr Thomas Bach on the sidelines of the IOC General Assembly meetings in Lausanne, Switzerland His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani participated in the meetings of the General Assembly of the 134th session of the […]
Qatar mega-library defies blockade and woos youth
People use the reading area of the Qatar National Library in the capital Doha on May 19, 2019. / AFP / KARIM JAAFAR AFP Doha: The Gulf’s largest book collection, Qatar’s National Library, has enhanced ties with libraries outside the region and wooed younger readers in its first year, as an anti-Doha blockade drags on. Scores […]