Qatar Postal Services Company (Q-Post) has launched a free International Financial Service money transfer to several countries, including the Philippines, Morocco, Tunisia, Djibouti, and Bangladesh, it was announced in a statement yesterday. The facility is available free of cost until the end of February. Q-Post said the initiative is in the context of launching new […]
Month: January 2017
Expat jailed for fake PhD degree
Doha Criminal Court has sentenced a Jordanian man to three years in jail and ordered his subsequent deportation for counterfeiting two documents indicating that he had a PhD degree from Jordan University. Local Arabic daily Arrayah has reported that the defendant submitted five certificates at the attestation department of the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]
Doha Festival City to open in March; 20 million visitors a year expected
Doha Festival City, the largest entertainment and retail development in the Gulf, is set to open its gates for public in March. The QR6.5bn mixed-use development will be home to more than 500 international and local brands along with entertainment offerings and Food and Beverages (F&B) outlets. “To date, we are in the final […]
HH the Emir directs to pay QR 43.8 Million to solve electricity problem in the Gaza Strip
January 15 HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani directed to swiftly pay QR 43.8 million to solve the problem of electricity in the Gaza Strip. His Highness also directed that an international cooperation should be undertaken to study the problem of electricity in the Strip and make proposals to swiftly solve it. This […]
11 easy steps to change or apply job in Qatar
The requirements for job change have been amended on the ‘The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affair (MADLSA) website with some of the previously mentioned conditioned no longer applicable for changing jobs by expats. Conditions such as nationality, gender and profession are no longer among requirements for job change approval. Expats were […]
Smoking in public places? QR 3,000 fine for violation in Qatar, Stop now
The Committee on Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee held a meeting chaired by Mr. Rashid Nasser al-Kaabi on control of tobacco and its derivatives, and decided to submit report thereon to the Advisory Council, as per Arabic Daily Al Arab. The Advisory Council yesterday approved the draft anti-tobacco law that stipulates stricter punishment for smoking […]
Green light for four new driving schools
The Traffic Department has issued the necessary approvals to open four new driving schools in Qatar. Sources told local Arabic daily Arrayah that the move was aimed at addressing the ever-increasing demand for seats in driving schools. The new schools are still under construction, with two of them nearing completion. Two of the new schools […]
New attestation for school documents
Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has implemented a number of new requirements for the attestation of educational documents for Philippines, the Philippine embassy in Doha told members of the Filipino community in Qatar. In a circular issued by the embassy recently, Philippine ambassador Wilfredo Santos said MoFA’s Consular Department is requiring all university certificate […]
Food and other items you cannot bring into Qatar
Food and other items you cannot bring into Qatar All countries in the world have a list of items that travellers are not allowed to bring in within their borders. The Gulf countries are no different, there are items that may be allowed elsewhere in the world but they are banned in the Gulf countries […]
6 Things to Consider Before Reporting Your Employer to Labor Department
Employees are free to raise complaints against their employers in Qatar. Disputes are taken to labor offices, found all over Qatar, where the court listens to both sides of the party, examine evidence and decide on the judgment. Appeals to the court are also rare; oftentimes both parties accept the judgment as it is given. […]