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Month: July 2018
Using mobile phones causes more than half of fatal accidents in Qatar
A motorist using mobile phone while driving. QNA Doha: Use of mobile phones during driving causes more than half of the fatal accidents in Qatar, General Directorate of Traffic said today. The directorate said statistics indicated that engaging in mobile phone caused 44.1 percent of the minor injuries, 52.2 percent of the serious injuries and […]
Mobile radar to monitor eight Qatar roads (Sunday, July 15)
File picture used for representation. The Peninsula Online Doha: Qatar Traffic Department has been taking various steps and initiatives to ensure speeding and related accidents do not occur. Mobile radars placed at locations with high risk of speeding has helped reduce the number of accidents say officials. Here are the locations for the radars today (Sunday, […]
Qatar-France ties stronger in many areas: Envoy
Minister of Municipality and Environment H E Mohamed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi (second left); Minister of Transport and Communications H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti (second right); Ambassador Ibrahim Yousif Abdullah Fakhro (first left), Manager of Department of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and French Ambassador to Doha, Eric Chevallier, at the […]
Qatar can withstand blockade for extended period: Moody’s changes outlook to stable
File picture of Doha Skyline used for representation. Pic: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula The Peninsula DOHA: Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) has changed the outlook on Qatar’s long-term issuer ratings to stable from negative and affirmed the long-term issuer and foreign-currency senior unsecured debt ratings at Aa3. Moody’s said in a statement yesterday that the […]
QFFD meet calls for actions on sanitation at schools for human development
The officials of QFFD and Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council during the meeting to study the impact of sanitation on health and education. The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has organised a high-profile meeting to study the impact of sanitation on health and education, in cooperation with the UN-hosted Water Supply and […]
Qatar Museums discovers new petroglyph site
The officials of Qatar Museums’ Department of Archeology examine the petroglyph site in the centre of the Qatari Peninsula. The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Museums (QM) has announced the discovery of a formerly unknown petroglyph site in the centre of the Qatari Peninsula. The newly discovered site is spread across an area of around 15 hectares, […]
Mowasalat waives booking charges for Karwa taxi
The Peninsula Online DOHA: There is good news for Karwa taxi customers as Mowasalat has waived its taxi booking charges from tomorrow. Mowasalat has also waived the technology service charge of QR1 from July 15, 2018. This charge was introduced in February. Telephone booking charge within Doha city per trip was QR5, while booking charge […]
QRCS’ Patient Assistance Fund served 354 people
A patient getting treatment under QRCS Patient Assistance Fund at a hospital. The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Society’s (QRCS) Patient Assistance Fund made remarkable achievements in 2017, serving as many as 354 patients with a budget of QR4.5m. Since its inception in 2010, the Fund has covered a total of 2,355 patients, with an […]
Qatar Airways issues clarification on Doha-Kochi flight
Image used for representation The Peninsula Online / IANS A Qatar Airways flight QR516 from Doha to Kochi, India skidded off the runway while landing at the Cochin International Airport early on Friday due to heavy rains, the airline said. The airline published a statement on its twitter that said the plane skidded during “landing […]