The Peninsula Online The World Cup finals and third-place playoff are definitely the must watch events this weekend with Qatar Fan Zone being the fav destination for the same. But the two days prior to that — Thursday and Friday — have some fun events happening in Doha. We have listed a few of them […]
Month: July 2018
Mobile radar to monitor seven Qatar roads (Thursday, July 12)
File image used for representation. The Peninsula Online 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 (Thursday, […]
Sheikh Joaan visits Majlis Qatar in Moscow
President of Qatar Olympic Committee H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani during a visit to Majlis Qatar, which is organized by the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy on the sidelines of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, yesterday. ?See also page 3 QNA Moscow: The President of Qatar Olympic Committee H E […]
Amir’s France visit termed successful in Cabinet meet
The Peninsula DOHA: Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani chaired the Cabinet’s regular meeting, held yesterday at its seat at the Amiri Diwan. Following the meeting, Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Dr Hassan Lahdan Saqr Al Mohannadi made […]
Over 66,200 cruise tourists visited Qatar in six months
By Sachin Kumar | The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar is fast emerging as the favourite tourist destination for cruise passengers. More than 66,200 cruise passengers came to Qatar during the first six months of current year, according to figures released yesterday by Mwani Qatar. The data further added that close to 2,500 ships called at Hamad Port, […]
QRCS serves 4,000 internally displaced people in Mosul
A QRCS volunteer guides internally displaced people in Mosul on sanitation. The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has proceeded with its water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention for the internally displaced people (IDPs) in Mosul, Iraq. The organisation’s mission in Iraq is working actively to deliver potable water, maintain sanitary facilities, drain wastewater, […]
Panel meet on follow-up on Doha Document for Peace in Darfur begins
Dr. Mutlaq bin Majed Al Qahtani (centre), Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs on Counterterrorism, Mediation, and Conflict resolution of Qatar, speaks during the 13th meeting of the committee on following up the implementation of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur at Sheraton Hotel Doha yesterday. Pic: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula […]
Soccer’s Greatest Player Just Quit His Team, Then Wrote This Emotionally Intelligent Letter to Fans
Cristiano Ronaldo is leaving, but not without first penning a very smart letter to his legions of followers. Professional athletes do attention-worthy things all the time. Take “LeBron Watch ’18”–the Decision 2.0 that had every basketball fan watching and guessing. The biggest star in the biggest game in the world just trumped them all, though. Cristiano Ronaldo just announced he […]
6 Easy Ways To Reboot Company Culture
Get inspired by Tesla, Zappos, Pixar and method and create a culture of passion and performance What do the companies that get it right consistently have in common? Aside from a powerful, single-minded ambition, they have a myopic focus on developing, maintaining and protecting company culture; and they design programs, processes and practices to ensure individuals […]
To Retain Your Best Employees, Ask These 17 Essential Questions
You’ll never know what matters to employees unless you ask Worried about losing your most talented employees? According to The Wall Street Journal, you should be: “A strong economy gives workers to seek better positions and higher pay,” the Journal reports. In fact, the U.S. Labor Department’s data shows that 3.4 million workers quit their jobs […]