File picture used for representation. Pic: Salim Matramkot / The Peninsula QNA Doha: The Department of Meteorology warned Saturday of poor horizontal visibility at places at first inshore. Weather inshore until 6:00 pm on Saturday will be misty at places at first, becoming hot and relatively humid in daytime then humid by night. Offshore, it […]
Month: July 2018
Increase in AC maintenance as temperature goes high
By Sidi Mohamed | The Peninsula DOHA: The costs of air conditioner maintenance and repairs have touched their peak with high temperature and many workshops or mechanics are exploiting people who face an urgent need of repair and maintenance works. Most of the problems occur in the window ACs compared to the split ACs and costs […]
GRACE PERIOD FOR WORK VISAS ISSUED LAST YEAR TO END IN SEPTEMBER
After two months, next September, the work visas not used by companies that were approved before the implementation of the e-system for approvals on work visas, which came into effect in September of last year, will expire as the grace period earlier set by the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs (MADLSA) will […]
Mobile radar to monitor seven Qatar roads (Thursday, July 5)
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, […]
Vacationers urged to get vaccinated before travelling
By Amna Pervaiz Rao | The Peninsula DOHA: Travellers are advised to pay a visit to Travel Clinic at Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Communicable Diseases Center (CDC) to avoid travel-related illnesses. The Travel Clinic was inaugurated in February 2017, few months after the opening of the Communicable Diseases Center (CDC). The travel medicine is a […]
Workshop on national strategy to combat desertification concludes
The Peninsula DOHA: The first three-day workshop on preparing a national strategy to combat desertification in Qatar, organised by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment in cooperation with United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, concluded. The workshop touched on the modernised standards to set the national strategy to combat desertification, as well as training to […]
Amir to pay official visit to France today
The Peninsula Doha: Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will pay an official visit to the friendly French Republic today during which he will hold talks with the French President Emmanuel Macron on prospects of the close bilateral cooperation between the State of Qatar and the French Republic, and several regional and […]
Lulu unveils 10/15/20/30 promotion & Big bag offers at all outlets
File picture. Pic: Abdul Basit/The Peninsula The Peninsula DOHA: Lulu Group, after an interval of a couple of months, has re-launched the most sought-after 10/15/20/30 promotion at all Lulu outlets in the Qatar region. More than 1,000 products from all categories namely grocery, fresh food, fruits, vegetables, household, textile, footwear, cosmetics, sports goods, home décor, […]
Traffic violations fall by 58% in May
File picture used for representation. By Sachin Kumar | The Peninsula DOHA: The number of traffic violations in Qatar fell significantly during May, making roads safer for commuters. Total traffic violations declined by 58 percent to 118,787 violations in May this year compared to 283,832 violations in the same month previous year, showed the 53rd issue […]
MEC penalises retail outlets over violation
An official checks documents at an outlet in Al Aziziya. The Peninsula DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce has launched a surprise inspection campaign targeting a number of retail outlets in Al Aziziya in order to monitor the compliance of shops with laws and regulations governing commercial activities. The inspection campaign comes within the […]