The Peninsula Doha: The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) and Qatar Foundation (QF) have announced the completion of the third tournament venue for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 ,the 40,000-capacity Education City Stadium is slated to host matches up to the quarter-finals stage during the tournament. The stadium’s completion will be marked […]
Month: June 2020
Qatar reports 1186 new Covid-19 cases and 3 deaths on June 14
The Peninsula Online Ministry of Public Health today announced 1,186 confirmed new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), while 1,646 people recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people recovered in the State of Qatar to 56,898 cases. The Ministry also announced 3 new deaths due to the virus The total number of […]
Special programme to honour frontline workers and mark completion of third World Cup stadium
Representational image of frontline workers at a COVID-19 hospital in Qatar The Peninsula Online Doha: Ministry of Public Health will broadcast a special programme “Champions of Hope” to honour the front line workers for their fight against COVID-19. The ministry tweet on its social media, “We are pleased to announce the release of Champions of […]
Ashghal to commence beautification of six main areas between Corniche and A-Ring road
The Peninsula Doha: The Supervisory Committee of Beautification of Roads and Public Places in Qatar at the Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ has announced the commencement of the second and third packages of Doha Central Development and Beautification Projects. Eng. Hassan Al Ghanim, Assistant Manager of Doha Central Development Projects, clarified that the second and third […]
Ministry issues guidelines for first stage of gradual lifting of restrictions on malls and shopping centres
FILE PHOTO: Tawar Mall. Salim Matramkot © The Peninsula The Peninsula Online The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced the first stage of the gradual lifting of restrictions on malls and shopping centres. The measure includes operating the mall only up to 30 per cent or the capacity. Banning smoking at the entrance and […]
Qatar Rail gets delivery of new metro trainsets at Hamad Port
The Peninsula Doha: Qatar Rail announced that it received the new batch of trainsets at Hamad Port yesterday according to an agreement signed earlier with manufacturer Kinki Sharyo. The batch consisting of two trains comes alongside 35 additional trains set to arrive in the country over the coming months. According to the delivery schedule, the […]
Qatar reports 1828 new Covid-19 cases, 1956 recoveries on June 13
An evening view of the C-Ring road. Picture by Abdul Basit / The Peninsula The Peninsula Online Ministry of Public Health today announced 1828 confirmed new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19), with 1956 people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people recovered in the State of Qatar to […]
India records biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases
A milk vendor wearing a protective face mask rides his bicycle during heavy rain, after authorities eased lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease, in Kolkata, India Reuters/New Delhi India reported its biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases on Saturday, adding 11,458 confirmed infections and taking the its total […]
Demand for online renewal of vehicle registration surges
By Sidi Mohamed | The Peninsula More people are now renewing their vehicle registration online as vehicles are exempted from technical inspection at Fahes centres. Colonel Jaber Mohamed Rashid Odaiba, Assistant Director of the Media and Traffic Awareness Department, said that there is a big demand for online renewal vehicle registration (Istimara). The demand for […]
Met warns of strong wind over most areas
QNA/Doha Weather inshore until 6 pm on Saturday will be very hot daytime with slightly dusty to blowing dusty at some places and relatively hot by night, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report, warning of Strong wind over most areas. Offshore, it will be slightly dusty to at times, warning of […]