The Peninsula Salwa Beach Resort, Qatar’s new major leisure destination, begins partial opening with new elements to be launched to wider audiences over the coming months. Located 84km from Doha, Hilton’s new beach resort sprawls across 3.5km of picturesque private beaches. The resort has made an early partial launch with a small number of highly […]
Month: July 2020
Real Estate Price Index at record levels: Ezdan report
The Ezdan Hotels in Doha. The rise in property deals comes in line with the decline of the Covid-19 outbreak curve and the gradual ease-down of lockdown restrictions, according to the Ezdan Real Estate report. The property sale market has gained momentum following the conclusion of 183 sale deals, mostly concentrated in the municipalities of […]
Qatar Airways launches flights to Cebu in Philippines
The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Airways continues to show its resilience by launching another new destination during this crisis with Cebu, Philippines joining Brisbane, Australia and Toronto, Canada as new destinations to join the airline’s global network in the past few months. Qatar Airways will fly three weekly flights to Cebu starting July 24. The national […]
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SWADES Skill Card: Skill mapping of overseas returning citizens by Government of India Government to conduct skill mapping of citizens returning from overseas SWADES, a collaborative initiative of the Ministries of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Civil Aviation and External Affairs The initiative undertaken as part of Vande Bharat Mission aims at empowering the returning […]
Qatar residents and visitors can apply for ‘exceptional entry permit’ from August 1
The Peninsula Online Doha: Entry for residents, who are stuck abroad due to COVID-19, to Qatar will be only after obtaining an entry permit through Qatar Portal. Application for the same can be submitted from August 1. Qatar Portal allows employers, whether individuals or companies, government or private sectors, to apply for entry permits for residents […]
New report highlights commitment to sharing Qatar 2022 sustainability knowledge
The first report – ‘Dust Management Best Practices for Construction’ – is available now and contains a “host of useful details that can be used to support projects in Qatar and around the world”. The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC)’s new report, ‘Dust Management Best Practices for Construction’, “showcases our commitment to sharing […]
US embassy warns against scam calls promising fake scholarships
The US embassy in Doha has warned against scam calls promising fake scholarships. In a statement posted on Twitter on Wednesday, the embassy said: “The US embassy in Doha has been made aware of a recurring fraud scheme in which scammers call or email people, claiming to be working with US embassies and Qatari embassies […]
10 MoI service centres to work during this weekend
MoI centre at Al Khor. The Peninsula DOHA: To make it easy for individuals and companies to complete their National Address registration, many MoI services centres will be working during the weekend, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said. The MoI said that about ten MoI Qatar Services Centres will work during this weekend (Friday and […]
Government Communications Office statement on Qatar’s travel policy during the gradual lifting of COVID-19 restrictions
21 July 2020 As part of the gradual lifting of restrictions imposed in the State of Qatar as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and based on Qatar’s travel policy announced previously, the travel policies effective Saturday 1 August have been reviewed based on public health indicators in the State of Qatar and around […]
Scattered rain and strong wind likely tomorrow: Qatar Meteorology Department
File photo for representation: Salim Matramkot / The Peninsula The Peninsula Online Doha: In its weather forecast for tomorrow, Qatar Meteorology Department (QMD) said that during daytime it will be hazy and hot weather with some clouds. QMD said in its weather report that there is chance of scattered rain, maybe thundery, by afternoon in […]