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“We told them very clearly that the president was not going to sign the bill if was in it,” an official from President Trump’s administration told the Washington Post when discussing the $2 trillion Coronavirus Relief Aid that passed weeks ago. Trump made it clear that he would veto the bill if it included any emergency funding for the agency that is already...

By Peter Alagos/Business Reporter Commercial Bank announced yesterday the launch of two new innovative products that provide digital payment and remittance solutions for all segments of society working in Qatar. In a video press conference, Commercial Bank Group CEO Joseph Abraham said the bank launched the ‘CB Household Worker PayCard’ – the country’s first digital solution offered to manage household workers’ salaries...

Since the launch of the national campaign to volunteer under the motto ‘For the Sake of Qatar’ about 35,000 male and female volunteers, Qataris and residents, have registered for the programme. Qatar University (QU) contacted a number of participants in the volunteer training workshops for their feedback about the programme. They spoke about their experiences in voluntary work and the...

The Department of Meteorology Monday warned of thundery rain at places associated with sudden strong wind. In its daily weather report, the Met Dept said weather inshore until 6pm Monday will be cloudy with scattered rain which can be thundery at places with slight to blowing dust at times. Offshore, it will be cloudy to partly cloudy with chance of...

Doha The competent authorities at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) have arrested four persons for violating the law on preventing gatherings in public places, the MoI tweeted o n Sunday. The arrests were made after verifying the contents of a video about the said persons spread on social media, the MoI said, adding that they were referred to the prosecution. The MoI...

As a precautionary and preventive measure against the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), Qatar University (QU), in co-operation with the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) represented by the Municipality of Doha (Department of Gardens), organised a campaign to sanitise and disinfect the campus buildings and facilities. Sanitisation, spraying and disinfection work included the internal streets of the campus, administrative buildings, various...

The Public Works Authority, Ashghal, has opened two new intersections on Industrial Area Streets 41 and 1110 and the South Collector Road on East Industrial Street. The new openings were carried out in co-ordination with the General Directorate of Traffic and they create easy access for traffic between Industrial Area, Industrial Area Road, G Ring Road and Hamad Port Road. The...

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) Monday announced the registration of 252 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Qatar, and recovery of 59 cases, bringing the total recovered cases to 334. So far, 3231 cases were detected in Qatar and the active cases now are 2890. The new cases are the people who having been in contact with...

General Motors (GM) is taking proactive measures alongside Mannai Trading, the official Cadillac and GMC dealer, and Jaidah Motors and Trading Company, the official Chevrolet dealer, to “better serve the Qatar community during these uncertain times and to postpone any non-vital servicing trips for its customers”, it has been announced. Aligning with government directives to stay at home and stay...

The Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) is working round the clock to ensure uninterrupted electricity and water services during the Covid-19 outbreak. “The National Control Centre of the corporation is working round the clock and monitoring the functions in order to make sure that customers get electricity and quality water without interruption,” Kahramaa tweeted. The corporation is closely monitoring...

Georgia has expressed its deep gratitude to Qatar for fruitful co-operation in helping Georgian students return home from the US. In a statement, Georgian ambassador to Qatar Nikoloz Revazishvili said: “Georgian citizens, who have been stranded in different countries around the world due to the Covid-19 pandemic, are being gradually returned home by the government of Georgia. On April 10,...

Snapshots from the disinfection campaign. Rate Text Size:  A  A  A The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) conducted, throughout last week, a disinfection and sanitisation campaign in different neighbourhoods across all the municipalities in the country. In particular, the campaign targeted many of the key and residential areas in Al Daayen and Umm Salal municipalities, and it was carried out by the entities concerned at...

The Department of Meteorology today in its daily weather report warned of thundery rain at places at times. Weather inshore until 6pm on Sunday will be hot daytime and partly cloudy to cloudy with chance of scattered rain which can become thundery at some places at times, the detailed report said. Wind inshore will be northwesterly to northeasterly 08 to 18...

Ministry of Public Health Sunday announced the registration of 251 new cases of Covd-19 and the death of one patient. MoPH also announced the recovery of 28 people from the disease, bringing the total number of people who have recovered to date to 275. The total number of deaths now touches 7. The total number of infections now stands...