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The case of an expat man who stands accused of misappropriating an amount of QR1.3 million from a local bank is being reviewed by the Court of Appeal. The accused expat used to work as the head of a department at the bank.
Local Arabic daily Arrayah reported that the man had been sentenced to five years in jail, repayment...
To address the parking space woes in the country the Ministry of Transport and Communications has begun work on an ambitious pilot project which would entail building of multi-storey parking lots, the parking lots will be equipped with technologies which will allow people to check for space and reserve a slot online.
The said parking lots will be connected through...
With the massive infrastructural developments pertaining to the FIFA 2022 event heading into their final phase, more Filipino workers are expected to come to Qatar as skilled employees.
“We are expecting the demand for engineers and laborers to rise as Qatar pushes forward to achieve its infrastructural goals”, Philippine Ambassador to Qatar, Alan Timbayan said.
At present there are about 222,...
According to an announcement made by the Hamad International Airport, it is now the first airport in the GCC and second in the MENA region to have reached Level 3 ‘Optimisation’ status in the Airports Council International (ACI) Airport Carbon Accreditation programme.
Eng. Badr Mohammed Al Meer, the chief operating officer of HIA and special advisor to the ACI Asia-Pacific...
Taxi drivers in Doha are calling for dedicate parking spaces for their vehicles along Doha’s major roads, hospital compounds and important Government offices, which are visited by a large number of people.
The allotment of dedicate parking zones will allow us to operate the taxis in an efficient and effective manner, the drivers say.
Currently, 5 taxi operators including the state-owned...
An announcement made by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) revealed that the procedures for recruiting workers from abroad have changed under Law No 21 of 2015 regulating the entry, exit and residency of expatriates.
But no change in the rules for obtaining family visas and residency permits for spouses and children have been announced.
The law stipulates the conditions for private...
A new retail home loan offer has been announced by Doha Bank. It features a 3.99 per cent interest rate for the first year and includes a 12-month payment holiday to customers with an option to get up to QR20,000 to offset the early settlement fees when transferring a home loan from another bank to Doha Bank.
The service also...
The Central Municipal Council (CMC), at its biweekly session, has recommended that the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) should intensify its health inspection campaigns on the local market to ensure that the plastic bags used for bread and bakery products are compliant with the approved standards.
It held that the Ministry should intensify its efforts to ensure that the...
About 18 months back a group of Qataris were taken as hostages near the Saudi-Iraq border who were in the area on a hunting trip. Reuters had reported at that time that at least 26 Qataris were taken hostage by unknown gunmen, presumably Shiite militiamen.
A minor breakthrough in the matter was achieved in April of last year, when the...
The GCC Coast Guard Week celebration opened at Al Bandar in Doha Corniche on Wednesday 12 April. The celebration under the theme “Our aim is safety and security” is organized by the General Directorate of Coasts and Borders Security during 12-15 April 2017.
The coast guard week is celebrated in line with the decisions of the GCC Interior Ministers meet...
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) conducted a study, 64% of whose participants said that they believed that mobile radars have helped in curbing the speeding menace and reduced the number of road traffic accidents in the country.
The introduction of the mobile traffic cameras has made roads safer as people have become more aware about traffic regulations and speed limits.
Today...
Construction on the venue of the final game of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the Lusail Stadium has begun, the stadium will have a capacity of 80, 000 when completed, tournament organisers said.
The stadium is expected to be ready by 2020 and is located 20 kms to the North of the capital, Doha. The stadium will also host the...
Nearly everyone in Qatar today has a smartphone and access to high speed internet. It won’t be wrong to say that Qatar has become a tech-savvy country. The internet penetration in the country currently stands at more than 80% and Qatar is poised to become one of the most technological advanced country in the coming years as projects such...
Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is a health issues affecting the ‘chewing’ muscles and the joints between the lower jaw and the base of the skull.
Excessive stress or tension, morning headaches, and click whenever your mouth is wide open are usual symptoms of temporomandibular disorder. The most common first symptoms of TMD include headaches or neck pain. However, in most of...
