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  13 May 2018 - 12:06 Japan’s Ambassador to Qatar, Seiichi Otsuka, with other officials during a visit to a school in Qatar to deliver pictures and calligraphies drawn and written by pupils in Asa town, Hiroshima city, Japan. The Peninsula DOHA: Japan’s Ambassador to the State of Qatar, Seiichi Otsuka, visited two schools in Al Khor — Al Khor Primary School for Girls...

  13 May 2018 - 12:17 Education stakeholders from Africa during WISE@Accra forum in Accra. The Peninsula DOHA: The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), an initiative of Qatar Foundation (QF), in partnership with the office of the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, recently held WISE@Accra, a forum to engage education stakeholders from across Africa, in Ghana’s capital, Accra The one-day forum was held under the...

  13 May 2018 - 12:19 Pic: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula The Peninsula With only a few days left for the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, Qatar has been making necessary arrangements for welcoming it. Here is a view of an illuminated road at Katara Cultural Village, yesterday.

  13 May 2018 - 16:18 QNA Cairo: The State of Qatar participated in the honoring of HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah for his peace and humanitarian efforts in the peace forum, which was held at the headquarters of the Arab League General Secretariat, following the initiative of Women's Institute for Development and Peace in the...

  13 May 2018 - 16:35 The Peninsula Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has announced its operating hours for the Holy Month of Ramadan. All emergency and inpatient services across HMC’s network of hospitals will operate as usual, 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Dr. Yousef Al Maslamani, Medical Director of Hamad General Hospital, is also reminding patients who have appointments at HMC clinics...

  14 May 2018 - 0:37 QNA Doha:  HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani has reiterated the State of Qatar's firm and principled position on resolving the Gulf crisis through dialogue, pointing out that the participation of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in the recent Gulf Summit in the State of...

  13 May 2018 - 10:46 A Qatar Red Crescent official distributing bags to students. The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has distributed more than 7,300 bags of winter gears  to Syrian students in Lebanon. Under the Warm Winter campaign, the project covered 3,195 students in Arsal, 2,784 students in Central and Western Bekaa, and 1,391 students in the North Governorate. Ranging 4-14 years...

  13 May 2018 - 10:48 The 28 students who received ORYX GTL President’s Medal for Academic Excellence with officials. The Peninsula Doha: The best and brightest graduating students from College of the North Atlantic - Qatar (CNA-Q) were honoured at the ORYX GTL President’s Medal for Academic Excellence gala at the Sheraton Grand Doha Hotel on Thursday. Medals were presented to 28 students who...

  13 May 2018 - 10:28 The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar University (QU) has made a huge improvement in the Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings by advancing its position from 75 in 2017 to 35 in the 2018 rankings. The announcement was made by THE on May 9 making QU 35th in the THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2018 and 2nd...

  13 May 2018 - 11:17 The winners of different categories pose for a group picture. Pic: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula The Peninsula Doha: With an aim to increase awareness about the impact of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke on health, the Qatar Cancer Society (QCS) recently held a competition. ‘Decide...We are with you’  competition was held as part of the...

  10 May 2018 - 14:25 QNA Doha: Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Dr Hassan Lahdan Saqr Al Hassan Al Mohannadi issued a circular today setting the working hours during the holy month of Ramadan for ministries, government sector and public bodies and institutions. According to the circular, on the occasion of the holy month...

  13 May 2018 - 10:01 The Peninsula DOHA: Hempel Paints, the leading coating manufacturer in Qatar, was Gold Sponsor of the 15th edition of Project Qatar held from May 7 to 10 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center. Project Qatar is the country’s only business exhibition specialized in construction and all related industries. “As one of the most important events for projects in...

  13 May 2018 - 10:04 Fatima Al Obaidly of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education presents to grade 5 students Amina Ayman, Shaheeda Muhammad and Aisha Khalid of Audio Education Complex for Girls their trophy for winning the Your Health First – Sahtak Awalan Project: Greenhouse contest. The Peninsula DOHA: The winning schools in this year’s “Project: Greenhouse” competition, an initiative of...

  13 May 2018 - 10:05 The Peninsula Chief of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces H E Major General (Pilot) Ghanim bin Shaheen Al Ghanim inaugurated yesterday the new headquarters of the Office of the Military Attache of the State of Qatar in Rome. The Chief of Staff said that the new headquarters of the attache is a new approach to defence...