The Peninsula With the hot and humid weather expected to continue throughout August and September, the Hamad Trauma Center is warning members of the public about the dangers of leaving children alone in vehicles. “With the summer temperatures upon us, we would like to remind the public of the increased risk of leaving children alone […]
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Awareness campaign to reduce pedestrian traffic accidents
A traffic police officer giving reflective safety vest to a worker on the Corniche. By Sidi Mohamed / The Peninsula As part of its campaign to reduce pedestrian traffic accidents, the General Directorate of Traffic yesterday distributed reflective safety vests among workers at Corniche also educating them on how to cross roads from designated places. […]
Qatar fully out of blockade’s economic impact: QCB
Doha skyline By Satish Kanady / The Peninsula Doha: Qatari economy has fully come out of the initial adverse impacts from the unjust economic blockade. This is reflected in the normalisation of capital flows, comfortable liquidity position of the banking system, official foreign exchange reserves returning close to the pre-blockade level and a healthy growth […]
Fifa Club World Cup to kick off in Qatar on Dec 11
Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah City hosted the 2019 Amir Cup final. Reuters The penultimate edition of the Club World Cup in its current format featuring seven teams will kick off in Qatar on December 11 with the final taking place 10 days later, global soccer governing body Fifa announced on Friday. Fifa had […]
Ministry launches study on impact of occupational heat stress
(FILE PHOTO by Kammutty VP © The Peninsula QNA Doha: The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs began a study on the impact of occupational heat stress on productivity in various sites in Qatar. The study is conducted in cooperation with World Labor Organization, Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) and will […]
Pedestrians face fine up to QR500 for traffic violations
By Sidi Mohamed / The Peninsula DOHA: Ministry of Interior will start recording violations of traffic rules by pedestrians from first of Au-gust and will impose a fine of up to QR500 depending on the type of offence. This was announced during a seminar on the “rights and responsibilities of pedestrians” held today at the […]
Humid weather to continue
Visibility will be 4 to 8 or 3 kilometers or less at places by early morning. QNA Doha: Weather inshore tonight until 6 am on Monday will be humid by night to misty at places by early morning, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report. Offshore, it will see some clouds and […]
Ministry warns passengers against carrying luggage of others
Hamad International Airport (File photo) By Sidi Mohamed / The Peninsula Doha: The Ministry of Interior (MOI) has advised passengers not to carry the luggage of others without prior knowledge as they may be exposed to legal accountability if it contains any banned substances. “Remember that carrying luggage of others without knowledge of its contents […]
HMC screens over 25,000 newborns for hearing issues
Dr Maha Al Sulaiteen, Specialist and Acting Head of Hearing and Balance Unit, HMC. Pic: Salim Matramkot / The Peninsula By Fazeena Saleem | The Peninsula Doha: The National Center for Early Detection of Hearing Loss programme, an initiative for timely diagnosis of hearing weakness in children, has screened 25,668 newborns across the Hamad Medical […]
Impounded vehicles can be claimed from municipal office
By Sanaullah Ataullah | The Peninsula Doha: The Ministry of Municipality and Environment represented by the Joint Committee for Impounding Abandoned Vehicles has asked the motorists to visit the municipal office to claim their impounded vehicles during given period. A hotline No. 44348832 has been put up to provide information about impounded vehicles during official […]