‘qatar News’ Archives
UAE off to winning start in Gulf Cup
The UAE Olympic team beat Saudi Arabia 1-0 in their opening game of the U-23 Gulf Cup at the Aspire Stadium in Doha, Qatar on Friday. An 86th minute strike from Ahmad Khalil was all that separated the two sides in Group B of the tournament, which features teams from all six GCC states. Prior to the game, Coach Mehdi Ali stressed the [...]
Qatar Cool donates saplings to schools
DOHA: Qatar Cool recently donated 60 trees to two local schools as part of its community service programme focusing on youth and sustainability. Several managers from Qatar Cool visited Al Yarmouk Independent Preparatory and Doha Independent Secondary School for Boys in Doha where the ‘Trifasciata’ saplings were donated to [...]
Real experience for Qatar’s reel enthusiasts
DOHA // As the sun dipped towards the horizon on the edge of the capital last week, fierce winds whistled across an open field, sending sand and dust swirling in the fading light. For the small, inexperienced film crew shooting a dream sequence of a little girl searching for her father, it could have been a nightmare. But after waiting more [...]
Qatar Hosts Power-Gen Middle East Conference
Qatar (Doha) - The annual exhibition and conference of POWER-GEN Middle East will be held in Doha on 4 - 6 October 2010 at the Qatar International Exhibition Centre . For the first time in its nine year history, POWER-GEN Middle East, considered the region's premier conference and exhibition for the power generation, transmission and [...]
Qatar to face Oman in U-23 GCC football opener
DOHA: Qatar will take on Oman in their first match of GCC U-23 Football Championship at the Aspire Academy today. The championship ends on August 7. Other participating countries include Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
Capacity rises with water demand
DOHA: Qatar’s water desalination capacity is set to rise to 1.4m cubic metres a day by next year. The country’s power generating capacity would also touch 9 gigawatts during this period. Per capita consumption of water in Qatar is among the highest in the world. More than half of the country’s water goes to the agricultural sector, but [...]
Qatar industrial giant sees H1 revenues rise by 60%
Qatar industrial giant Aamal said on Sunday that revenues for the first six months of 2010 rose more than 60 percent compared to the same period last year. The conglomerate, which in January announced it had signed a deal with Argentinian transport infrastructure firm Cometrans Group, to develop the rail system in Qatar, saw revenues rise to [...]
Filipinos turn up at Indian mission
DOHA: In an unprecedented event yesterday, a few Filipino employees of a company turned up at Indian Embassy to lodge a complaint against an Indian managed company here. Though, they had come hearing about the monthly community grievances forum at the embassy, they left the place before seeing the embassy officials. Some 17 Filipinos, [...]
Qatar among top FDI destinations, says report
DOHA: Qatar was second among the five largest recipient countries in the Middle East with foreign direct investment (FDI) worth over $10bn in 2009, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2010, which was released yesterday. The report notes that governments’ sustained commitment [...]
Thousands of security cameras to be installed throughout insecure Qatari capital
The Interior Ministry has approved plans for measures to enhance public safety in Qatar, which contains a huge expatriate presence. Officials said the focus would be on monitoring critical facilities and urban areas that serve as potential insurgency targets. "The diversity of nationalities and cultures is a major challenge we face in [...]
