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3rd Best News Website in the Middle East Special Lease Offer MEDINAMEDIINA CENTRALECENTRALE BUSINESS | 11 SPORT | 17 4409 5155 Credit Suisse Vettel on top executives take at Bahrain bonus cuts of 40% practice Saturday 15 April 2017 | 18 Rajab 1438 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Volume 22 | Number 7132 | 2 Riyals Philippine Reserve your President arrives PRESIDENT of the Republic parking lot of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte arrived in Doha on an official visit to the country. In reception of the Pres- online soon ident upon arrival to Hamad International Airport were Minister of Energy and Indus- Sanaullah Ataullah “We have a complete plan try H E Dr Mohammed bin The Peninsula for vehicles’ parking facilities Saleh Al Sada, Ambassador in Qatar within the plans of Qatar to the Philippines Ali he Ministry of Trans- chalked out by the Ministry bin Ibrahim Al Malki, and port and under National Strategy for Ambassador of Philippines Communications is Traffic Safety,” said Rashid Alan Timbayan. working on a pilot Talib Al Nabit, Assistant Under- The Emir H H Sheikh project to build multi- secretary for Road Transport at Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Tstorey smart parking lots with The Minister of Transport and will hold talks with the Pres- online status-checking and res- Communications in a Qatar TV ident tomorrow morning at ervation facilities at crowded talk-show. President of the Republic of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte being received at the Hamad the Emiri Diwan on bilateral places in the country. “We have started work on International Airport by Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al relations and means of boost- These parking lots will be parking projects from the start Sada, yesterday. ing them in various fields. connected through a smart sys- of this year. The ambitious tem enabling motorists to not project is based on a survey only check the availability of conducted to collect the opin- parking spaces using smart ions of people to assess where phones or computers but also they want parking facilities. reserve them online. And these facilities will be Erdogan in last dash for 'Yes' vote developed as per the size and type of vehicles in the Istanbul sabotage the vote. In the latest country.” AFP issue of its Al Naba magazine, IS As a matter of fact, he A poll by the Konda called for attacks on polling sta- noted, "we cannot depend on urkish President Recep group showed tions in Turkey. the experiences of other coun- Tayyip Erdogan yesterday 'Yes' ahead at 51.5 If the new system is passed, tries in building parking Tmade a final push for votes percent. Erdogan it will abolish the office of prime facilities because the culture in a referendum on expanding minister, enabling the president in a TV interview ParkingP ki lotsl t willill bbe and needs are different of one his powers, as the authorities to centralise all state bureauc- country to another". said they had foiled a possible expressed racy under his control and also connected through He said that in a "unique jihadist plot against the poll. confidence the to appoint cabinet ministers. a smart system and first-time move", a latest Opinion polls — usually new presidential Supporters see the new sys- modern technology will be used treated with caution in Turkey tem as an essential enabling motorists system would be to not only check in these parking facilities ena- — have predicted a tight out- modernisation step for Turkey bling motorists to get advance come tomorrow despite the approved, saying to streamline government. the availability information about the availa- considerable advantages of the there were no Erdogan in an earlier televi- of parking bility of parking spaces through 'Yes' campaign in both airtime longer undecided sion interview expressed spaces using smart phones and computers and campaign resources. confidence the new presidential where they intend to visit. The referendum will take voters. system would be approved, say- smart phones or "And they could reserve the place under a state of emergency ing there were no longer computers but vacant parking spaces as well. that has been in place since last undecided voters. "'Yes' has also reserve them For example, a motorist wants summer's failed coup, which has "April 16 will be a historic Adding to security concerns, gone up considerably, while 'No' online. to visit Souq Waqif or any other seen some 47,000 arrested in the turning point," Erdogan told a police detained five suspected has gone down," he said. place, he would be able to get biggest crackdown in Turkey's rally in Konya, the Anatolian city Islamic State militants in Istan- A poll by the Konda group the information on the availa- history. seen as the heartland of conserv- bul accused of planning a showed 'Yes' ahead at 51.5 per- bility of parking space there Analysts regard the referen- ative supporters who have "sensational" attack targeting the cent but the Sonar group has immediately and could also dum as a crossroads in the benefited from his rule. weekend referendum. projected a 'No' vote of 51.2 per- reserve the space as per his modern history of the country The referendum is taking Authorities on Tuesday cent, and with other polling choice for a specific date and that will affect not just the shape place after a bloody year of ter- detained another 19 suspected companies producing different time." of its political system but also its ror attacks in Turkey blamed on IS supporters in the Aegean city figures the outcome remains → Continued on page 2 relations with the West. jihadists and Kurdish militants. of Izmir, accused of planning to uncertain. 'No need for Festival ends Trump's nod to Four million transactions via use massive bomb' Metrash2 and MoI website WASHINGTON: The US Sidi Mohamed Recently the ministry added a new commander in Afghanistan The Peninsula e-service with which people can find who ordered use of the out traffic violations by foreign vehi- "mother of all bombs" to s many as 3,973,298 transactions cles inside Qatar through the Ministry attack an Islamic State were completed through Met- of Interior website. It is part of the ini- stronghold didn't need Pres- Arash2 and Ministry of interior tiatives of the Ministry to expand its ident Donald Trump's (MoI) website in the first Quarter of this e-services and save time and efforts of approval, Pentagon officials year. The Ministry of Inter disclosed this the public. said yesterday. on its official Twitter account that the About 211 electronic services now The officials said Gen. number of transactions on Metrah2 was are available through Metrash2 and the John Nicholson has stand- 3,323,,280 while the number of trans- website of the Ministry. The number of ing authority to use the actions issued through MoI website was subscribers to Metrash2 has reached bomb, which is officially 650,018 making a total of 3,973,298 328,000 so far. called the Massive Ord- transactions. Metrash 2 is an interactive service nance Air Burst bomb, or It also issued 1,084, 413 transactions oriented Mobile app by MoI and avail- MOAB, the largest non- of renewal and cancellation of visas, able on App store, play store and nuclear bomb ever dropped and leave notifications among others Windows store. Metrash 2 services in combat. The bomb had through both Metrash2 and (MoI) web- include many services like visa, resi- been in Afghanistan since site (e-services). The number of dence, traffic violations, renewal of January. transactions related to traffic services driving license, issue or replacement The officials weren't were completed through Metrash2 and for damaged driving license, travel exit authorized to speak publicly Visitors enjoying a ride on the last day of Souq Waqif Festival, yesterday. (MoI) website (e-services) were 169,264. permit, transfer vehicle ownership, on the matter and requested Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula The total inquires on both services dur- community police, CID in addition to anonymity. ing the same period was 2,614,961. different inquiries. 02 HOME SATURDAY 15 APRIL 2017 Permanent Mission Sheikh Joaan attends closing ceremony of Camel Festival of Qatar to UN holds briefing on R2P New York ineffectiveness of the current QNA global order as a result of the failure to resolve the Syrian he Permanent Mission of conflict along with the global the State of Qatar to the network of government focal TUnited Nations held a points on responsibility to pro- briefing at the United Nations tect, she said. headquarters in New York with The Ambassador pointed Dr Simon Adams, Executive out that one of the main objec- Director of the Global Centre for tives of the 7th Meeting was to the Responsibility to Protect on consider strategic cooperation the implementation of the prin- in the prevention of mass ciple of the Responsibility to crimes and means of strength- Protect (R2P) ahead of the ening preventive mechanisms upcoming 7th Meeting of the and better response to regional National R2P Focal Points due in crises. Doha on April 24-25 this year. The Global Centre for the Qatar's Permanent Repre- Responsibility to Protect was sentative to the United Nations, established in February 2008 H E Ambassador Alya Ahmed to promote universal accept- bin Saif Al-Thani, briefed the ance and effective operational participants on the upcoming implementation of the norm of meeting's agenda, which will the "Responsibility to Protect" On behalf of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani attended the closing discuss "Syria and Protection populations from genocide, war ceremony of the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, which was held in Riyadh, in the presence of the Custodian of the Two from Mass Crimes".