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Home | 10 Business | 25 Sport | 36 Qatar Charity begins Monthly Producer Nasser ready for $100,000 project for Price Index declines WTCC debut at injured Syrians by three percent Losail Circuit The Peninsula Newspaper @PeninsulaQatar @peninsula_qatar THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2015 • 14 Safar 1437 • Volume 20 Number 6626 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 PM orders probe against firms as projects fail test of rain DOHA: Prime Minister and Inte- recorded 17.8mm of rainfall Al Khor, too, didn’t receive much rior Minister H E Sheikh Abdul- whereas areas close to Qatar of rain as the town recorded only lah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al University witnessed 17.5mm 2.4 mm of rainfall. Thani has ordered investigations of rainfall. In some parts of the On the other hand, Al Wak- against companies and agencies Old Airport area of Doha rains rah, Dukhan, Umm Bab, Ras that have completed some key began at 7am and lasted for more Laffan and Al Jamiliya received infrastructure projects after these than 90 minutes inundating many more than five, but less than structures failed to get through internal streets, major roads as 10mm of rainfall. All the seven incessant rains yesterday. well as low-lying areas. municipalities which were mak- Some newly-completed school The weather bureau had issued ing preparations for quite a while buildings and other structures a warning a few days ago saying to tackle rain-related emergen- were leaking and roads, including that unstable weather may con- cies, deployed water-draining major thoroughfares, were flooded tinue in Qatar for five days begin- machines fitted into tankers and with rainwater in different places ning last Monday. deployed them in water-logged all over the country. Yesterday the bureau issued areas in their jurisdictions. Qatar News Agency (QNA) a fresh warning about incessant “Emergency teams are on the reported that under the direc- rains lashing almost all parts of ground and they are giving their tives of the PM, it was decided Qatar, including Doha, today. 100 percent to ease traffic move- that all concerned bodies and Interestingly, Al Ruwais which ment on the roads,” the Ministry companies that have implemented is considered a relatively cooler of Municipality and Urban Plan- the projects, which the current place in Qatar and the one that ning tweeted on its official twit- rains and the weather conditions witnesses more rainfall, received ter account, referring to the civic have exposed their flaws, must only 1mm of rainfall yesterday. water-drainage teams. be referred for investigation and The driest place in the coun- Continued on page 6 then to the Public Prosecution. try was Ghuwayriya in the north According to QNA, the Gov- which got only 0.3mm of rainfall. THE PENINSULA ernment Communications Office announced yesterday that it was decided that five companies, so far, must be referred to investiga- tion while parties responsible for dereliction of duty (or found neg- ligent), whether government or private, will be held accountable. The rains began early yesterday Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros at the Presidential morning with some areas in the Palace in Caracas yesterday. country like Hamad International Airport (HIA), Abu Hamour, Abu Samra, Old Airport area in Doha, and areas near Qatar University witnessing heavy downpour. Areas near HIA witnessed tor- Qatar, Venezuela sign rential rains with an incredible 80.8mm recorded there. The next was Abu Hamour which recorded 31.8mm of rainfall. In Abu Samra, on the Qatari- several agreements Saudi Arabian border, the rainfall Motorists drive through flood water near Al Hilal traffic lights towards recorded was 26.5mm. Messaieed Industrial Area after heavy rains in Doha yesterday morning. KAMMUTTY VP Emir, Venezuelan President hold talks CARACAS: Emir H H Sheikh in the field of air services. opment of the financial system Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani A memorandum of understand- between the two countries. Erdogan says and President of the Bolivarian ing on sports and youth coop- They also witnessed the sign- Smart parking at Villaggio Republic of Venezuela Nicolas eration was signed, stipulating ing of a memorandum of under- Maduro Moros witnessed the cooperation in sports activities, standing between Qatar Chamber does not want signing of a number of agreements participation in workshops, the of Commerce and Industry and By Mohammed Osman he added. MCTS is a specialised and memoranda of understanding exchange of coaches and sports the Venezuelan Federation of company providing smart park- escalation at the Presidential Palace in the specialists, and cooperation in Chambers of Commerce with the DOHA: In a first in the country, ing solutions and clean energy Venezuelan capital Caracas. sports media. aim of working to develop trade Villaggio Mall has introduced technology. An agreement on exempt- The Emir and the Venezuelan exchange and economic coopera- smart parking lots to address the “With smart parking your with Russia ing diplomatic and special pass- President also witnessed the sign- tion between companies as well as shortage of parking space. parking areas are expanded by ports from entry visa was signed ing of a mutual administrative establishing joint business coun- The service was launched a up to eight times… Parking from ISTANBUL: President Recep between the government of the help agreement to properly imple- cils. week ago as a pilot project and eight to 16 cars in the space of Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday State of Qatar and the govern- ment the customs law between A fraternity and twinning will be expanded to other areas approximately two cars” said a that Turkey did not want any ment of the Bolivarian Republic the government Qatar and the agreement was signed as well in Qatar depending on its success, post on the company’s website. escalation after it shot down a of Venezuela. government of Venezuela. between the Doha Municipality Mohammed Magdy, Senior Sales The company explained that Russian warplane near the Syrian A cooperation agreement in the They witnessed the signing and the Libertador Bolivarian Manager at My City Technical “on a larger scale in a parking border, saying it had simply acted legal field was signed, stipulating of an understanding agreement Municipality in the Bolivarian Solutions (MCTS), who provided space of only 13 cars it can park to defend its own security and the the exchange of expertise in the between Qatar Central Bank and Republic of Venezuela. technical support for the project, (bare) up to 100 cars”. “rights of our brothers” in Syria. work sphere of the Ministry of the Central Bank of Venezuela See also page 3 told this daily. Continued on page 6 But while neither side has Justice in both countries. Another that aims to exchange informa- It will be available for the pub- shown any interest in a military cooperation agreement was signed tion on the stability and devel- QNA lic free of charge for six months, THE PENINSULA escalation, Russia has made clear it will exact economic revenge through trade and tourism. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that important joint projects could be cancelled and Turkish firms could lose Russian market share. World No.1 Djokovic to launch 2016 season in Doha The downing of the jet was one of the most serious publicly DOHA: World number one Former world number one statement released yesterday. 2015 — Stockholm and Shenzhen. acknowledged clashes between a Novak Djokovic (pictured) of Rafael Nadal of Spain is also Djokovic won the Australian French star Richard Gasquet Nato member and Russia for half Serbia will launch the 2016 season listed in the 32-player field. Open, Wimbledon and the US — who is ranked No.9 on the ATP a century, and further compli- at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, it “We are incredibly honored to Open. Tour rankings computer, will also cated international efforts to bat- was announced by Qatar Tennis have another year with players of In a rare blip, the 28-year-old return to Doha. tle Islamic State militants in Syria. Federation (QTF) yesterday. the highest caliber coming to the lost the French Open final to Sta- Gasquet, the 2013 Qatar Exx- Russian President Vladimir Winner of 11 titles in 2015, Qatar ExxonMobil Open,” Tour- nislal Wawrinka as he failed to onMobil Open champion, won two Putin said the plane was attacked Djokovic dominated world ten- nament Director Karim Alami complete his bag of four Grand titles in Estoril and Montpellier when it was 1km inside Syria and nis by taking home more than said yesterday. Slams in one season. in 2015. warned of “serious consequences” $21m in prize money after bag- “The week in Doha kicks off Ferrer will be looking to launch Doha will be one of three sta- for what he described as a stab ging three out of four Grand Slam the ATP World Tour season and his new season on a positive note as tions to launch the 2016 season — in the back administered by “the titles. these players are looking to hit he did in 2015 when he beat Tomas with Chennai and Brisbane — in accomplices of terrorists”. The celebrated Serbian also the courts fresh from their end- Berdych of the Czech Republic the first week of January. US President Barack Obama won the ATP Tour finals in Lon- of-season break,” he added. in the final. After his title win The January 4-9 event will be and French President Francois don last Sunday, beating Roger “Novak will return to Doha as in Doha last January, David won the 24th edition of the Qatar Exx- Hollande pressed Russia to focus Federer in the title clash.