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Amir congratulates Erdogan on victory England sink is Highness the Amir Sheikh HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani Minister of Foreign Aff airs Sheikh Mo- Hheld a telephone conversa- hamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani held Panama tion with Turkish President Recep a telephone conversation with Turkish Tayyip Erdogan yesterday evening to Minister of Foreign Aff airs Mevlut Ca- Agencies congratulate him on his victory in the vusoglu. Moscow presidential elections, wishing him During the phone call, the Minister continued success and the brotherly of Foreign Aff airs congratulated the people of Turkey further progress and Turkish Foreign Minister on Erdogan’s arry Kane struck a hat-trick as prosperity. victory in the elections. England demolished Panama H6-1 yesterday to ease into the World Cup last 16 alongside Group G rivals Belgium. Kane, who now has fi ve goals in Russia, leapfrogged Cristiano Ronaldo and Romelu Lukaku in the race for the Golden Boot as the Central His Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani along with a number of ministers and senior off icials at the Americans were sent packing along inauguration ceremony of the Institute of Criminal Studies yesterday. with Tunisia. Belgium and England — who meet in Kaliningrad on Thursday to battle it out for top spot — both have six points after two games and are level on goal diff erence and goals scored. Two penalties from Kane and two Qatar opens Institute goals from John Stones, plus an im- pressive strike from Jesse Lingard, gave England an unassailable 5-0 lead at half-time. Later yesterday, Japan and Senegal of Criminal Studies played out a 2-2 draw in Group H, keeping both on course for a place in the next round. By Ayman Adly The attorney-general pointed out that operate in this fi eld with other big coun- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures during a speech yesterday in Japan, who beat 10-man Colombia Staff Reporter the new institute is specialised in crimi- tries with sophisticated technological Istanbul, after initial results of presidential and parliamentary elections were declared. in their fi rst match in Russia, dug deep nology and gives the staff of the General experiences.” in Yekaterinburg, coming back twice in Prosecution training courses and work- He explained that the new specialised an entertaining match. nder the auspices of His High- shops all year round. It will also include prosecution departments would pro- Sadio Mane’s opening goal was can- ness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin a statistics centre that would provide ac- duce specialists in fi ghting cybercrimes, celled out by Takashi Inui later in the UHamad al-Thani, His Highness curate fi gures on the number of crimes, economic crimes, money laundering, fi rst half. In the second period Moussa the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin their types and reasons and study them and terrorism. Wague re-established Senegal’s lead Hamad al-Thani inaugurated the Insti- to put practical solutions accordingly. The attorney-general stressed that Erdogan wins but substitute Keisuke Honda pegged tute of Criminal Studies, Cybercrime “Though Qatar has one of the lowest money laundering and economic crimes them back again. Prosecution, Money Laundering and crime rates and the most secure envi- have become more complicated and In the last match of the day, Colombia Economic Crimes Prosecution, State ronment worldwide, this institute is linked to terrorism and hence it has be- thrashed Poland 3-0 with Yerry Mina, Security and Counterterrorism Pros- expected to make a quantum leap in re- come very important to maintain spe- Radamel Falcao and Juan Cuadrado ecution, at the headquarters of Qatar ducing further the crime rates, keeping cialised prosecution departments in the elections with scoring for the winners. Sport Pages 1-5 Public Prosecution yesterday. Qatar ahead of the most secure coun- country, as these crimes evolve quickly HE the Prime Minister and Minister tries in the world,” he said. and require creative local mentalities to of Interior, Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser He further pointed out that special- handle them. bin Khalifa al-Thani, attended the inau- ised Qatari professors and experts work Dr al-Marri explained there is active guration ceremony along with a number at the institute in co-operation with in- co-operation between the Public Pros- of their excellencies ministers, heads of ternational experts and specialists from ecution and Qatar Central Bank and the grand lead diplomatic missions accredited to Qatar diff erent parts of the world. Ministry of Interior with regard to com- and senior offi cials, Qatar News Agency Dr al-Marri said that the importance bating trans-border money laundering Agencies preme Election Council (YSK) is yet to reported. of the cybercrime prosecution has in- and economic crimes and cybercrimes. Istanbul/Ankara announce the fi nal results. England’s Harry Kane celebrates HE the Attorney-General Dr Ali bin creased after the hacking of Qatar News Qatar has also maintained various bind- Anadolu reported that Erdogan had scoring against Panama yesterday. Fetais al-Marri, delivered a welcoming Agency, stressing that counteracting ing agreements with most world coun- won with 52.65% of the vote. speech on this occasion. He said that such crimes has become an absolute ne- tries in these fi elds, where information resident Recep Tayyip Erdogan Supporters of Erdogan’s Justice and Qatar off ers great support to the judi- cessity. sharing and necessary support in such yesterday claimed victory in Development Party (AKP) were out on WORLD CUP ciary on all levels and affi rms its inde- “We care about such crimes and co- cases are mandatory. Page 3 PTurkey’s dual presidential and the streets of the capital in large num- pendence. parliamentary elections based on unof- bers celebrating, waving Turkish fl ags “The opening of this institute refl ects fi cial results. and honking car horns. Yesterday’s results the support of His Highness the Amir Piracy of beIN Sports will be prosecuted “Our people granted me the presi- “Our people put a serious responsi- England 6 Panama 1 Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani for dency and executive rule,” he said in a bility on us ... I am happy we had few Senegal 2 Japan 2 the independence of the judiciary and Whether it takes a long or short time, all Compensations Claims Committee, speech in Istanbul. problems across the country,” he said. working for the supremacy of the state those involved in the piracy of beIN Sports Dr al-Marri pointed out that during the The presidential and legislative polls “My beloved nation, our people did Colombia 3 Poland 0 of law and organisation, and the separa- will be prosecuted, HE the Attorney- fi rst phase of its work, which involved were held simultaneously for the fi rst their part ... it is time for us to work tion between authorities,” he said. General Dr Ali bin Fetais al-Marri declared collection of information and preparations time in Turkey’s history and complete harder. It is time to leave the tensions of Today’s matches In his remarks on the sidelines of the yesterday. of the related fi les, it was headed by the the country’s transition to an executive the campaign behind. It is time to focus Egypt vs Saudi Arabia, 5pm ceremony, Dr al-Marri appreciated the He further stressed that world is governed Public Prosecution, but the next stage is presidency with sweeping powers. on our future,” Erdogan said. Russia vs Uruguay, 5pm role of HE the Prime Minister and In- by laws and regulations and there are strict headed by HE the Deputy Prime Minister “The message is clear,” Erdogan said. Both the Republican People’s Party terior Minister in maintaining harmony legislations to protect intellectual property and Minister of Foreign Aff airs Sheikh “With turnout of nearly 90%, Turkey (CHP) and the pro-Kurdish People’s Iran vs Portugal, 9pm between the judicial and executive au- rights internationally. Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, as has taught the whole world a democ- Democratic Party (HDP) claimed that Spain vs Morocco, 9pm thorities though these are in confl ict Regarding the latest updates of the this phase will be on the international level. racy lesson. Anadolu - the only offi cial source for with each other in many countries. “I hope nobody will overshadow the partial results - was fi xing the returns. election results to bury their own fail- CHP presidential candidate Muhar- ures,” he added. rem Ince earlier said on Twitter: “Ana- Opposition parties have alleged dolu agency is doing manipulation. I manipulation in the initial results, re- call on our polling station representa- leased by state news agency Anadolu. tives, no let down, never leave the bal- HMC receives award for excellence in life support Counting is still under way and the Su- lot boxes.” To Page 12

amad Medical Corporation ment to evidence-based processes and ple of Qatar’s commitment to providing HMC’s director of the Medical Criti- (HMC) has become the fi rst quality measures, advanced education patients with the world’s best care. cal Care Division and Ecmo Programme, Hhealthcare organisation in the for staff , patient satisfaction, and on- “In early 2013, the ministry facilitat- Dr Ibrahim Fawzy Hassan, said in addi- Middle East, Western Asia, and Af- going clinical care. It also demonstrates ed an Ecmo partnership between HMC tion to being one of the few healthcare rica region to receive the Extracorpor- an assurance of high-quality standards, and UK-based Guy’s and St Thomas’ systems in the Middle East region to use eal Life Support Organisation’s (Elso) specialised equipment and supplies, NHS as part of our national Mers-CoV Ecmo, HMC is also a regional training Award for Excellence in Life Support and defi ned patient protocols. Recipi- preparedness and response plan, and centre for the technology. (Gold Level) for its extracorporeal life ents of the Excellence in Life Support specifi cally the need to treat patients Last year, a group of medical experts support programme. Award are designated as Centres of Ex- with severe respiratory illness. Ecmo in the country developed a fi rst-of-its- Also called extracorporeal mem- cellence. off ers patients the highest level of life kind mannequin to help train teams on brane oxygenation (Ecmo), the therapy The Ministry of Public Health com- support and over the last four years, the system. The Ecmo simulation man- is used as a last resort support system missioned the lifesaving programme HMC’s skilled Ecmo team has used this nequin was conceptualised, designed, for the lungs or heart and has helped in 2013 in response to the Mers-CoV technology to treat some of the sick- and built in Qatar. save the lives of around 100 infants, outbreak in the region. The Mers-CoV est and most severely traumatised pa- HMC’s extracorporeal life support children, and adults in Qatar since fi rst infection is associated with a high mor- tients. The Elso award signifi es Qatar’s programme is ranked among the best in being introduced at HMC in 2014. tality rate due to the rapid onset of se- commitment to bringing the world’s the region, a distinction that Dr Fawzy The award was presented to mem- vere respiratory and renal failure. best technologies and treatments to credits to the Ecmo team. He says HMC bers of HMC’s Ecmo team on May 24. HE the Minister of Public Health Dr Qatar and it demonstrates to patients is honoured to receive the prestigious The award is for a three-year term Hanan Mohamed al-Kuwari congratu- and families a dedication to provid- designation that recognises his team’s and recognises centres worldwide that lated HMC’s Ecmo team on the award, ing the best care possible,” said Dr al- expertise in critical care and life sup- demonstrate an exceptional commit- noting that the technology is an exam- Kuwari. port. Page 2 Gulf Times 2 Monday, June 25, 2018 QATAR HMC wins prestigious award Envoy highlights Qatar’s steps to diversify economy

QNA and keeping up with contempo- Berlin rary developments. Meanwhile, the ambassador noted that the government of atar’s ambassador to Qatar attaches great impor- Germany Sheikh Saoud tance to investing in human Qbin Abdulrahman al- capital, promoting the culture Thani has delivered a lecture at of innovation and localising in- the German Chamber of Com- dustries. merce and Industry for Munich Ambassador Sheikh Saoud bin and Upper Bavaria, dealing with Abdulrahman al-Thani stressed the economic situation in Qatar Qatar is taking steps, with all and its promising investment confi dence, to achieve its ambi- opportunities and the safe in- tions and implement the plans vestment climate. of economic transformation in a The ambassador presented in smart and unique manner in line Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has become the first healthcare organisation in the Middle East, Western Asia, and Africa region to receive the Extracorporeal Life Support depth the practical step adopted with the new changes. Organisation’s (Elso) Award for Excellence in Life Support (Gold Level) for its extracorporeal life support programme. Picture shows HE the Minister of Public Health Dr Hanan by Qatar to diversify its sources The lecture was attended by Mohamed al-Kuwari and members of HMC’s Ecmo team with the award. of income and increasing the businessmen, economists and competitiveness of its national representatives of German com- economy in order to ensure inte- panies in the region of southern gration into the global economy Germany. Blockade fails to stop Qatar Zakat Fund gives over QR6mn to help residents from travelling needy families

By Joey Aguilar pursued their travel itineraries grow in this market.” In the Gulf region, he noted Staff Reporter even when the blockade was im- He cited Turkey’s charm, say- that many residents prefer trav- QNA need, as decided by Islamic posed on June 5 last year. ing that the destination is also elling to Kuwait and Oman espe- Doha law. “When people looked at it, it continuously attracting many cially during winter. He stressed the importance of atar residents have was absolutely normal and noth- travellers from Qatar, especially Last year, Al Tawfeeq Travel co-operating with the General shown a great appetite ing to worry, so they just went during the Eid al-Fitr holidays. saw a surge towards Kuwait, he Zakat Fund Depart- Authority for Minors’ Aff airs Qfor travelling, either tak- ahead with their plans, it was like “Eid was good and fl ights have which it considered a shopping ment at the Ministry of and providing fi nancial assist- ing a short break or going for business as usual,” he pointed out. been full.” destination. TAwqaf and Islamic Aff airs ance to meet the needs of many long vacations, despite the on- The travel agency witnessed Syed also lauded Qatar Tour- “Whatever the circumstances has provided more than QR6mn families under the auspices of going blockade on the country, a what it described as “a tremen- ism Authority (QTA) saying it “is have been, travel is always there, to the General Authority for the authority, in the framework veteran travel agent has said. dous opportunity on travel,” cit- doing a fabulous job” for attract- whether it is good or bad, it is al- Minor’s Aff airs, as assistance of the Fund’s eff orts to help all “Qatar has shown it is strong ing its big departures to Georgia. ing more tourists from diff erent ways an opportunity to travel,” to minors, orphans and widows segments of the benefi ciaries of and the people have gone ahead Besides the visa on arrival parts of the world and for sup- he explained. who are under the auspices of Zakat. with their travel plans with full privilege for Qatar residents, porting travel agencies. “There were some eff ects (of the authority. Al-Kubaisi noted that the Za- confi dence,” Al Tawfeeq Travel Syed noted that Georgia also of- Citizens of 80 nationalities the blockade) but I think the Director of the Zakat Fund kat Fund Department has been country head Rehan Ali Syed told fers a very competitive price as a Rehan Ali Syed can now enter the country visa- country has been robust, we have Department Jassim bin Mo- providing assistance to citizens Gulf Times. destination. free, while others can apply for come out very well and people hamed al-Kubaisi said that and resident benefi ciaries of Za- He was speaking on the side- He said some airlines, such as tastically well and East Europe is visas online with ease. have shown resilience and they the assistance comes within kat since the establishment of lines of the opening of the Por- Salam Air, are fi lling the slots for also picking up, including Bosnia “I think if we don’t get the have been very supportive,” Syed the framework of the Fund’s the Fund more than two decades tugal Week at the Mall of Qatar Georgia now, apart from Qatar and Armenia,” Syed stressed. support from QTA it will be very explained. “We have seen a tre- mandate to spend on those in ago. recently. Al Tawfeeq Travel was Airways’ daily fl ights. “Also Portugal, I hope will come diffi cult to promote this, they are mendous growth in travel last a sponsor. “I think all the major Qatar up very soon with Lisbon, and I willing to work with us on how to year where our market registered Syed stressed that residents Airways sectors are doing fan- am sure there is a big potential to get more people,” Syed said. almost double digit growth.” SSC exam results to be Qatar Charity rebuilds 250 homes Al Meera announced tomorrow leasing he Ministry of Education 2017/2018. Results will be pub- and Higher Education lished on the website https:// Twill announce tomorrow nateeja.edu.gov.qa/ once they for poor families in Gaza Strip dept to be afternoon the results of the gen- are endorsed by HE the Minister eral and specialised Secondary of Education and Higher Educa- School Certifi cate (SSC) exami- tion Dr Mohamed Abdul Wahed atar Charity’s (QC) of- relocated nations for the academic year Ali al-Hammadi. fice in the Gaza Strip Qhas launched a project to rebuild the homes of poor l Meera Consumer Goods people with a generous dona- Company has announced OFFICIAL tion made by the philanthro- Athe relocation of its leas- pists of Qatar. ing department from its head Implemented in co-opera- offi ce location in West Bay to Al tion with the Ministry of Public Meera’s Nuaija Branch. Works and Housing, the project The leasing department’s new will benefi t 250 families from offi ce is located on the fi rst fl oor diff erent parts of the Gaza Strip. in the Nuaija Mall and is man- The project includes re- aged by a team of specialist em- Dominican honour for Qatar’s envoy building 250 houses at a cost of ployees dedicated to the care of QR6.5mn to make them usable, the entire estate. The move aims President of the Dominican Republic Danilo Medina awarded the Order which will help preserve the hu- to ease access for those inter- of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella, in Grade of Grand Cross Silver man dignity of the needy fami- ested in renting a space at any of plate to the outgoing ambassador of Qatar Khamis bin Bati al-Sahouti lies in the Gaza Strip. the 51 Al Meera branches across for his eff orts in promoting the relations between the two countries. The aim is to improve the liv- Qatar, and to better serve the ex- Dominican Minister of Foreign Aff airs Miguel Vargas awarded the Order ing conditions of these families, isting tenants. of Merit to Qatar’s ambassador on behalf of the President of Dominican as they are constantly living in Republic, during a ceremony held at the Dominican Foreign Ministry diffi cult economic and social “The relocated leasing headquarters. conditions, and harsh circum- department offi ce will Commenting on the occasion, the Dominican Foreign Minister said stances. serve as a convenient that ambassador al-Sahouti contributed to the development and The project seeks to eff ectively platform to provide strengthening of relations between the Dominican Republic and Qatar. contribute to creating the health services related to renting For his part, the ambassador thanked the Dominican government for environment suitable for the QC off icials visit one of the houses as part of the project. shops at Al Meera, all under the support accorded to him during his tour of duty in the country, and poorest people through the pro- one roof. The offi ce was expressed his gratitude to the president, the Dominican government vision of services and relief inter- selected for its convenient and people for honouring him with the Order of Merit. ventions to rehabilitate the homes location and will off er all The ceremony was attended by the deputy ministers of foreign aff airs of the needy. its facilities to serve the and the ambassadors accredited to the Dominican Republic. The project will also help ease public for every enquiry the economic and social burdens or suggestion about its Guniea-Bissau leader meets Qatar envoy of poor families and activate the services” role of international institutions President of Guinea-Bissau Jose Mario Vaz has met Qatar’s non-resident to contribute to housing projects The new offi ce opened after ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Sarea bin Ali al-Qahtani. to serve vulnerable people. the Eid holiday from 7.30am to Talks during the meeting tackled the bilateral relations and ways of Mohamed Abu Haloub, direc- 3pm, Sunday to Thursday. enhancing them, as well as issues of mutual concern. tor of the QC offi ce in the Gaza “The relocated leasing de- Strip, said Qatar Charity, with partment offi ce will serve as a Qatar-Uruguay relations reviewed the support of the people of convenient platform to provide Qatar, has been implementing services related to renting shops Minister of Foreign Aff airs of Uruguay Rodolfo Nin Novoa has met these humanitarian projects for at Al Meera, all under one roof. ambassador of Qatar to Uruguay Mohamed bin Hassan al-Jaber in the poor in various governorates The offi ce was selected for its Montevideo. The meeting discussed the bilateral relations and means of the Gaza Strip to improve convenient location and will of- of developing them, as well as matters of common concern. their living conditions. fer all its facilities to serve the “We strive to provide a decent public for every enquiry or sug- Advisory Council panel holds meeting life for these families by off ering gestion about its services,” Al various assistance, whether in Meera said in a statement. The Advisory Council’s Legal and Legislative Aff airs Committee cash, in kind, or by building so- The relocation refl ects Al yesterday held a meeting within the 46th regular session of the council cial housing”, Abu Halub said in A meeting of stakeholders and a group of beneficiaries. Meera’s eff orts to continually under the chairmanship of its rapporteur Nasser bin Rashid Saria al- a statement. improve the quality of its serv- Kaabi. Hassan Khamis, a benefi ciary will be able to live in dignity in a ed over 50 apartments to the destroyed apartments with the ices. Potential tenants for any During the meeting, the committee completed the discussion of a of this housing project, thanked decent home after I and my fami- poor families in the Gaza Strip, support of the Qatari people at a branch can contact the new Al draft law on the regulation of non-Qataris’ ownership of properties and the people of Qatar, saying “I ly have suff ered from the housing which were destroyed by the war cost of QR8mn, in co-operation Meera leasing offi ce for more benefiting from them. owe them this greet kindness. problems throughout my life.” in 2014. of the Ministry of Public Works information or visit the Nuaija The committee decided to submit its recommendations thereon to the For the fi rst time in my life, I Last year, Qatar Charity hand- The charity also rebuilt the and Housing. branch in person. Advisory Council. Gulf Times Monday, June 25, 2018 3 QATAR

Deputy Amir inaugurates Institute of Criminal Studies, Specialised Prosecution

Under the auspices of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, His Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani inaugurated the Institute of Criminal Studies, Cybercrime Prosecution, Money Laundering and Economic Crimes Prosecution, State Security and Counterterrorism Prosecution, at the headquarter of Qatar Public Prosecution yesterday. HE Attorney-General Dr Ali bin Fetais al-Marri delivered a welcoming speech on this occasion. HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, attended the inauguration ceremony along with a number of ministers, heads of diplomatic missions and senior off icials. Aman offi ce opens at Public Prosecution

he Public Prosecution HE Attorney General Dr Ali bin at the Public Prosecution, said tect the community, noting the Public Prosecution and the keenness of the foundation and chological and legal meetings. signed a memoran- Fetais al-Marri. that signing the MoU gives a that in special cases relating relevant centres affi liated with its affi liated centres on pursu- He added that the statistics Tdum of understanding The one-year renewable MoU, legal framework for the co- to women and children who the foundation. ing professionalism through of the centre for 2017 showed (MoU) with Qatar Social Work aims at facilitating work of the operation between the Public resort to the prosecution, they She noted that the Pub- the implementation of interna- that the number of cases of vio- Foundation, and opened an centre and exchange of experi- Prosecution and Qatar Social are referred to the offi ce for lic Prosecution embodies the tional standards in the protec- lence and family disintegration offi ce for the Protection and ence between the Public Pros- Work Foundation and its cen- counselling, treatment or re- meaning of justice and social tion of women and children. In transferred between the Center Social Rehabilitation Centre ecution and the foundation, and tres. Through this agreement, habilitation before recourse protection, which are the ul- the forefront of these standards and the Prosecution reached 50. (Aman) to serve cases, shorten the creation of agreed formula- the foundation will have offi ces to the judiciary and under the timate goal pursued by Qatar is providing the service and “These cases benefi ted from the procedures and time, and pro- tions to serve the cases based on in the Public Prosecution to deal confi dentiality and privacy Social Work Foundation and its facilitating access. centre’s services, including tem- vide advice, treatment, assist- international standards, in addi- with social and family prob- necessary for such cases,” affi liated centres. “The signing Mansour al-Saadi, execu- porary accommodation. More ance and rehabilitation be- tion to the continuous co-ordi- lems within its natural range al-Qubaisi added. of the MoU is a result of a natu- tive manager of the Protec- than 90% of these cases were re- fore transferring them to the nating and mutual understand- before being transferred to the For her part, Qatar Social ral integration and a genuine and tion and Social Rehabilitation solved in co-operation between competent courts. ing to achieve the full benefi t to competent courts. Work Foundation chief ex- eff ective partnership, and that Centre, said that the Aman of- the Family Prosecution and the The MoU was signed in the the cases. “The opening of Aman of- ecutive offi cer Amal Abdulla- the united objective of both sides fi ce provides for institutional Aman offi ce, taking into account presence of HE the Minister of Commenting on the occa- fi ce within the Public Prose- tif al-Mannai said that the MoU, makes them continue to achieve co-operation between the two the privacy and confi dential- Administrative Development, sion, Ibrahim Abdullah al- cutor’s building comes within which the Foundation worked on justice in their legal and social sides, and includes a host of ity of cases, and avoiding the re- Labour and Social Aff airs Dr Issa Qubaisi, solicitor general and the framework of the role of for more than two years, leads to perspective,” she added. services including reception, sorting to courts or exacerbating Saad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi and director of judicial inspection the Public Prosecution to pro- co-operation protocols between Al-Mannai underlined the consultation, and social, psy- the problem. (QNA)

Filmmaker Mishal al-Qubaisi addressing viewers before the screening of the movie. PICTURES: Thajudheen A Woman in the Time of Blockade screened at Mirqab Mall

special screening of the Qatari feature Afi lm A Woman in the Time of Blockade was held at one of the screens at Mirqab Mall on Saturday. It is the fi rst full-length Qatari feature fi lm (90 minutes) to be screened in movie theatres in Qatar, director Mohamed Ab- dullatif Hashim had told the offi cial Qatar News Agency earlier. A number of people from such areas as media, art, culture and fi lm industry were invited for the spe- cial screening. The fi lm shows the moral aspect of the Qatari people in deal- A scene from A Woman in the Time of Blockade. ing with the siege, as it ad- dresses the crisis from the fi lm’s message affi rms that outside Qatar and in weeks. The fi lm is based on humanitarian point of view. many people have become international festivals. a novel with the same title, According to the direc- victims of the injustice Ghada Shakour, execu- authored by Dr Hashem tor, the fi lm highlights the infl icted by the siege. tive producer of the fi lm, al-Sayed. The script was ethical side of the people Hashim said that dur- said in remarks to QNA: written by Talib al-Dos. of Qatar. The plot of the ing the 1980s a full-length “We chose to present the A Woman in The Time of movie bears symbolic mes- Qatari feature fi lm was fi lm on Eid al-Fitr holiday Blockade features a number sages touching on several produced but it was not on the occasion of the siege of Qatari actors, name- humanitarian cases and screened in theatres. anniversary”. ly Faleh Fayez, Abdullah stories of people of the re- He pointed out that the She pointed out that Ghaifan, Mohamed Anwar, gion aff ected by the unjust making of A Woman in the the fi lm has recorded a Mohamed al-Sayegh, Ali siege imposed on Qatar by Time of Blockade encoun- great success and attracted al-Khalaf, Abdullah Mu- the Saudi-led quartet since tered some diffi culties, but scores of viewers, especially barak, Huda al-Maleki, As- June 5, 2017. the production team was as it shows how Qatar has rar Mohamed, Nada Ahmed The fi lm also shows the able to overcome these dealt with the siege and also and the child Mayasa spirit of aff ection and tol- problems, noting that the the blockade’s consequenc- al-Malki. erance of the Qatari people fi lm has English subtitles es on the siege countries. Before the special and their patriotism. because it was meant to be The screening of the fi lm show began, Qatari fi lm Through a Qatari family presented to the global au- began on the fi rst day of Eid maker Mishal al-Qubaisi of an Emirati mother, the dience and will be screened al-Fitr and will last for two addressed the gathering. Gulf Times 4 Monday, June 25, 2018 QATAR CIRS celebrates a decade of research he Centre for Interna- what a blind spot it had been in tional and Regional Stud- terms of the broader study of the Ties (CIRS) under Geor- Middle East. We were fortunate getown University in Qatar is to be able to fi ll a huge gap and to celebrating its 10-year anniver- use our location, resources and sary issuing a commemorative our team as a basis of compara- report that presents archival tive advantage to that end.” data on its research accomplish- CIRS has pioneered pushing ments for the past 10 years. the limits, expanding its foun- Since its establishment in 2007, dation of contributors, bringing CIRS has sponsored and sup- in unconventional participants. ported major cross-disciplinary The centre invites practitioners research initiatives focused on or nonacademic guests, in addi- the Gulf, the Middle East and tion to academic researchers, to Asia. take part in its discussions and CIRS’s goal is to explore ques- study groups because “they agi- tions related to the Gulf region, tate diff erent parts of our brains the broader Middle East, and Asia and help us think diff erently,” The chapter aims to provide chemists and chemical engineers from across Qatar and the region the through supporting original and says Dr Kamrava. opportunity to connect with one another, as well as ACS members worldwide. theoretically informed research. “They are in contact with CIRS, the premier research insti- Dr Mehran Kamrava everyday issues and problems, tute of Georgetown University in and sometimes academics, my- Qatar, is devoted to the academic nomic and political trends, and of the centre with gratitude and self included, can get so bogged study of regional and interna- developing research initiatives appreciation on how it all start- down in abstractions and in tional issues through dialogue towards further focused schol- ed from humble beginnings. “It footnotes. We need constant Tamuq, QU establish fi rst and exchange of ideas, research arship. Over the past decade, was a learning experience, be- reminders of what is actually and scholarship, and engagement the institute has published 29 cause up until the early 2000s happening in the world outside with national and international books, 19 peer reviewed papers, the Gulf region was not seen as in the realm of policy makers, scholars, opinion makers, practi- and 32 summary reports across a an important and consequential journalism and practitioners so ACS chapter in Qatar tioners, and activists. broad range of topics, from food area of research. I discovered that we don’t get caught in an The centre sponsors major security in the Gulf to arts and how important and dynamic academic echo chamber and to studies of regional and interna- cultural production in the GCC. this region is in terms of devel- make sure that the impact of the atar has its fi rst-ever in- istry professor at Tamuq and Dr Another benefi t of ICSC sta- tional signifi cance by regularly Director of CIRS Dr Mehran opments and their repercus- topic that we study can be mag- ternational chapter of Siham al-Qaradawi, professor tus is the opportunity to engage identifying emerging socioeco- Kamrava recalled the beginning sions elsewhere. I also learned nifi ed,” he added. Qthe American Chemical of organic chemistry at Qatar with ACS international student Society (ACS), thanks to the ef- University. Dr Bazzi said, “The chapters, which are organised forts of faculty from Texas A&M American Chemical Society is by university students study- University at Qatar (Tamuq) the largest professional commu- ing the chemical sciences. The and Qatar University. The Qatar nity for chemists and chemical world’s largest scientifi c society, Al Riffa Station bridge nearing completion chapter has been designated an engineers — more than 150,000 ACS was founded in 1876 and ACS International Chemical Sci- members worldwide. Establish- chartered by the US Congress. Its ences Chapter, joining 19 other ing our chapter in Qatar is a tes- mission is to advance the broad- international chapters around tament to the success of all the er chemistry enterprise and its the world. The chapter aims to scientifi c activities that we have practitioners for the benefi t of provide chemists and chemi- been hosting in the last few years. the planet and its people and its cal engineers from across Qatar The Qatar ACS chapter will be vision is to improve people’s lives and the region the opportunity engaging in a number of confer- through the transforming power to connect with one another, as ences and workshops that will of chemistry. The society pro- well as ACS members worldwide. involve universities, industry, as vides information, education, The new chapter is co-chaired well as high schools” career services, professional by Dr Hassan S Bazzi, associate Participating in an ICSC brings development and engagement dean for research, executive di- additional benefi ts to members, programmes to help scientists rector of development, engage- such as eligibility for a variety of and researchers thrive in an ever- ment and outreach, and a chem- grants and prestigious awards. changing global economy.

HEC Paris fetes executive degree graduates in Paris

HEC Paris honoured its latest cohort of executive degree graduates from Qatar at its an- nual Convocation Ceremony at the HEC Paris main campus in Jouy en Josas, Paris on June 16. Dr Nils Plambeck, dean and CEO, HEC Paris in Qatar, attended the ceremony alongside VIP guests and dignitaries such as Ali Zainal, Qatar’s ambassador to Unesco. In the presence of Jean-Paul As many as 72 graduates from HEC Paris in Qatar were honoured in the Vermes, chairman, HEC Paris, ceremony. Peter Todd, dean of HEC Paris, and Didier Kling, chairman of the the ceremony. HEC Paris offers in gic Business Unit Management, The flower petal-themed ceiling of Al Riff a Station’s pedestrian bridge is ready to receive its final coat of paint, Qatar Rail tweeted Paris Chamber of Commerce and Qatar two degree programmes, as well as short programmes yesterday. The exterior aluminium cladding of the underside of the bridge is also nearly complete. Industry. 72 graduates from HEC the Executive MBA (EMBA) and and custom programmes for Paris in Qatar were honoured in the Specialised Master in Strate- companies. Complaints of improper handling of food items at some eateries

he practice of han- of Ramadan, still there were dling food items instances of residents com- Twith bare hands plaining of restaurant op- is apparently rampant in erators paying no attention some of the smaller cafete- to such issues as handling of rias and other eateries in food items with bare hands. Doha, it is learnt. Regular customers at “While a large number some of the restaurants of restaurants in the city told Gulf Times that de- are strictly following the spite their complaining to municipal guidelines, there the operators, there were have been several com- instances of their staff plaints about the opera- openly flouting municipal tions of many others, espe- guidelines and instructions cially small outlets in busy on hygiene and cleanliness, areas,” a resident told Gulf mainly by handling food Times. with bare hands. It is understood that the “Sometimes it is found issue has not been eff ec- that such problems are tively dealt notwithstanding happening at restaurants the inspections carried out which were penalised by by municipal authorities at authorities in the past fol- some of the restaurants op- lowing similar or same erating in busy areas of the complaints,” said a cus- city. Though the monitoring tomer. He said the staff at by municipal authorities had some of the restaurants had a positive eff ect in some of no qualms in handling food the localities during the sec- items with bare hands in ond half of the holy month front of their customers. Gulf Times Monday, June 25, 2018 5 QATAR NBK Heavy Equipment, QBS continue collaboration

asser Bin Khaled Heavy rigorous quality control pro- Equipment, a subsidiary gramme designed to identify and Nof NBK Holding, expand- immediately correct any non- ed its collaboration with QBS conformities in supplied material International WLL, by deliver- and works. ing 11 CASE Crawlers Excavators Nasser Bin Khaled Heavy and 34 Montabert Breakers to the Equipment was launched in 1975. company to fulfi l its needs and It excels in providing premium requirements in projects being products and services. undertaken in Qatar. It strives to stay on top of the The deal underscores the market need, by promoting pre- strong collaboration between the mium brands and continue to de- two companies and refl ects their velop the existing ones to match mutual ambition to contribute in changing consumer needs. building the future of Qatar. The heavy equipment dealer- Eyad Rashid, the general man- ship is also a recipient of awards ager, NBK Heavy Equipment from CASE IH, CASE Construc- said: “Nasser Bin Khaled Heavy tion, BOMAG, CIFA, Zoomlion Equipment’s winning card lies in and Montabert for high market excellence and authenticity. We share and other areas of excel- consider the client needs before lence. anything else. With key partnerships with “Today, we are proud to collab- many of the leading global man- orate again with QBS and provide ufacturers of heavy equipment, them with best heavy equipment a well-staff ed fi eld force and needed to complete their projects service centres, Nasser Bin Kha- in Qatar, and contribute together A view of the new equipment. led Heavy Equipment is up to the in delivering a world-class infra- challenge of collaborating with structure in the country”. Breakers which we need to com- fect partner to QBS to provide us continues to make in its local op- ternational group of companies QBS strictly abides by inter- enterprises that are building the Osama Chaaban, managing plete our projects in Qatar. Reli- with the necessary equipment we eration”. operating in the areas of infra- national standards and industry future of our nation. director of QBS, said: “QBS re- ability and functionality are two require. QBS was established in Qatar structure and public project de- best practices. The division has supplied a va- ceived 11 CASE Crawlers Exca- main factors in our work, and “QBS’s commitment to Qatar in 2007. velopment in the United States, At the operational level, the riety of equipment towards sev- vators and 34 Montabert Rock NBK Heavy Equipment is a per- is borne out by the investment it It is a member of the QBS In- Africa and the Middle East. company has implemented a eral projects around the country.

Fendi timepiece gets new strap Oman Air adds third Boeing 737 Max to its fl eet

lue Salon has launched hand stitched representing the man Air has taken delivery both cabins, the Max aircraft is a the new Selleria Nastro ultimate detail that echoes the of the third of 30 Boeing testament to Oman Air commit- Bstrap for Fendi’s Selle- Selleria iconic aesthetics. O737 Max 8s it has on order, ment to continually upgrade its ria Man timepiece, it was an- The Selleria Nastro strap in it was announced in a statement product off ering to improve its nounced yesterday. warm brown tones is coupled yesterday in Doha. customer satisfaction and enhance The interchangeable strap with a black stainless steel case The national carrier of Oman the overall guest experience. embodies an elegant yet casual with 18-karat rose gold-plated expects to receive a total of fi ve With the addition of the new attitude. Embroidered with the bezel and crown giving to the 737 Max by September. Max, Oman Air’s fl eet currently FF — Fun Fendi logo, the strap watch a casual allure. The 737 Max family has been consists of seven Boeing 787 blends sophisticated textures A simple rotation of the case designed to off er customers ex- Dreamliners, six Airbus 330- and leathers in the refi ned back allows to switch the strap ceptional performance, fl exibility 300s, four Airbus 330-200s, fi ve tones of brown. and to create a look the occa- and effi ciency, with lower per- Boeing 737-900s, 21 Boeing 737- The combination of woven sion inspires. seat costs and an extended range 800s, three Boeing 737 Max and textile, genuine calfskin leather Fendi, the Italian luxury that will open up new destina- four Embraer 175s. The new 737 in Oman Air livery. fi nishes and lining emphasises House with roots dating back tions in the single-aisle market. By the end of this month, Oman the highest Fendi craftsmanship. A Selleria with the Nastro strap. to 1925, began its foray into the Confi gured with 162 seats in Air will also receive the fi rst of its suites, 24 Business class seats and (Morocco) on July 1 and Moscow The FF – Fun Fendi logo in world of luxury timepieces in a two-class confi guration: 12 in three 787-9 Dreamliner on order, 232 Economy seats. (Russia) on October 28, besides dark brown reveals the Roman Maison’s herit- 1988. All Fendi Timepieces are manufactured in business and 150 in economy with two of which will have a new First The airline will also launch two the resumption of its operations age in a modern way, while the strap edges are Switzerland. signifi cant enhancements across Class product with eight private more destinations — Casablanca to the Maldives. Gulf Times 6 Monday, June 25, 2018 REGION/ARAB WORLD

SOCIETY Saudi govt overturns ban on women driving

Saudi women celebrated taking the wheel for the first time in decades yesterday as the king- dom overturned the world’s only ban on female motorists, a historic reform expected to usher in a new era of social mobility. The much-trumpeted move is part of Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman’s plan to modernise the conservative petrostate — but it has been dented by the Fighting moves closer to jailing of female activists who long opposed the driving ban. Women in Riyadh and other cities began zipping around streets bathed in amber light soon after the ban was lifted at midnight, with some blasting music from behind the wheel. “I feel free like a bird,” said talk show host and writer Samar Almogren as she cruised across the capital. centre of Hodeidah city

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emen’s Houthis deployed additional forces in the main port city of Hodei- Ydah yesterday as a Saudi-led military coalition moved closer to the city centre in the largest off ensive of the war, raising UN fears of a humanitarian catastrophe. The alliance led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates launched its assault on the heavily defended Red Sea city on June 12 to try to weaken the Houthi movement by cutting off a key supply line for the group which controls the capital Sanaa and most populated areas. “There is a heavy deployment of armed Houthis in the city and new check points have been set up in neighbourhoods where there are supporters of the Tehama brigades,” said one resident, referring to a Yemeni fac- tion from the Red Sea coastal plain that is fi ghting with coalition forces. Fierce clashes broke out after midnight near Hodeidah University, around 3km west Yemeni civilians receive food aid for displaced people who fled battles in the Red Sea province of Hodeidah and are of the city centre, on the coastal road linking now living in camps in the northern district of Abs, under control by the Houthi rebels in Hajjah province, yesterday. the airport to the port, added the resident, who requested anonymity. ephone from the UAE. The Western-backed Coalition forces seized the airport on coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015 to re- Wednesday and have been consolidating store the internationally recognised govern- their hold in the area as UN eff orts continued ment in exile, but since then neither side has to reach a political deal that would avert an made much progress in the war, widely seen assault on the port, a lifeline for millions of as a proxy confl ict. Yemenis. The United Nations fears the esca- The World Food Programme said the fi ght- lation in fi ghting could exacerbate what is al- ing could result in up to 1.1mn people being ready the world’s most urgent humanitarian either displaced or trapped within the city crisis, with 22mn Yemenis dependent on aid and in need of emergency food assistance. and an estimated 8.4mn believed to be on the UN envoy Martin Griffi ths has visited verge of starvation. Sanaa and Saudi Arabia to try to negotiate a The fi ghting has wounded and displaced solution. civilians. Medical charity Medecins Sans The Houthis have indicated they would be Frontieres (MSF) said it had received 151 in- willing to hand over management of the port jured people in recent days in Al Thawrah to the United Nations, sources told Reuters. Hospital, the main public medical facil- A US offi cial said Washington was urging ity serving Hodeidah, and expects to receive the Saudis and Emiratis to accept the deal. more as the fi ghting moves towards the city. “The coalition will achieve its goal of liber- “There are 86 beds in Al Thawrah and we ating Hodeidah, city & port. Yet we will sup- desperately need more...We hope to set up port all eff orts to achieve an unconditional a fi eld hospital with 20 beds in the next two peaceful withdrawal of Houthi gangs,” UAE weeks,” Caroline Seguin, MSF programme Minister of State for Foreign Aff airs Anwar manager for Yemen, told Reuters by tel- Gargash said in a Twitter post on Saturday.

N-deal collapse would be ‘very dangerous’

AFP withdrawing from the 2015 Tehran nuclear deal and reimpos- ing sanctions that would hit international businesses ran’s Foreign Minister working in the Islamic re- Mohamed Javad Zarif public. Iwarned yesterday that “Failure of the JCPOA failure to save the nuclear (nuclear deal) would be very deal after the exit of the dangerous for us,” Zarif United States would be “very told members of the Iran dangerous” for Tehran. Chamber of Commerce, The United States an- quoted by the offi cial IRNA nounced in May that it was news agency.

CONFLICT Air strikes kill five as southern Syria assault looms

Air strikes on rebel towns in southern Syria killed five civilians and damaged two hospitals yesterday, a monitor said, in fresh signs of a loom- ing government assault. Russian-backed regime forces have for weeks been prepar- ing an off ensive to retake Syria’s south, a strategic zone that borders both Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The regime has sent military reinforcements to the area, dropped flyers demanding rebels surrender, and ramped up air strikes in recent days. Late Saturday, President Bashar al-Assad’s Russian allies began bombing the rebel-held south for the first time since summer 2017, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

POLICY Iraq plans manual recount only for suspect ballots

Iraq will conduct a manual recount of votes from a May election only for ballots mentioned in off icial reports on fraud or in formal complaints, a move likely to speed up the ratification of final results and the formation of a new government. The parliamen- tary election has been marred by historically low turnout and fraud allegations. The outgoing parliament this month passed a law mandating a nationwide manual recount of votes. Gulf Times Monday, June 25, 2018 7 ARAB WORLD Govt says unable Prince William in Jordan to host new wave of refugees for historic Mideast tour not abandon its humanitar- AFP Amman ian role and its commitment AFP to international charters, but Amman it has exceeded its ability to ordan said yesterday it absorb (more refugees),” said would be unable to host a Ghanimat, who also serves as a rince William fl ew in to Jnew wave of Syrian refu- spokeswoman for the govern- Jordan yesterday at the gees, as troops loyal to Damas- ment. “Everyone should co- Plaunch of a Middle East cus prepare an off ensive for operate to deal with any new tour that will see him become the war-torn country’s rebel- wave of displacement within the fi rst British royal to pay of- held south. Syria’s borders,” she said, add- fi cial visits to both Israel and the “The large number of Syr- ing Jordan would work with Palestinian territories. ians we’re hosting in terms of “concerned organisations” to He was greeted at Amman’s fi nancial resources and infra- fi nd an arrangement for the Marka military airport by Crown structure does not allow for displaced inside Syria. Prince Hussein bin Abdullah, the reception of a new wave Her comments came as Syr- hosting William for the two-day of asylum seekers,” Jumana ian government forces ready visit in Jordan. Ghanimat, minister of state an off ensive to retake the The 36-year-old Duke of for media aff airs, said. southern provinces of Daraa, Cambridge’s Royal Air Force Some 650,000 Syrian refu- Quneitra and parts of Sweida, plane touched down at the gees have registered with the still mostly held by rebels. small airport in eastern Amman, United Nations in Jordan since Southern Syria is a strategi- where he was given a red-carpet fl eeing their country’s seven- cally vital zone: it borders both welcome by the heir to the Jor- year war which was sparked Jordan and the Israeli-occu- danian throne. Royal guards car- by peaceful anti-government pied Golan Heights, and also rying rifl es fi tted with bayonets protests in 2011. lies close to Damascus. and wearing Jordan’s traditional Amman estimates the ac- After neutralising rebel red-and-white chequered kef- tual number is closer to 1.3mn strongholds on the edge of the fi yeh scarves stood to attention people and says it has spent capital earlier this year, Presi- as the prince, in a dark suit, de- more than $10bn (8.5bn euros) dent Bashar al-Assad is now scended from the plane. hosting them. turning his attention to the The visit by the second in line Britain’s Prince William and Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah during their visit to the Crown Prince Foundation in Amman, yesterday. “Jordan has not and will south. to the British throne has been billed as a chance to bond with your doors to hundreds of thou- ister Benjamin Netanyahu and years ago, and is still blamed by Other members of William’s 23-year-old Prince Hussein, a sands of refugees from Syria, Palestinian President Mahmoud both sides for sowing the seeds family — including his father fellow graduate of Britain’s Royal not to mention your longstand- Abbas. Kensington Palace has of a confl ict that continues to Prince Charles — have made un- Sandhurst Military Academy. ing commitments to Palestinian underlined the “non-political wrack the region. offi cial visits to Israel and east Yesterday evening, Wil- refugees, is remarkable,” he said. nature of His Royal Highness’s Ahead of William’s arrival, Jerusalem in the past. Egypt to extend liam attended a birthday party “In so many ways, Jordan as role — in common with all royal the offi cial schedule’s reference During the trip, William will in honour of his grandmother, an open and stable society is a visits overseas”. But the region is to east Jerusalem as “in the Oc- have plenty of reminders of Brit- Queen Elizabeth II, whose of- beacon of hope for many other a minefi eld of sensitivities. cupied Palestinian Territories” ain’s role in the region. In Jerusa- state of emergency fi cial 92nd birthday was cel- people in the Middle East.” The visit comes at a particu- sparked anger among right- lem, he will stay at the King David ebrated on June 9, at the British Today, William will visit the larly volatile time after US Presi- wing Israeli politicians. hotel, which was Britain’s admin- ambassador’s residence. ancient Roman ruins of Jerash, dent Donald Trump recognised Offi cial visits by British royals istrative headquarters during its Reuters Egypt imposed the emer- “I greatly admire the resil- north of the capital, as well as a Jerusalem as capital of Israel and take place at the request of the rule of Palestine prior to Israeli Cairo gency in 2017 after two church ience you in Jordan have shown vocational training college for moved Washington’s embassy UK government, but statements statehood in 1948. bombings killed at least 45 in the face of the many security young Jordanians and Syrian there, sparking Arab outrage and from the prince’s household In 1946, militant Jews waging people. It was last extended in and humanitarian challenges refugees. That evening, he will deadly clashes. have given little explanation for violent resistance against British gypt’s parliament ap- April. Egypt faces an Islamic that have confronted you as a begin his history-making visit Britain governed the region the timing of this trip. rule bombed the building, killing proved yesterday the ex- State insurgency in the remote result of confl icts in this region,” to the Jewish state and occupied under a League of Nations man- Israel has long pushed for an and wounding scores of people, Etension of a nationwide North Sinai region that has William said at the party. West Bank during which he will date for almost three decades offi cial visit by a member of the many of them British civil serv- state of emergency for three killed hundreds of soldiers, po- “The way in which you opened meet both Israel’s Prime Min- until Israel’s independence 70 British monarchy. ants or military personnel. months from July 14. licemen and civilians. Trump adviser questions Abbas’ desire for peace

AFP a deal.” “He has his talking points which yesterday, Netanyahu said the US of- Jerusalem have not changed in the last 25 years. fi cials “fully supported our position There has been no peace deal achieved in and actions to ensure the security of that time,” Kushner said. Israel and its civilians around Gaza”. S President Donald Trump’s “To make a deal both sides will have The Palestinians have been infuriated adviser Jared Kushner yester- to take a leap and meet somewhere be- by Trump’s policies and see east Jeru- Uday questioned the ability and tween their stated positions. I am not salem as their future capital, insisting willingness of Palestinian President sure President Abbas has the ability to the status of the disputed city is an is- Mahmoud Abbas to make concessions do that.” Kushner and Greenblatt met sue to be negotiated between them and for a peace agreement with Israel. on Friday with Israeli Prime Minister the Israelis. Kushner’s remarks, made in a rare Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss “ad- Senior Palestinian offi cial and chief interview with Palestinian newspaper vancing the diplomatic process, devel- negotiator Saeb Erekat said yester- Al Quds, came as he and special envoy opments in the region and the security day that Kushner’s interview showed Jason Greenblatt were in the region to and humanitarian situations in Gaza”, “there’s nothing of substance” coming advance eff orts to renew the stalled according to the premier’s offi ce. from the Trump Administration. Israeli-Palestinian peace process. They held a second meeting Satur- “Kushner represents a policy of The US duo have not met with Pal- day night “to continue their discus- dictation rather than negotiations. It estinian offi cials, who froze all contact sions,” the White House said. is the Trump Administration that has with US offi cials following the Trump The visit comes after a fl are-up of walked away from the negotiations, administration’s December recogni- hostilities between Israel and the Ha- from international law and UN resolu- tion of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. mas-ruled Gaza Strip. tions,” Erekat said. “President Abbas says that he is com- Israel pounded Hamas targets in re- Kushner — who has also visited Jor- mitted to peace and I have no reason not sponse to a barrage of rockets and mor- dan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia on the to believe him,” tar shells, while troops have killed over trip — told Al Quds they were “almost Kushner said. “However, I do question 130 Palestinians taking part in clashes done” preparing the plan, which could how much President Abbas has the abil- on the fringes of demonstrations. be presented without Palestinian ity to, or is willing to, lean into fi nishing Speaking at his cabinet meeting consent.

Relatives mourn during the funeral of 29-year-old Osama Khalil Abu Khater, who died after he was shot by Israeli forces during clashes on the Gaza border two days before, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, yesterday. Israeli shelling injures three Palestinians

QNA city yesterday evening. According to tinians east of Bureij refugee camp in Gaza the Palestinian news agency, an Israeli the central Gaza Strip. drone targeted a group of Palestinians No injuries were reported. The with a missile in Zaitoun neighbour- Occupation Forces target Palestin- hree Palestinians were injured hood, injuring three of them. ian youths in the areas close to the in an Israeli shelling in Zaitoun Earlier yesterday, an Israeli drone border fence with Gaza Strip on daily Tneighbourhood east of Gaza fired two missiles at a group of Pales- basis. Gulf Times 8 Monday, June 25, 2018 AFRICA

Zimbabwe police search for 32 Fula killed in Mali attack

motive after 49 hurt in blast AFP Bamako

Reuters/DPA some people who did not accept Harare his presidency and his “usual en- t least 32 civilians were killed emies” were behind the blast. and ten are missing follow- Two sources close to Mnan- Aing an attack in central Mali, olice said yesterday they gagwa said some Mugabe loy- believed to have been carried out by were searching for a mo- alists in the security and gov- traditional hunters, local offi cials Ptive for an explosion on ernment establishment were said yesterday. Saturday at Zimbabwean Presi- “hurting” over the November Armed Dozo hunters, linked to the dent Emmerson Mnangagwa’s coup. Dogon ethnic group, were suspected election rally that injured 49 “You cannot say this is a ter- of ambushing the isolated village of people. rorist act and neither can you Koumaga in the Mopti region on Sat- Vice President Constantino say it was done by state actors urday, killing dozens of Fulani herd- Chiwenga, the general who led a who want to take power. These ers, including children. de facto coup that forced long- are people who are hurting, who “They surrounded the village, time leader Robert Mugabe to re- want to harm the president and separated the Fulani people from the sign in November, described Sat- they have access,” one of the others and killed at least 32 civilians urday’s blast as a “terrorist act” sources told Reuters, declining to in cold blood,” said Abel Aziz Diallo, that would not stop the July 30 be named. president of the local Tabila Pullaku presidential, parliamentary and Paramedics assist an injured ZANU PF supporter disembark from an South African President Cyril association. local elections, Zimbabwe’s fi rst ambulance at Mpilo hospital in Bulawayo late on Saturday. Rampahosa condemned the at- Another 10 people were missing, post-Mugabe vote. tack and said the regional South- he added. “The police will hunt down the security during their election elections since 2000. ern African Development Com- “The men were dressed in Dozo criminals. They will be hunted rallies and urged them “we must Mnangagwa escaped injury. munity would “evaluate the clothing but we wonder if they were down and they will be brought all continue to campaign peace- It was not clear who was re- incident and appropriate steps.” all Dozo hunters,” said an elected of- before the law,” Chiwenga told fully.” sponsible for the explosion, Among Zimbabwe’s small but fi cial from the region, speaking on a campaign rally of the ruling Mugabe has said he felt be- which Mnangagwa called a vibrant Twitter and Facebook condition of anonymity. ZANU-PF party in the town of trayed by Mnangagwa, his former cowardly act, or how the secu- communities, people posted the- Malian authorities were not im- Chitungwiza, 30km south of the protege, and has called his presi- rity around the president was ories, including accusations this mediately available for comment. capital Harare. dency illegal. breached. was an inside job meant to gain Violence has increased over the “Let me be very clear, nothing Mnangagwa, 75, and Nelson Mnangagwa adopted most of sympathy votes in an opposition past three years in central Mali be- will stop the election in Zimba- Chamisa, 40, the leader of the Mugabe’s security and bureau- stronghold. tween nomadic Fulani herders and bwe, nothing at all,” Chiwenga opposition Movement for Demo- cratic system, fearing a complete Hasnain Malik, global head of Bambara and Dogon farmers, sparked told supporters in Chitungwiza cratic Change, are the main con- overhaul, which the military had equity research at Exotix Capital by accusations of Fulanis grazing town near Harare, a day after he tenders in next month’s vote. sought, could cause government said Saturday’s incident could cattle on Dogon land and disputes sustained slight bruises on his Chiwenga’s wife was among instability and cost him votes. have been a result of tensions over access to land and water. face in the attack. those injured and police said the As internal security minister within Mnangagwa’s govern- Central Mali is a vast area where “We want an election which is toll could rise as more people at independence in 1980, Mnan- ment. the state is near-absent and extrem- free and fair, credible,” Chiwenga came forward. gagwa built the system that pro- “There are two long-standing ists, blamed for exacerbating the told a rally of around 400 sup- National police spokeswoman tected Mugabe, but as tensions tensions in Zimbabwe: First, dispute, roam with little constraint. porters who raised clenched fi sts, Charity Charamba said police rose over who would succeed the within ZANU-PF, between The Bambara and Dogon ethnic a ZANU-PF symbol, chanting were pursuing leads after the 94-year-old, it broke into fac- Mnangagwa’s Lacoste faction groups accuse the pastoralists of col- “forward with the president”. blast at a stadium in Bulawayo, tions. and Mugabe’s G40 factions, with luding with the extremists. He promised fellow politicians the opposition heartland where Without mentioning names, an undertone of tribal tension,” The armed forces are facing in- that they will be provided with ZANU-PF has lost all national Mnangagwa said there were Malik said in a note to investors. creasing accusations of arbitrary arrests and extra-judicial killings in their fi ght against the insurgents. “What is happening is very seri- ous, we must avoid confusion. Just because we are Fulani, does not mean Togo test drives hi-tech orthopaedic care we are terrorists,” said Diallo. On May 19 a Malian soldier and at least 12 other people were killed By Emile Kouton, AFP es to be produced faster and reach in violence that occurred during an Lome a larger number of patients. army patrol through a market. But if it is familiar to orthopaedic The army said the 12 were “terror- clinics in rich countries, it has yet to ists” who had been “neutralised”, but n a consulting room in Togo’s be introduced to poorer countries local residents said they were civil- capital, Lome, Geraldo Em- where needs are greater and the so- ians. Imanuel — handicapped since cial safety net much smaller. The Malian army is often accused birth six years ago — waits pa- Only 5% to 15% of people in of making arbitrary arrests and car- tiently on a bed while a digital low income countries who need rying out extra-judicial executions scan is taken of his right leg. a prosthetic limb or orthopaedic in the fi ght against extremists. Thanks to new 3D technology, brace get one, according to the On Thursday, The United States he may be able to walk normally non-profi t organisation based in asked for a “credible and transpar- within a few months. France. ent” investigation following the “The child walks on his toes Handicap International — re- discovery of the bodies of 25 Fulani so I’m scanning his leg so we can cently renamed Humanity & In- in three mass graves in the Mopti re- make him an orthotic using a 3D clusion — is pushing ahead with Emmanuel Geraldo, 5, is helped by a technician with his new 3D gion. printer,” said Enyonam Ekpoh, research and clinical trials to see printed prosthetic support at Togo’s National Orthopaedic and Washington called on Bamako to from Togo’s National Orthopae- how the technology can be used Physiotherapy Centre in Lome. recognise the involvement of “cer- dic and Physiotherapy Centre. in poor settings. tain personnel” of the army. A few hours later, Adjovi Kou- In 2016, it carried out clinical the scanner is the size of about in West Africa which has a good Canada, which will deploy some dahe, 46, has tests to receive a 3D trials of three types of lower limb two mobile phones and very easy structure for orthopaedic care.” 250 peacekeepers in Mali in the brace for her right leg, which has prosthetics in Madagascar, Syria to transport. Specialists from across the re- coming weeks, said it was “deeply been paralysed since a car acci- and Togo, the results of which One has been tested at a re- gion are trained at the National concerned” by the alleged military dent in 2012. were highly encouraging. gional orthopaedic centre in School of Medical Auxiliaries, involvement and called for the “per- “I’ve stopped doing anything A more ambitious project Dapaong, some 620km by road which is a partner in the project. petrators of these heinous crimes to because I’m in pain. I can’t walk called “3D Impact” has been north of the capital. The test phase is expected to be brought to justice”. properly anymore,” said the running in Togo, Mali and Niger Normally, patients far from fi nish before the end of the year, Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar former trader, who limps heavily, since November last year, where hospitals would have had to trav- and will be followed by a long Keita on Friday insisted on “the re- aided by a crutch. 100 patients are getting made- el to have casts taken. evaluation about the successes spect of human rights by all the mili- “Despite all the treatment I’ve to-measure 3D devices for free. “It saves us a lot of time,” said and problems, costs and benefi ts. tary, which has an obligation to pro- had, my leg won’t respond and The project is backed by Miriel. “As need be, scans can be But, if all goes well, the cost of tect the population”. drags along the ground. But with 700,000 euros ($816,000) of sent directly by telephone to the 3D orthopaedic devices will fall Mali’s unrest stems from a 2012 the brace they want to make here, funding from the Belgian Devel- specialist in charge of making the dramatically, the charity hopes. Tuareg separatist uprising against I’ve got high hopes.” opment Agency. digital orthotic on a 3D printer.” The devices that were tested in the state which was exploited by ex- Three-dimensional print- Fifty of the 100 patients will In all, four 3D scanners are be- 2016 were printed overseas and tremists in order to take over key cit- ing is a fast-track way to make be in Togo, where many handi- ing used in the three countries. cost between 1,500 and 2,000 ies in the north. individually-tailored prosthetics caps aff ecting mobility are linked The project’s two printers are euros each ($1,745 to $2,330) — a They were largely driven out in and orthopaedic supports that to strokes or infectious diseases located in a laboratory in Ave- huge sum in West Africa, where a French-led military operation compensate for a lack of a limb, such as polio, said Impact 3D pozo, some 15km from Lome, and the average wage often does not launched in January 2013. deformity or paralysis. manager Simon Miriel. work non-stop to produce all the exceed $100 a month. But large stretches of the country The technology, initiated by a 3D printing is revolutionary for orthopaedic devices. But once the devices are made remain out of the control of Malian, charity called Handicap Interna- doctors working in confl ict zones Togo is a good choice, said Mir- in-country, they will become “a French and UN forces, which are fre- tional, allows the bespoke devic- or even just hard-to-reach areas: iel. “It is one of the few countries lot more accessible”, said Miriel. quent targets of attacks.

Ethiopia PM rally attack toll rises

DPA Addis Ababa

second person has died after succumbing to their injuries in hospital following an explosion at a po- Alitical rally in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, the country’s health minister has confi rmed. “My sincere sympathy and condolences to the family, friends and all Ethiopians,” the minister, Amir Aman, said yesterday, the day after the attack. Over 150 people were injured in the explosion at the po- litical rally as organizers claimed that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was the target of the attack. Nine police offi cials were detained following the blast, state broadcaster ETV reported. Those detained include the deputy head of the Addis Ababa Police Commission, the report said. An eyewitness told DPA that the person behind the at- tack was “a policeman in uniform.” Prime Minister Abiy, who visited some of the injured in hospital, described the blast as a “well-orchestrated at- tack,” but did not speculate further on the possible culprit or motive. He also confi rmed on his Facebook page that two people had died and 156 had been injured. He added that 44 people had been taken to hospital, and fi ve of them were in a critical condition. Gulf Times Monday, June 25, 2018 9 AMERICA

Court to rule More than 500 kids ‘reunited’ on Trump’s travel ban, after US border separations other cases By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew AFP of midterm congressional elections in Chung, Reuters Washington November. Washington “We cannot allow all of these peo- ple to invade our Country,” Trump said ore than 500 children sepa- yesterday on Twitter. he US Supreme Court, wind- rated from family members “When somebody comes in, we ing down its nine-month term, Munder the US “zero toler- must immediately, with no Judges or Twill issue rulings this week in its ance” immigration policy have been Court Cases, bring them back from few remaining cases including a major reunited, administration offi cials say, where they came,” said Trump, sug- one on the legality of President Don- after confusion followed President gesting they be handled without the ald Trump’s ban on people from fi ve Donald Trump’s sudden backtracking due legal process guaranteed for “any Muslim-majority nations entering the on the practice. person” by the US Constitution. country. Releasing its fi rst offi cial data since Nearly all of the arriving families The nine justices are due to decide Trump on Wednesday ended the fam- have offi cially requested asylum. other politically sensitive cases on ily separations — but without an im- “Our system is a mockery to good whether non-union workers have to mediate plan for putting parents and immigration policy and Law and Or- pay fees to unions representing certain children back together — the Depart- der,” said Trump, who has repeatedly public-sector workers such as police ment of Homeland Security said the tried to link immigrants with crime. and teachers, and the legality of Cali- reunifi cation process “is well coordi- Fleeing from impoverished Cen- fornia regulations on clinics that steer nated.” tral America, the arrivals say they are women with unplanned pregnancies It said 522 children separated as part seeking a better life and also a refuge away from abortion. of “zero tolerance” have been reunited from criminal gangs terrorizing their The justices began their term in Oc- with their families, but another 2,053 region, which has one of the world’s tober and, as is their usual practice, separated minors remained in the care highest murder rates. aim to make all their rulings by the end of the US Department of Health and Central American migrants deport- of June, with more due today. Human Services. ed from the US without their children Six cases remain to be decided. “The United States government have spoken of their anguish at seeing The travel ban case was argued on knows the location of all children in its families split under the “zero toler- April 25, with the court’s conserva- custody and is working to reunite them ance” approach. tive majority signaling support for with their families,” Homeland Securi- Trump’s former deputy national se- Trump’s policy in a signifi cant test of ty said in a statement late on Saturday. curity advisor, Tom Bossert, said the presidential powers. Trying to stanch the fl ow of tens of past week had provided “terrible op- Trump has said the ban is needed to thousands of migrants from Central tics” for the administration, and “al- Protestors led by a coalition of interfaith religious leaders demonstrate against US immigration policy that separates protect the United States from attacks America and Mexico arriving at the most from the outset we didn’t have parents from their children outside the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, California, on Saturday. The Otay Mesa by Islamic militants. southern border every month, Trump the capacity to detain these parents Detention Center, owned and operated by private prison company CoreCivic, has an inmate population that includes Conservative justices indicated an in early May had ordered that all adults and children, together or separately.” detainees of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. unwillingness to second-guess Trump crossing illegally would be arrested, Speaking on ABC’s This Week, Bos- on his national security rationale. and their children held separately as a sert predicted that Trump’s executive But in a poisoned political climate, hard-right and moderate factions has bee posted a picture on Twitter of Lower courts had blocked the trav- result. order ending the family separations they have failed to advance either of been pushed back, with signs it could MS-13 gang members and joked that el ban, the third version of a policy After images of children in chain- will not stand up in court because a two Republican immigration bills in the not pass. the heavily tattooed Latinos were the Trump fi rst pursued a week after tak- link enclosures sparked domestic and judge had ruled in 2015 that even de- House of Representatives, which the Re- Trump and other hardline Republi- “campaign committee” for top Demo- ing offi ce last year. global outrage, Trump ended the sepa- taining parents and children together publicans control along with the Senate. cans accuse opposition Democrats of crat Nancy Pelosi. But the top court on December 4 al- ration practice but has continued his is “inhumane.” A hardline proposal was defeated being soft on crime and immigration. Trump frequently brings up the lowed it to go fully into eff ect while the hardline talk on immigration. US lawmakers yesterday spoke of last week, as expected, and a vote on a On Saturday, former Republican Hispanic gang when he talks of immi- legal challenge continued. He sees the issue as crucial ahead the need for a longer-term solution. “compromise” bill between the party’s presidential hopeful Mike Hucka- gration. The challengers, led by the state of Hawaii, have argued the policy was motivated by Trump’s enmity toward Muslims. Lower courts have decided the ban violated federal immigration law and Restaurant asks Trump spokeswoman Sarah Sanders to leave the US Constitution’s prohibition on the government favoring one religion over another. AFP His post went viral when Bren- Chef-owner Stephanie Wilkinson She said she was stunned by the State Department spokeswoman The current ban, announced in Sep- Washington nan Gilmore, a musician, activist said that politics were especially ex- spokeswoman’s defense of Trump pol- Heather Nauert’s response on Twitter. tember, prohibits entry into the United and former US diplomat, uploaded a plosive in her small town which voted icies leading to migrant children being It comes after US Secretary of States by most people from Iran, Lib- screenshot to Twitter alongside an im- against Trump in a county that did not. taken from their parents’ care. Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen ya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. Virginia restaurant was inun- age of a handwritten note which read Given her own moral position that “I explained that the restaurant has was heckled as she dined at a Mexican In a signifi cant case for organized dated with reviews from both “86 — Sara Huckabee Sanders,” sup- the spokeswoman serves in an “inhu- certain standards that I feel it has to restaurant in Washington last Tues- labor, the court’s conservatives indi- Aends of the political spectrum posedly from the restaurant. To “86” mane and unethical” administration, uphold, such as honesty, and compas- day. cated opposition during arguments on over the weekend after White House someone is a slang term meaning to Wilkinson told The Washington Post, sion, and cooperation,” the owner ex- Protestors chanted “shame! February 26 to so-called agency fees press secretary Sarah Sanders said its refuse to serve a customer. she could not accept a defender of the plained. shame!” repeatedly at Nielsen, a that some states require non-mem- owner asked her to leave because of “Last night I was told by the owner president’s “cruelest policies.” “I said, ‘I’d like to ask you to leave.’” frontline defender of the Trump ad- bers to pay to public-sector unions. her job. of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave “I’m not a huge fan of confronta- The restaurant continued to be ministration’s practice of separating Workers who decide not to join un- On Friday, a Facebook user claim- because I work for @POTUS and I po- tion,” Wilkinson said. fl ooded on Saturday afternoon with migrant children from their parents, ions representing certain state and ing to be a waiter at The Red Hen in litely left,” Sanders tweeted on Satur- “I have a business, and I want the fi ve-star online reviews praising the until she left the restaurant. local employees must pay the fees in Lexington, Virginia — around 110km day, confi rming the incident. business to thrive. This feels like the restaurant’s stance — and one-star Two days earlier, according to the two dozen states in lieu of union dues southwest of Charlottesville — said he “Her actions say far more about her moment in our democracy when peo- reviews accusing the owner of “dis- New York Post, White House adviser to help cover the cost of non-political served Sanders “for a total of 2 min- than about me. I always do my best to treat ple have to make uncomfortable ac- crimination.” Stephen Miller was branded a “fascist” activities such as collective bargaining. utes” before she and her party were people, including those I disagree with, re- tions and decisions to uphold their “Sarah, you’re a class act. I’m so while dining at another Mexican eatery The fees provide millions of dollars asked to leave. spectfully and will continue to do so.” morals,” she stressed. sorry you were treated this way,” was in Washington. annually to these unions. The justices seemed sceptical dur- ing March 20 arguments toward Cali- S Carolina winning candidate seriously hurt in car crash fornia’s law requiring Christian-based anti-abortion centers, known as cri- Ugliest of them all! outh Carolina Republican congressional Arrington broke her back and several ribs, sis pregnancy centers, to post notices candidate Katie Arrington, who ousted and sustained injuries that required her to un- about the availability of state-subsi- Zsa Zsa, an English Sincumbent US Representative Mark San- dergo major surgery including the removal of dized abortions and birth control. Bulldog, takes the ford in a primary this month, was seriously a portion of her small intestine and part of her The justices indicated that they stage during The injured in a car crash that killed the driver of a colon, her campaign said in a statement. would strike down at least part of the World’s Ugliest second vehicle, her campaign said on Saturday. It said a main artery in one of Arrington’s legs regulations. Dog Competition Arrington, 47, was the passenger in a car collapsed and that she will require additional in Petaluma, north driven by a friend on Friday night when a ve- surgery and will be hospitalised for two weeks. of San Francisco, hicle traveling in the wrong direction struck Local media said the candidate’s friend, Jac- Han Solo’s Return of the California on Saturday. them on Highway 17 in Charleston County queline Goff , 59, of Mandeville, Louisiana, was Jedi blaster auctioned off Zsa Zsa won first place as they were going to Hilton Head where Ar- in critical condition. for whopping $550,000 and was awarded rington was to receive an award from a state The Charleston County coroner’s offi ce $1500, a trophy, medical organization, her campaign said. named the woman killed in the crash as Helen In the wildly popular Star Wars films, and will be flown to Campaign spokesman Michael Mule said White, 69, of Ravenel, South Carolina. Han Solo once told a lightsaber-wield- New York for media Arrington will defi nitely stay in the race for Arrington, a state representative, defeated ing Luke Skywalker: “Hokey religions appearances. Congress. “She’s determined, if not more than Sanford, who at times was critical of US Presi- and ancient weapons are no match ever, to get back on the trail,” Mule told the Post dent Donald Trump in a primary on June 13. for a good blaster at your side, kid.” and Courier newspaper of Charleston. Trump tweeted on Saturday that his That was the case when one of the Tim Scott, a Republican US Senator from “thoughts and prayers are with Representative blaster pistol props used by Harrison South Carolina, told the same newspaper: Katie Arrington of South Carolina, including Ford in Return of the Jedi (1983) “There is no doubt she will make a strong re- all of those involved in last nights car accident, went under the hammer, selling for covery.” and their families.” $550,000 — topping the $450,000 previously fetched by Skywalker’s lightsaber from the first two films. “SOLD for $550,000! An original Han Solo blaster used in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi!” Julien’s Auctions announced on Twitter over the As Facebook ages, teens look elsewhere to connect weekend. The faux weapon, mainly made of wood, had been put on display in By Julie Charpentrat, AFP As Facebook has grown into a net- what it was just three years ago,” said estimating that Facebook would lose some on its own platform and on Instagram, New York by Julien’s Auctions last San Francisco work of more than 2bn people globally Pew researcher Monica Anderson. 2mn US users under age 24 this year. which now has 1bn users. month after more than 30 years it has lost its luster for younger users “Back then, teens’ social media use Facebook remains king of the social With 2.2bn users, Facebook still has a tucked away in the belongings of who made up a core base. mostly revolved around Facebook. To- media space and is still growing, though big lead over Snapchat, with 191mn us- James Schoppe, art director of anon, 17, has a Facebook ac- While Facebook has become one of day, their habits revolve less around a more slowly than in past years. Its profi t ers at the end of March, and Twitter with Return of the Jedi. count but to connect with her the world’s most valuable and power- single platform.” in the fi rst quarter of 2018 jumped 63% 336mn. “Snapchat has a lot of growing to Martin Nolan, the auction house’s Mfriends she turns to other so- ful companies, it’s no longer seen as The breakup of teens and Facebook from a year ago to $5bn, and total rev- do before it can really be a huge challenger executive director, said Schoppe, an cial networks like Instagram or Snap- a cool destination for teens, who are was occurring before the latest scan- enues increased 49% to $11.97bn. to Facebook,” said Debra Williamson, so- Oscar nominee for his work on the chat. turning to Snapchat and Instagram, dals which have hit Facebook over hi- And the California company has cial media analyst at eMarketer. film, finally decided to part with Solo’s “I don’t use it to post status updates which is owned by Facebook. jacked user data and propagation of been moving to become more diver- But the trends show services like Insta- gun and about 40 other items from or personal information,” the San According to a Pew Research Center misinformation. sifi ed, with its “family” of apps that gram and Snapchat — which has grown the movie, including an Ewok axe and Francisco teen says. survey this year, 51% of US teens ages According to a Forrester Research include Instagram, Messenger and beyond its original off ering of disappear- plans for Jabba the Hutt’s ship. Manon maintains her Facebook ac- 13 to 17 use Facebook, compared with survey 34% of US online youth view WhatsApp, and virtual reality gear ing messages — have become the new, The Ewok axe went for $11,250, count to be able to stay in touch with 72% for Instagram and 69% who are Facebook “as a website for old people from its Oculus division. cool place for young smartphone users. while another blaster prop from the the large number of users on the huge on Snapchat. and parents.” “US online youth regard To connect with younger audiences, With Snapchat, “you can add ani- film fetched $90,624, according to social network and as a “gateway” to The survey found 85% used the Facebook as utility, while other net- Facebook has launched a parentally- mation, special eff ects, that’s what’s Julien’s Auctions. log into other apps. Google video sharing service YouTube. works that deliver niche value steal controlled Messenger Kids app for interesting for my generation,” said But none of the props were a “But to communicate with my The landscape has shifted since a attention from Facebook’s broad plat- those too young to have their own Fa- 16-year-old Charlotte, another San match for the space saga’s much- friends, it’s Snapchat,” the high 2014-15 Pew survey which found Fa- form,” said Forrester’s Anjali Lai in a cebook account, and recently expand- Francisco high school student. loved droid: last year, an R2-D2 used schooler said. cebook leading other social networks research note. “Established social net- ed that to Peru and Canada. Manon said she also likes Instagram in the making of several Star Wars “Everyone says Facebook is out of with 71% of the teen segment. works face an image problem.” Facebook is also moving to challenge because it is “more about creativity, films sold for $2.76 mn at auction in date. I think it’s because all the parents “The social media environment A separate report by the research fi rm YouTube, and potentially other serv- people who make music or photogra- Los Angeles. are on Facebook.” among teens is quite diff erent from eMarketer came to a similar conclusion, ices like Netfl ix, with original video phy can post what they do.” Gulf Times 10 Monday, June 25, 2018 ASIA/AUSTRALASIA

Lanka arrests villagers for killing leopard

Police in Sri Lanka yesterday arrested two men accused of Thailand banks on tech to end beating a leopard to death in a “sickening” attack that was captured on film and sparked revulsion. The pair were accused of killing the big cat on Thursday after it attacked nearly a dozen people in abuses in fi shing industry a village 330km (210 miles) north of Colombo. After the EU threatens to ban of countries using innovation to Nations (UN) data shows. ing human traffi cking and is a lead on where to track in way you can start,” he said. Gruesome images of the leopard, fish exports from Thailand, deal with modern slavery, from After the European Union illegal labour cases,” said Weer- the vast ocean. Thailand has also pledged to a protected species in Sri and the US says it is failing mobile apps in India to block- threatened to ban fi sh exports achon Sukhontapatipak, a Thai “I think people underesti- ratify two other conventions Lanka, being savagely beaten to tackle human traff icking, chain in Moldova, but experts from Thailand, and the US State government spokesman. mate the size of the ocean and on collective bargaining and were shared on social media, Thailand toughens up its warn against over-reliance on Department said it was fail- “There might not be abrupt the ability to pinpoint where the right to organise, which generating widespread disgust. laws and increases fines for tech as a silver bullet without ing to tackle human traffi ck- change... it will take time.” something as small as a boat campaigners say would better “It is sickening to see these violations in multibillion- stronger workers’ rights. ing, the Southeast Asian coun- Thailand is also rolling out is,” Smith from the UN Offi ce protect seafood workers. images,” Wildlife Deputy Minister dollar fishing sector “Technology can be a dou- try toughened up its laws and an ambitious plan, using iris, on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) This would be good news for Palitha Thewarapperuma told ble-edged sword,” said Patima increased fi nes for violations. facial and fi ngerprint scans to said. Thai and Migrant Fishers Un- parliament as he promised swift Thomson Reuters Foundation Tungpuchayakul, co-founder It banned the use of workers record fi shermen’s identities to “If you have good informa- ion Group (TMFG), which has action to arrest the perpetrators. Samut Sakhon/Bangkok of the Labour Rights Promotion aged below 18 and ordered fi sh- make sure they are on the boats tion, intelligence, then satellite helped rescue more than 60 Police said the two men were Network Foundation, a Thai ermen to be given contracts and they are registered with and help images can be good... It has to people since 2015, but has no remanded in custody by a court advocacy group. be paid through electronic bank inspectors spot traffi cking victims. be a small part of a much bigger legal status as Thai law does as investigations continued nder growing consum- “It has become an excuse the transfers. Rights groups meanwhile eff ort.” not permit fi sher unions, lead- to track down the others er pressure, Thailand government is using to justify Authorities ordered Thai have tried to use satellites to Smith also highlighted diffi - ing rights advocates to use other responsible. Uhas introduced a raft they have done something, but vessels operating outside na- pinpoint the location of ships culties prosecuting cross-bor- terms, like workers’ groups. “We have the two main suspects of modern technologies since in practice they don’t use it to tional waters to have satellite that remain at sea for long pe- der traffi cking cases and mari- “There are still lots of vic- in custody, but we are looking 2015 – from satellites to optical solve the problem.” communications for workers to riods, potentially indicating time police funding shortages, tims, and I want to help them,” for 10 others who have aided the scanning and electronic pay- More than half the estimated contact their families or report enslavement. adding that continued consum- said Tun Lin of TMFG. “As fi sh- killing,” a police spokesman said. ment services – to crack down 600,000 industry workers are problems at sea, plus tracking But human traffi cking ex- er pressure on fi rms to clean up ermen who have suff ered in a Sri Lanka’s leopards are on on abuses in its multibillion- migrants, often from neigh- devices to spot illegal fi shing. pert Benjamin Smith said us- their supply chains could be a similar manner, we understand the International Union of dollar fi shing industry. bouring countries such as Cam- “We are serious in law ing satellites to tackle slavery potent force to help end slavery. each other’s needs and are able Conservation of Nature (IUCN) It is one of a growing number bodia and Myanmar, United enforcement regard- at sea was not easy unless there “That’s probably the best to help better.” Red List of endangered animals. Oli: Rail link to enhance Lankan port eyeing connectivity with China $500mn investment

IANS deepening friendship, mutual “Especially, a memorandum IANS Xinhua news agency reported. from quarter-to-quarter, Kathmandu trust and understanding so as to of understanding on cross bor- Colombo Following the signing, the the number of ships re- further strengthen the political der railway signed between the Hambantota International mained the same, the number relationship between Nepal and two sides during the visit has Port Group (HIPG) was set up, of transshipment vehicles epali Prime Minister K China,” Oli said. paved the way for further en- ri Lanka’s southern Ham- which is a joint venture com- handled had doubled at the P Sharma Oli yester- The Chinese leadership hancing cross-border connec- bantota Port is aiming pany formed by the Sri Lankan Hambantota Port. Nday said that his recent pledged to extend support to the tivity between the two countries Nepali Prime Minister K P Sto attract investments government and CM Port. “It is through the global visit to China was instrumental Nepali government’s endeavours in the days to come,” the prime Sharma Oli worth $500mn as plans are Samarasingha said that to network that CM Port has in enhancing bilateral co-op- to achieve political stability and minister said, referring to the afoot to set up port related in- date, HIPG received 15 propos- that we were able to increase eration between the two coun- economic prosperity under the proposed cross-border railway The two sides also promised dustries inside the port as well als to set up plants inside the the numbers,” Chief Oper- tries in wide-ranging areas in- slogan of “Prosperous Nepal, line connecting Nepal’s capital to implement landmark bilateral as general operation expan- port from local to international ating Offi cer of HIPG, Tissa cluding cross-border railroad Happy Nepali”, according to Oli. Kathmandu with the Chinese agreements including the tran- sion, Ports Minister Mahinda investors. Wickramasinghe said. connectivity. He said the two sides chalked border town of Kerung. sit transport agreement reached Samarasingha has said. With the establishment of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Oli made the remarks upon his out a framework for long-term Oli said the two sides agreed between the two governments China Merchant Port the joint venture with CM Port, Ranil Wickramasinghe ear- arrival at the Kathmandu Inter- co-operation in the fi elds of rail- to jointly build railways, roads, in March 2016 during his visit to Holdings (CM Port) and the port has been able to double lier called the Hambantota Port national Airport after paying a road connectivity, energy, trans- ports, and air links under the China, he added. state-owned Sri Lanka Ports the number of transshipment “the largest multi-purpose six-day visit to China that began portation, infrastructure devel- trans-Himalayan multi-dimen- This was Oli’s fi rst offi cial visit Authority in July last year vehicles handled from 15,000 port in Sri Lanka that will add on June 19, reports Xinhua news opment, investment, tourism, sional connectivity network as to China after returning to pow- signed an agreement to man- to 35,000 per quarter, the to the country’s concept of agency. and people-to-people contacts part of the China-proposed Belt er in February and the second age and run the operations minister said. transforming into a hub in the “The two sides discussed under the Belt and Road initiative. and Road initiative. foreign trip after India. of the Hambantota Port, He said that although Indian Ocean”.

NZ premier hopes for new world for daughter Neve

AFP Sussex, Prince Harry and his leave. “Clarke’s been as much of Auckland wife Meghan. “We wanted to say a role model here as I am, and thank you (to New Zealanders that’s something that I think a for their support) and we are lot of people talk about too and New Zealand Prime Minister all doing really well. Sleep it’s true,” Ardern said. Jacinda Ardern revealed her deprived, but super well,” she “So I hope for little girls and newborn daughter would said. boys that actually there’s a be called Neve as she left an Ardern is only the second world future where they can make Auckland hospital yesterday, leader to give birth while in choices about how they raise and expressed hope that one off ice, after former Pakistan PM their family and what kind of day a woman giving birth in Benazir Bhutto, and said she career they have that is just Nguyen Thanh Tam displaying various Football World Cup off ice would no longer be a hoped such experiences would based on what they want and it mascots including Fuleco (front R), the 2014 Brazil World Cup “novelty”. not be unusual in the future. makes them happy.” mascot, at his home in Ho Chi Minh City. Speaking publicly for the “Hopefully, these things said in Former New Zealand PM Helen first time since her delivery these moments now, I guess for Clark had said the couple was on Friday – which made want of a better word – novelty, sending sent a significant waves around the world they are still new – that one day message to the world and were – Ardern said she and her they aren’t new anymore,” she “inspirational” for younger men Vietnamese craftsman partner Clarke Gayford had Jacinda Ardern carries her newborn baby Neve Te Aroha Ardern said. “And that it’s generally and women. The birth capped settled on the full name Gayford with her partner Clarke Gayford as she walks out of the accepted, not just that women an eventful year for Ardern, of Neve Te Aroha Ardern Auckland Hospital in New Zealand, yesterday. can make choices, but actually who became prime minister making World Cup Gayford for their first child. that men can too,” Ardern in October just three months “We chose Neve because Ardern, who said the couple her family is from. added, referring to Gayford, after taking charge of the we just liked it, and when kept a short list of names, The New Zealand leader who was standing beside her. Labour Party as it languished in mascots from eggshells we met her we thought she added that Neve meant “bright said she was blown away Her partner, a 40-year-old the polls. Her deputy Winston looked like she suited the and radiant and snow”, while by well-wishes locally and television fishing personality, Peters is now acting prime AFP feature inlaid eggshell in lieu name,” the 37-year-old told Te Aroha was the name of internationally, including from will be a stay-at-home dad while minister, although Ardern will Ho Chi Minh City of white paint. reporters as she cradled her a rural town some 140km Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II the prime minister will return to continue to be consulted on “I love this work because daughter in her arms. southeast of Auckland where and the Duke and Duchess of work after six weeks’ maternity significant issues. it requires me to be creative, ootball scarves, shirts observant, meticulous and and... eggshell art? relaxed,” Tam added. FWorld Cup swag has He fi rst developed the taken a quirky turn in Vietnam unique hobby around Christ- where a retired schoolteacher mas in 2002, when he was is making mascot memora- looking for the right material Cambodian female blogger bilia from hollowed-out eggs, to make a Santa statue with his meticulously crafted by hand. 13-year-old students. Nguyen Thanh Tam, 67, Tam decided that an egg- spends hours every day mak- shell perfectly captured Saint tackles taboos via Facebook ing the models, driven by his Nick’s rotund belly. football fanaticism – a passion He eventually married his AFP gained nearly 350,000 views. don’t really talk about,” she said. shared by millions across Vi- passion for crafts and foot- Phnom Penh The videos feature Catherine Statistics point to an urgent etnam glued to the World Cup ball and started making World Harry, the pen name of the self- need for conversations in a king- since the tournament kicked Cup mascots during the 2010 described feminist who featured dom where one in fi ve Cambo- off in Russia earlier this month. World Cup in South Africa. taboo-busting video blog in Forbes’ 2018 “30 under 30” dian men surveyed as part of Most of his tiny statues are Now he has about 1,000 of called “A Dose of Cath” list of outstanding leaders and a 2014 UN study admitted to of tournament mascot Za- the small fi gurines scattered Aunabashedly wrestles entrepreneurs in Asia. having committed rape. Cambodian blogger using the pen name Catherine Harry, editing a bivaka, a wolf in sports gog- throughout his apartment, with hush-hush topics in con- Having ditched her birth Cath has shared her own #Me- video for her blog in her Phnom Penh studio. gles kicking a football, and he some commemorating the servative Cambodia, drawing name more than 10 years ago, Too experiences to help spur de- has models of football heroes 2016 Rio Olympics and Euro both applause and abuse in the Cath is following in the footsteps bate, but said those who speak dia at Pannasastra University in “A Dose of Cath” has found Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel 2016 in France. patriarchal country. of other Cambodian writers and out in Cambodia face victim Phnom Penh, started the “vlog” a ready audience in a country Messi in the works. Others are of celebrities Hosted on Facebook, the show media personalities turning to -blaming or even violence. in early 2016 and it is now a full- where one third of the 15mn “Over the past few years, I – Charlie Chaplin, Barack by a 23-year-old Cambodian blogs and social media to make a “If a woman talks about her time job, monetised through population is under 30 and have been spending my time Obama, and Gangnam Style’s woman tackles the fi ner points name for themselves. experiences of sexual assault or product placements. smartphone usage has more than making football mascots with PSY all feature in his collec- of sex education, women’s But few have waded so deeply sexual harassment, she will be Raymond Leos, one of her pro- doubled over the past fi ve years, eggshells as a way for me to tion – or birds and animals, health and gender imbalances into the sensitive social issues rejected by society, by her fam- fessors, brings up Cath when dis- helping her amass more than show my love for football,” like his porcine series to mark in a country where the #MeToo that Cath confronts in short no- ily, her friends,” she said. cussing a wider trend of students 200,000 followers on Facebook. Tam said, speaking before a the Year of the Pig in 2019. movement has barely registered. frills monologues fi lmed in her And while 65% of all busi- moving beyond traditional career Cath says men have harassed basket of eggs in his Ho Chi Tam says the biggest chal- A recent episode on a well- Phnom Penh apartment. nesses in Cambodia are run by paths and family expectations. her by sending pornographic im- Minh City home. lenge is fi nding the right egg known 19th-century Cam- “What I expect to get from what women, the country’s major po- “They’re very technologically ages to the account, while she is Though not widespread shape to fi t the creation, so he bodian poem that used to be I’m doing, from my videos, is to litical and fi nancial institutions savvy, they’re very sophisticat- frequently accused of denigrat- in Vietnam, using eggshells has expanded beyond chicken taught in schools and advises start a conversation, because the are still male-dominated. ed, and they’re very independent ing Khmer culture and being in art is not unheard of: tra- eggs to include ostrich and women not to laugh too loudly topics that I talk about, people Cath, who studies mass me- in their thinking,” he said. indecent. ditional lacquer works often quail. Gulf Times Monday, June 25, 2018 11 BRITAIN Williamson allies reject reports of bid to topple premier

Guardian News and Media remain a “tier one” military na- power, a defence term referring the lack of backing for the UK re- “just to stand still”. as Boris Johnson. funding boost was “exceptional”. London tion. to the full spectrum of military maining a ‘tier one’ nation,” one He added: “There needs to be In a coded warning to her Truss met Williamson this week Williamson is scheduled to capabilities, including nuclear defence source said. no political risk to the PM if she Cabinet colleagues, the chief to discuss defence spending, meet Philip Hammond in the weapons. “It would be massively reas- does the right thing. I’ve been secretary to the Treasury, Liz along with May and Hammond. llies of Gavin Wil- next fortnight in an attempt to May said only that the UK was suring for the party and the mili- in parliament 20 years and have Truss, is set to warn in a speech A source close to the row said liamson, the defence secure concessions ahead of a “a leading defence nation”, de- tary if she was to confi rm it and never known such unanimity.” that it is “not macho” to demand Williamson was “genuinely pas- Asecretary, have moved Nato summit in Brussels in July, spite being asked to use the spe- use those terms.” However, some Tory MPs have more money for their depart- sionate about the military get- to quash reports that he had following a tense meeting with cifi c phrase “tier one”. Williamson’s lobbying for voiced frustration at the tactics ments and they should concen- ting the right resources” but said threatened to topple the prime May and the chancellor last Conservative MPs have ex- more funding was backed by of some Cabinet ministers. trate on fi scal discipline. it was far-fetched to suggest he minister unless defence spend- Tuesday, which ended without pressed concern both privately Julian Lewis, the chair of the The former minister Nick “It is a tougher skill to demand was threatening May. ing was increased, but warned any promise of further funding. and publicly about the com- defence select committee, Boles hit out at Williamson better value for money and chal- “To suggest that the defence there was signifi cant backbench After the meeting, May de- ments. “There is certainly a large who said the defence ministry on Twitter, but also voiced lenge the blob in your depart- secretary is behind a plan to anger over Theresa May’s re- clined to confi rm the UK should cohort of backbench Tory MPs needed similar sums like the frustration at the conduct of ment,” she will tell the LSE to- bring down the prime minister is fusal to confi rm the UK would remain a “tier one” military who were deeply concerned at £20bn extra given to the NHS other Cabinet ministers such morrow, and add that the NHS absurd,” the source said. Grayling under attack for pulling out of crucial transport meet

Guardian News and Media ring under this watch,” she said. London “It’s yet another kick in the teeth for rail commuters and it says everything you need to hris Grayling has been ac- know about the contempt with cused of “running scared” which this government holds the Cafter he pulled out of a key north of England.” transport summit in Manchester Commuters across the region because it clashes with a House have faced hundreds of cancella- of Commons vote on Heathrow tions and delays since Northern expansion. rail introduced a new timetable The transport secretary had on May 20. Northern, a subsidi- been due to appear at the Place ary of Arriva, has blamed the dis- North West conference today ruption on delayed engineering alongside political leaders from works and a shortage of trained Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, speaks on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show in London yesterday. across the region following drivers. weeks of rail misery for commut- The rail conference will take ers. place days after the publication Organisers confi rmed Grayling of private e-mails in which of- would not attend the summit and fi cials in Grayling’s department would instead send Liz Sugg, the described some northern routes parliamentary undersecretary of as “valueless”, in comments that state for transport, to give a pres- showed “complete disrespect entation in his place. and contempt” for passengers, Hunt slams Airbus for The about-turn was con- said Nandy. demned by Andy Burnham, the The situation was made worse mayor of Greater Manchester, last week by three 24-hour who said it told commuters “all strikes by some Northern staff you need to know about the over a long-running safety dis- government’s transport priori- pute about guards on trains. ties”. Earlier this month, the RMT Brexit jobs warnings Instead of addressing rail is- union said it planned to demon- sues in the north of England, strate outside the Hilton hotel in Guardian News and Media Show yesterday. “We are in a cept any deal you give us rather European council president, May. If you look at the approach Grayling is to attend a Commons central Manchester, where the London critical moment in the Brexit dis- than walk away, that weakens Donald Tusk, and the Euro- May has taken to Brexit so far, she vote expected to approve plans meeting is taking place, as part cussions. We need to get behind our negotiating position,” he told pean commission, Jean-Claude has the instincts of a Brexiteer for a third runway at Heathrow. of the dispute and what they de- Theresa May to deliver the best Sky’s Ridge yesterday. “And peo- Juncker, yesterday, demanding but the cautious pragmatism of a They will be opposed by a hand- scribed as the “ongoing rail fran- eremy Hunt has called warn- possible Brexit, a clean Brexit.” ple who are making these com- greater input for business in the Remainer, which is where I think ful of prominent Conservatives chise fi asco”. ings by the aerospace giant Hunt said the best way for ments need to understand that negotiations. the British people are. including Greg Hands, who re- Mick Cash, the RMT gen- JAirbus about the UK’s Brexit businesses to achieve the “clar- they may be actually putting the Business leaders have been “She brings incredible resil- signed as international trade eral secretary, said: “Grayling is strategy “completely inappro- ity and certainty” they needed UK at a disadvantage by making further angered by reports that ience and we have to allow her to minister last week so he could running scared. He’s scared of priate,” saying the government was to back the prime minister these cases.” the Foreign Secretary, Boris get on and negotiate this deal.” vote against expansion. the passengers he’s hung out to should ignore the “siren voices”. in her negotiations with Brussels. Over the weekend, the car gi- Johnson, allegedly contemp- Hunt also dismissed criti- Lisa Nandy, the Labour MP for dry and he’s scared of the staff In the most bullish comments “The more we undermine May, ant BMW followed Airbus in tuously dismissed businesses’ cism of government claims that Wigan, criticised Grayling for whose safety-critical jobs his yet from a Cabinet minister since the more likely we are to end up warning about the consequenc- Brexit concerns at a diplomatic the £20bn spending boost to the choosing London over the north. franchise shambles have left the warning from the company’s with a fudge which would be an es of Brexit uncertainty, saying reception this month. NHS would come partly from a “After four weeks of rail chaos facing the axe. chief executive, Hunt said busi- absolute disaster for everyone,” the company needed clarity on Hunt said it was not surprising “Brexit dividend” – which the and real misery for rail passen- “Grayling may have chickened nesses sounding the alarm about he said. customs arrangements within there was concern by corpora- Institute for Fiscal Studies has gers across the north of England, out of meeting RMT members job losses risked undermining the His comments were echoed by months. Airbus, which employs tions about the impact of Brexit said does not exist, given eco- it’s unbelievable that Grayling and their supporters today, but government at a key moment in the International Trade Secre- 14,000 people, has said “a no- but said it was not in the interests nomic forecasts about the impact has decided to prioritise dealing I’ve got a message for him – you the negotiations. tary, Liam Fox, who said the UK’s deal scenario directly threatens of the European commission to on growth of leaving the EU. with issues in London around can run but you can’t hide.” “It was completely inappro- negotiating position was being Airbus’ future in the UK”. say negotiations were going well. He said there would not be Heathrow rather than coming The department for transport priate for businesses to be mak- undermined by those urging the Further pressure came as the “That’s part of their negotiating “very much” extra cash by the here to the north of England to has yet to comment on Grayling’s ing these kinds of threats, for one government to take “no deal” off biggest business groups in the tactics,” he said. time Britain leaves the EU in explain what he’s going to do to absence from the event and could simple reason,” the health secre- the table. UK wrote a stinging letter to the “We have to ignore these si- 2019, given the fi nancial settle- get a grip on the problems occur- not be reached yesterday. tary told the BBC’s Andrew Marr “If we actually say we’ll ac- prime minister, as well as to the ren voices ... get on and support ment with the EU. Britain should cancel Family pays tribute to murdered ‘fab dad’

Trump visit: Corbyn Guardian News and Media Beddall, alleged on Facebook London that he had been hit on the head with a cricket bat. Hours earlier, Guardian News and Media building up a series of tit-for- proud of it. Get over it and start she had sought help in tracing a London tat series of retaliations, in living in one yourself’.” he family of a man who group of people she said had sto- which the US retreats in on it- Asked if Corbyn would invite died after being allegedly len bikes outside her house. self and starts a trade war with Trump for a state visit were he Tbeaten with a cricket bat The investigation is being led heresa May has “ample the rest of the world, is going in No 10, Corbyn said: “We’d following a robbery have paid by detective inspector Mark Bel- reasons” to cancel Don- in a very bad and dangerous di- have to change the date to a tribute to him. lamy. He said: “Our thoughts Tald Trump’s visit to the rection,” Corbyn said. long way down the line.” Derek Whyteside, 42, died are with the family at this time UK next month, Jeremy Corbyn Theresa May offered the US hours after being attacked in Tel- and we off er them our deepest has said. “I wouldn’t have invited president a state visit to the UK ford, Shropshire. A 16-year-old sympathy, we continue to have The Labour leader said the him and I think the prime during her visit to Washing- boy, who cannot be named for le- specially trained offi cers off ering escalating trade dispute be- minister’s got ample ton shortly after his election. gal reasons, has since appeared in them support and will continue tween US and the EU, as well as reasons to withhold the However, his visit this summer Kidderminster magistrates court to do so throughout our investi- the US treatment of child mi- invitation if she wants to” has been described as a “work- charged with his murder. gation. grant detainees separated from ing visit” and he is not expect- “Derek was a nice guy, he was “The local community will their parents, were reasons Corbyn told Sky News that ed to visit key areas of central loveable and could always see the play a signifi cant role in our en- enough to rescind the invita- Trump’s visit on July 13 would London to avoid mass protests. best in people and if he consid- quiries and, while I am grateful tion to the US president. achieve little. Instead, Trump is likely to ered you a friend he would strive for the people who have already His comments came as “Interestingly, it’s been meet the prime minister in never to let you down,” his rela- come forward and spoken to us, Trump threatened to impose downgraded time after time her country retreat at Cheq- tives said in a statement released this is now a murder investiga- tariffs on European cars after from a state visit to an official uers and the Queen at Windsor by West Mercia police. tion and it is vitally important Brussels confirmed it would visit to a visit,” he said. “So I’m Castle, with a visit to his Scot- “He would always be there for anyone who has any information introduce retaliatory levies on not absolutely sure what he’s tish golf course also a possibil- you and was very proud of his ex- and has not yet spoken to us gets American products including going to do on this very brief ity. tended family. He was a fab dad in contact.” Levi’s jeans and Harley-Dav- time he has in the UK.” Trump could return for a full to his partner’s children, very The 16-year-old appeared idson motorbikes as a response “I wouldn’t have invited him state visit next summer. Brit- protective, cheeky and loving before magistrates. Two men to the US steel and aluminium and I think the prime minister’s ain’s national security adviser, and always meant well. He was arrested in connection with the tariffs. got ample reasons to withhold Sir Mark Sedwill, was recorded Michelle’s world and was so good incident were released on police “Donald Trump needs to the invitation if she wants to. suggesting the date in a Chan- to her. He was a great brother, bail. A woman and two teenage understand that declaring a We need to say very clearly to nel 4 documentary to mark the too. We can’t understand why boys were released under in- trade war by putting tariffs on Donald Trump ‘We live in a opening of the new US embassy anyone would do this.” vestigation, West Mercia police aluminium and steel and then multicultural society, we’re in south-west London. Jeremy Corbyn: Trump’s visit to achieve little Whyteside’s partner, Michelle said. Gulf Times 12 Monday, June 25, 2018 EUROPE

Erdogan wins elections Germany pushing for bilateral deals on migration From Page 1 years-long ambition and he has Anadolu put Ince in second now staked his career on it. DPA migrant crisis – back into focus place at 30.75%. The elections - being held under Brussels in Europe. While Erdogan also asked his a state of emergency imposed after The mini-summit on migra- supporters to delay their vic- an attempted coup in 2016 - were tion, which European Com- tory celebrations, he said: “Our scheduled for November 2019. ermany is pushing for mission President Jean-Claude commitment to democracy and But a united and boisterous agreements between Juncker described as an “infor- expanding rights and freedoms opposition had threatened Er- G individual European mal working meeting”, comes will continue. We won’t allow dogan’s dominance and is still Union member states to move ahead of a crucial summit with freedoms being blocked for peo- aiming to at least force a run-off the bloc forward on its long- all EU leaders scheduled for ple due to their beliefs.” vote on July 8. standing debate over how to Thursday and Friday. The new presidential system, Erdogan has won every elec- solve the issue of migration as German Chancellor Angela which narrowly passed in a tion in the last 16 years. leaders of 16 EU countries met Merkel said she did not expect a constitutional referendum in He was prime minister from yesterday for an extraordinary “total solution to the problem of April 2017, will abolish the prime 2003 until 2014. When he summit. migration” to be found at a sum- minister’s post and the president couldn’t contest a fourth time in Recent disputes in Germany mit of all EU leaders next week. will become both the head of line with his party’s statutes, he and Italy have brought the de- “That is why it’s about [fi nd- state and government. ran for president in 2014 - and bate on migration and asylum ing] bilateral or trilateral agree- For Erdogan, installing an ex- won in the country’s fi rst direct policy – which the EU has been ments that are mutually benefi - ecutive presidency has been his election for that role. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters in Istanbul last night. trying to overhaul since the 2015 cial,” Merkel said.

‘No meat on board, but humans’: NGO migrant vessel Activists on a migrant rescue ship that has been waiting since Thursday to be allowed to Salvini tells foreign NGOs disembark more than 230 people told Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, to remember there were people on board. “We have no meat on board, but humans. We cordially invite you to convince yourself that it is people we have saved from to stop rescuing migrants drowning,” Mission Lifeline, the German non-governmental AFP cued 97 migrants yesterday and organisation that owns the ship, Rome that “other operations are under said yesterday in a tweet, inviting way”, but did not give further de- the leader of Italy’s far-right tails. League party to come on board. taly’s far-right Interior Min- In recent weeks, Italy’s new In a video posted to Facebook ister Matteo Salvini has told populist government has cracked on Thursday, Salvini criticised Iforeign charities to back off down on foreign rescue ships op- Mission Lifeline for not heeding and let Libya take care of rescue erating in the Mediterranean. the instructions of Italian or operations in the Mediterranean. Salvini has repeatedly accused Libyan authorities. “Let the Libyan authorities do the charities of being complicit “They risk the lives of the their work of rescue, recovery with human smugglers operating migrants on the dinghy, refuse and return (of migrants) to their in Libya. to listen to Italian and Libyan country, as they have been doing “These boats can forget about authorities and intervene so they for some time, without the ships reaching Italy, I want to stop can load this valuable cargo of of the voracious NGOs disturb- the business of traffi cking and humans – of human flesh – on ing them or causing trouble,” he mafi a,” the minister, who has board,” he said. said. “Italian ports are and will promised to curb the number of Italy closed its ports to the be closed to those who aid human migrants arriving in Italy, said on Lifeline on Thursday, after traffi ckers.” Saturday. Salvini: Italian ports are and will be closed to those who aid human accusing it of dodging Italian Salvini’s comments came as The Italian coastguard also traff ickers. coastguard orders to leave it to the Spanish group Proactiva sent a message to rescue boats the Libyan coastguard to save Open Arms said they had re- operating in the Mediterranean migrant rescue missions in the structions on where they will be migrants spotted at sea. ceived “seven or eight” messages on Friday, informing them that it Mediterranean. allowed to dock. Salvini has long accused NGOs of alerting them to boats in distress would no longer be co-ordinat- But Salvini wants to drastically Both Italy and Malta have re- profiting from migrant rescues in the Mediterranean yesterday. ing rescue operations in the Libya reduce Italy’s involvement. fused to take them in. and of being in cahoots with “Combining all the notifi ca- search and rescue area. Earlier this month Salvini trig- Reacting to the situation yes- human traff ickers. tions, it would add up to 1,000 “From now on, under the So- gered an EU-wide row when he terday, Barcelona mayor Ada Co- The accusation is unproven, and people” near the coast of Libya, las Convention (Safety of life at barred the Aquarius rescue ship, lau called on the Spanish govern- strongly denied by NGOs. Laura Lanuza, a spokeswoman Sea), captains who are at sea in chartered by French charity SOS ment to help. Mission Lifeline co-founder Axel for the group told AFP. the area near Libya will have to Mediterranee, carrying around “Right now more than 1,000 Steier told DPA that the people But she said the Italian coast- turn to the Tripoli Centre and the 630 migrants, from docking in people adrift in seven boats and on board have so far been lucky guard had told the group they Libyan Coast Guard for help,” the Italy. Italy intends to leave them in the with the weather, but “if we get “weren’t needed” and “the op- message, reported in the Italian Nearby Malta also turned the hands of Libya, where people are 3m-high waves, then we have a eration was being handled by the media, said. boat away and the ship was later tortured, raped and enslaved,” problem”. Libyan coastguard”. The groups, which have been accepted by Spain. she said on Twitter. The Rome government said the “If the Libyan coastguard co- chartering boats to rescue mi- Two other ships carrying hun- She urged her own country to Lifeline would be impounded and ordinates this eff ort, all these grants, point to the very diffi cult dreds of migrants – the German “help save lives” and said the mi- its crew arrested if it decided to people will be sent back to Libya,” conditions for migrants in Libya NGO ship Lifeline and Danish grants could would be welcomed proceed to Italy anyway. This picture taken on Saturday shows a rescuer carrying a migrant she said. as they attempt to reach Europe. container ship Alexander Mae- in her city. The ship has since stayed in child, who was part of a group intercepted aboard dinghies off the Contacted by AFP, the Libyan Previously, Rome often played rsk – are currently stranded in “Barcelona is off ered as a safe Maltese search and rescue coast in the Mediterranean Sea, at the port of Malaga, Spain. coastguard said they had res- an important role coordinating the Mediterranean awaiting in- harbour,” she added. waters.

Five seriously hurt in explosion at German apartment building

DPA Thirty-one residents either Berlin escaped the building on their own or were rescued by fi re- fi ghters. ive people were seriously Hours later, another larger injured overnight when an section of the house collapsed. Fexplosion ripped through It had been unclear wheth- an apartment building in the er other residents had been Jews and Muslims, one person of each faith sharing a tandem bicycle, are seen at the start of the western German city of Wup- trapped or killed by the fall- ‘Meet2respect’ bicycle demonstration in Berlin yesterday. pertal. ing debris, but authorities Debris of the house that exploded in the night is seen on the street Residents were awoken by a used neighbours’ accounts and in Wuppertal, western Germany. violent bang just before mid- sniff er dogs to ultimately rule night on Saturday when a blast out any further victims. crushed by the rubble. what the background is, that ripped through large parts of the Photos of the scene showed An excavator began demoli- remains completely unclear,” a Imams, rabbis ride in Berlin rally three-storey terrace house. piles of rubble and debris sur- tion work on the ruins yesterday police spokesman said. People ran out of neighbour- rounding the building. afternoon. Authorities initially said that ing houses in panic as metre- Large parts of the facade and The cause of the explosion re- 24 people were injured in the AFP at the Bebelplatz public square share a vehicle ... and share re- high fl ames billowed from the roof were missing, and a car mained under investigation. explosion and fi re before revis- Berlin that was the site of the notorious sponsibility”. rubble. in the street was completely “How this came to pass and ing the count downward. Nazi book burning in 1933. Racism, hate speech and vio- It also passed Breitschei- lent attacks have risen in Germa- abbis and Muslim imams dplatz with its iconic war-dam- ny since a mass infl ux of mostly took to tandem bicycles aged Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Muslim refugees starting in 2015 Ryesterday to ride through Church, scene of a 2016 religious brought more than one million central Berlin in a joint show of extremist attack when a truck asylum seekers to Europe’s big- Macron hits new low in poll ratings: JDD inter-faith respect and against sped through a Christmas mar- gest economy. racism and anti-Semitism. ket crowd, leaving 12 dead. The anti-immigration Alter- Dubbed the “meet2respect” One of the rides was made in native for Germany party (AfD), Reuters one percentage point in June to large social transfers this Macron has dismissed ac- ride, it was backed by religious a rickshaw that was shared by which captured nearly 13% in a Paris 40%, the Ifop poll for French month, saying that they cost cusations of being out of touch and civic groups, among them community leaders from the general election last September, weekly JDD showed. “too much dough”. and arrogant, saying he wanted the House of One foundation, three major religions of the book, has railed against the migrant Several prominent business- Then this week reports to restore dignity to the offi ce of which combines prayer spaces also including a Christian pastor. infl ux and also challenged Ger- rench President Em- men and economists have re- emerged that taxpayers’ money the president. for Jews, Christians and Mus- One of the three, Rabbi An- many’s “remembrance culture” manuel Macron’s popu- cently voiced concerns over will pay for dinner plates at the “People are mixing up arro- lims. dreas Nachama, said that “we and atonement for the Nazi era. Flarity has hit a new low, a Macron’s economic policies Elysee Palace and a new swim- gance with determination and “We imams and rabbis want are cycling because our world Amid the heightened tensions, poll showed yesterday, follow- that are viewed as favouring the ming pool at a presidential re- courage,” government spokes- to lead by good example,” said does not want to believe that we Muslim communities have re- ing recent controversies over rich. treat on the Riviera. man Benjamin Griveaux told Muslim theologian Ender Cetin, were all created by a god whom ported an increase of attacks on spending at his residences and The former investment “(These controversies) RTL radio station earlier this who took a ride in one of the 25 we do not argue about, but rather mosques, and Jewish groups have cutting remarks he made on banker has justifi ed the scrap- strengthen the sentiment of year, defending Macron’s re- tandems as part of a 200-strong whom we – each in a diff erent pointed to rising anti-Semitism, welfare benefi ts. ping of the wealth tax, for ex- some sort of social contempt formist agenda. group of religious leaders and way – adore”. both from the far-right and some Despite upbeat business sen- ample, with the metaphor of a from the president,” Ifop’s dep- The Ifop poll was conducted supporters. Riding with him, Imam Sanci, Muslim newcomers, including a timent and rising foreign in- lead mountaineer drawing up uty chief Frederic Dabi told JDD. among 1,963 people between The route led from the city’s called the journey “our peace- street assault in April by a Syrian vestments, the number of peo- companions clinging to a rope He added: “There’s a feeling June 15 and June 23. Holocaust memorial past syna- keeping mission” on which the refugee on an Israeli man wearing ple with a favourable opinion of below. that the head of state is out of The margin of error is 2.2 per- gogues and mosques and ended “the imams, rabbis or pastors a kippa skullcap. the 40-year-old leader dropped Macron also hit at France’s touch.” centage points. Gulf Times Monday, June 25, 2018 13 INDIA In Tihar’s 36 factories, prisoners learn skills for a new life

Agencies On his fi rst day in the jail on India’s largest and most crowded here, they earn a living. When the prison,” said Tariq Salan, an- factories. The wages aren’t too families or victims of crimes New Delhi a winter afternoon in December Tihar jail. With at least 4,000 they are trained here by the staff other superintendent. bad as well. For a day’s work, committed by the prisoners. last year, the man had a meeting prisoners working in shifts, the or the fellow inmates, it increas- At over 15,000 prisoners, a skilled worker makes Rs320. Jail offi cers say that one of the with the jail superintendent. The 36 factories in the prison have es their chance of rehabilita- Tihar is the most crowded pris- A skilled worker is a prisoner earliest factories set up was the scorted by police guards inmate, who wishes to remain an annual turnover of about tion.” on in India. Prison offi cials say who is an expert at his job. The paper unit. In the early 1960s as they re-enter the anonymous, told the offi cer he Rs350mn. The story of LED bulb factory that fi nding talent in prisoners is prisoner could be a baker or when the prison was only a few Ecountry’s most crowded used to work in a perfume fac- From cakes to biscuits, LED in the jail started in October last never a problem. “This is Tihar. a perfume maker, who apart years old, a paper manufacturing prison, some cry, a few are vis- tory and that he could help teach bulbs to pickles, and furniture year with a prisoner, a gradu- You will fi nd all types of prison- from working can also train fel- and an oil extraction unit was set ibly upset, while many oth- other prisoners the art of making to blankets and power looms ate from the Indian Institute ers here. From a graduate from low prisoners. A semi-skilled up. Prisoners recycle papers and ers try to show no emotions. perfume. to designer clothes, prisoners of Technology, Kharagpur. The the country’s premier engineer- worker gets Rs180, while a make folders for government of- But for most people who have “The idea of starting a per- spread across 400 acres of the man had come to the prison in ing institute to a former minister trainee makes Rs200 a day. The fi ces, the six lower courts, the been here a while, it is normal fume factory in the jail was born jail compound are engaged dif- a case of alleged cheating. “He or a skilled carpenter, there is no daily wages are collected by Delhi High Court and the Su- – Tihar is home. at that moment. So far we have ferent units. wasn’t here for a long time but dearth of talent here,” a jail of- the prisoner administration. preme Court. “Do you know we But for this man in his mid- manufactured over 1.5 lakh bot- “Our aim is not to make prof- he was intelligent and was an fi cer said. Twenty-five percent of the do not buy oil from outside?” the 30s – jailed for allegedly harass- tles,” says Rakesh Kumar, super- its... We are here to reform pris- IIT graduate. Since then, he has Apart from the elderly, the every prisoner’s daily wages prison’s deputy superintendent ing a woman – the fi rst day, was intendent of Jail 1. oners,” says Ajay Kashyap, di- been released on bail. But dur- unwell and those who choose is deducted and sent to a fund Dheeraj Mathur said, adding the diff erent. It was diff erent for the The perfume factory is among rector general of prisons. “When ing his short stint, he visualised not to work, every prisoner known as the Victim’s Welfare prisoners manufacture their own jail offi cers too. the 36 factory units run from the prisoners work in the factories setting up the LED factory inside can find employment in the 36 Fund. The money is given to cooking oil. Army offi cer arrested for killing wife of colleague

IANS graine treatment in the same New Delhi hospital to maintain proxim- ity with the victim, said the offi cial, adding he also got his n army major, “ob- child admitted to that hospital. sessed” with his col- Shailja, who hailed from Am- Aleague’s wife, was ar- ritsar, had been coming to the rested yesterday for killing her hospital for the last four days for by slashing her throat and run- treatment of her ankle. ning his car over her to make it Around 10am on Saturday, look like an accident. Shailja left home in an army Police arrested Nikhil Rai vehicle for the physiotherapy Handa from Meerut in Uttar session but she went with Pradesh – more than 100km Handa in his car from outside from Delhi – and recovered the hospital as their image was People wade through a flooded road after heavy rains in Ahmedabad yesterday. a Honda City car in which he captured in a CCTV camera in- committed the gruesome mur- stalled there, the offi cial said. der on Saturday. When the driver went to pick Handa told investigators her up later, he was informed that he had an altercation with that she had not attended the Shailja, 35, wife of another session. major Amit Dwivedi, in his car Later in the afternoon, her and slashed her throat with a body was seen by a passerby “Swiss knife” before pushing near Brar Square. Monsoon to hit Delhi her out on the road. “Though they shared a “To make it look like an ac- strong friendship, Shailja was cident, Handa then ran over not in a situation to get mar- his car on Shailja. Handa had ried to Handa. They had an an obsession with Shailja and altercation in the car over the was pressurising her to marry issue after which he killed her,” him,” Deputy Commissioner of the police offi cer said. by June 29, says IMD Police Vijay Kumar said. “It seems that Handa slit Handa revealed during in- Shailja’s throat suddenly as IANS Delhi. The pre-monsoon show- monsoon towards north was a said India in 2018 is, quantita- week by using fi re engines to terrogation that he knew there was no resistance mark New Delhi ers can be expected around June great indicator that Delhi will tively, likely to receive 97% rain- fi rst fl ood the underpasses. “The Shailja since 2015 and in 2017, in the car but her clothes were 27,” M Mohaptra, senior scientist receive on-time monsoon rains fall of LPA with error estimate of pumps managed to successfully he and the victim’s husband torn which means that she made at IMD, said. beginning “this week”. plus-minus 4%. clear water from the aff ected were posted together in Di- failed attempts to save herself onsoon will hit the na- While Skymet prediction also Till the fi rst two weeks of The National Highways Au- area during the drill,” said Ashok mapur in Nagaland. when she was run over,” he said. tional capital between expects monsoon to arrive after June, monsoon rainfall was 19% thority of India (NHAI) has in- Sharma, project director of Del- “While Amit was there with “Handa’s car has enough MJune 29 and July 1, with June 29, it sees the pre-monsoon surplus, but after June 13, they stalled 40 pumps across the hi-Gurgaon Expressway. his family, Handa lived alone,” evidence against him. There pre-monsoon activities expect- showers to hit the national capi- reduced to a defi cit of 4% till Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway to He, however, said that the he said. are blood stains on the tyres. ed to begin next week, bringing tal from today. June 19. However, even when prevent waterlogging during the highways authority would have As Shailja came to Delhi two There were multiple knives in a much needed respite for Delhi The monsoon’s course had subdued, heavy rainfall activ- monsoon. been even better equipped to months ago and started resid- the car including a Swiss knife which is currently reeling under been subdued for over a week. ity continued along the western The pumps, which can clear deal with any situation had the ing in army quarters in Naraina which was used in the murder.” heat wave conditions. However, from yesterday, it has coast and parts of northeastern up to 7,200 litres of water every work expanding the Khandsa near the Cantonment with her Investigators said they be- According to both India Mete- revived and started moving to- states. minute, have been strategi- drain been completed. husband who was assigned to gan to suspect Handa as there orological Department (IMD) as wards the north, weather ana- According to the IMD, India is cally placed at the newly built The number of pumps has leave on deputation to Sudan were a huge number of calls well as private weather forecast- lysts said. likely to receive a “better mon- underpasses at Rajiv Chowk, been increased from 21 last for a United Nation’s mission exchanged between them – the ing agency Skymet, Delhi will “Monsoon has revived and is soon” than it did in 2017, with Iff co Chowk, Signature Towers year, as NHAI wants to ensure in a couple of weeks, Handa maximum of them made by the see on-time arrival of monsoon. moving northwards. It has al- the entire country expected to and Hero Honda Chowk. These that the movement of vehi- also came here on June 2. major. However, the rainfall in Long ready reached parts of Gujarat, see “normal rainfall” between stretches went under water dur- cles is not hampered at key When Handa came to know “The victim’s husband had Period Average (LPA) is not yet western Madhya Pradesh, Vid- 96 to 104% from June to Sep- ing the monsoon in 2016, trig- intersections. The pumps are that Shailja was undergo- once caught the two on a video clear. harbha, Odisha and West Ben- tember. gering a 48-hour-long gridlock automatic and would become ing physiotherapy at the Base call. He informed us that he “The onset of northwest gal,” Mahesh Palawat, director of In 2017, the country received in the city. functional as soon as the un- Hospital in the Cantonment didn’t want Handa to ever be monsoon is expected to be be- Skymet said. 97% rainfall, which is consid- The NHAI carried out a few derground sump tanks are area, he also started taking mi- seen around his wife or family.” tween June 29 and July 1 for He added that the revival of ered normal. Earlier the IMD mock drills over the last one filled with rainwater.

Protest against tree-felling Tea exports likely to Mehbooba denies BJP grow by 5%: offi cial charge of discrimination IANS expected to go up by 5% in terms Kolkata of volume, provided exports to Iran do not get disturbed,” he IANS Madhav and endorsed by senior resented the Jammu region. If said. Srinagar leaders like Rajnath (Singh) nev- there were any such concerns, ndia’s tea exports are ex- Indian exporters are keen to er wavered. It is sad to see them none among them either at the pected to clock a 5% growth regain its market share in Kaza- disown their own initiative and state or central level talked about Ithis year in terms of volume, khstan which used to import a ormer Jammu and Kashmir label it a ‘soft approach’. it during the last three years.” provided shipments to Iran do signifi cant volume of Indian tea chief minister Mehbooba “Status quo on Article 370, Mufti said that not handing not get disturbed, Tea Board earlier, he said. FMufti yesterday denied dialogue with Pakistan and Hur- over the Rasana rape and mur- chairman P K Bezboruah said Bezboruah exuded confi dence that she discriminated against riyat were a part of AoA. En- der case to the Central Bureau yesterday. that tea exports will continue to Jammu and Ladakh regions couraging dialogue, withdraw- of Investigation, getting the “There are some challenges in expand in the US, China, Russia and wondered why none of the ing cases against stone-pelters “pro-rapist ministers” removed the current year in terms of tea and the Middle East. Bharatiya Janata Party ministers and the unilateral ceasefi re were from the cabinet and issuing exports. India’s tea exports to Notably, the country had ex- spoke about it till now if it was much needed measures to re- orders not to harass the Guj- Iran, which was a good customer ported 256.57mn kg of tea in true. store confi dence on the ground. jar and Bakarwal community in last year, may get disrupted as the last fi scal year (2017-18), In a string of tweets, the Peo- This was recognised and en- the guise of anti-encroachment the US has threatened to re- up by 12.71% from 227.63mn kg ples’ Democratic Party (PDP) dorsed by the BJP. drives were her duty as chief establish (nuclear programme- exported in the previous year chief said that whatever hap- “Allegations of discrimina- minister. related) sanctions on Iran. The (2016-17). pened during the time of the tion against Jammu and Ladakh “After expressing concern government is working on it so On the production front, PDP-BJP rule in the state was in have no basis in reality. Yes, the about freedom of expression in that bilateral trade between the the crop production was at accordance with the Agenda of (Kashmir) Valley has been in J&K following Shujaat (Bukhari)’s two countries (India-Iran) con- 1,325.05mn kg in the last fi scal Alliance (AoA) the two parties turmoil for a long time and the murder, their MLA, notorious..., tinues,” Bezboruah said. year, an increase of 74.56mn kg had drawn up. fl oods of 2014 were a setback, still threatens journalists belong- India achieved the highest tea compared to 2016-17. “Many false charges levelled therefore needed focused atten- ing to the valley. So what are they exports in 2017 after 36 years, The production of the crop against us by our former allies,” tion. But that does not mean that going to do about him?” exporting 251.91mn kg in the last is expected to be higher this she said, in response to BJP pres- there was any less development She was referring to BJP legis- Activists stage a demonstration against the felling of calendar year, up by 13.24% from year against last year though ident Amit Shah’s statements elsewhere,” she added. lator Choudhary Lal Singh who trees for the construction of flats for central government 222.45mn kg exported during estimated April production at made in Jammu a day earlier. “If anything they (BJP) should had warned journalists at a press employees in Sarojini Nagar and Nauroji Nagar areas, in 2016. 85.74mn kg was down by 7.21% “Our commitment to the AoA, review the performance of their conference in Jammu to “draw a New Delhi yesterday. “The export growth this year compared to year-ago month, co-authored by (BJP leader) Ram own ministers, who largely rep- line”. would not be spectacular but it is he said. Gulf Times 14 Monday, June 25, 2018 INDIA

INVESTIGATION ASSESSMENT COMPLAINT POLITICS TRAGEDY Bank chiefs to appear Law and order has broken Collector claims Indian Vijayan always anti-Modi, Bodies of three students before parliament panel down under Modi: CPM territory encroached upon says BJP leader Rajagopal recovered from river

Senior off icials of 11 public sector banks (PSBs) will Alleging that there was “a complete breakdown The collector of a Manipur district Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader O Rajagopal The bodies of three out of four engineering appear before the Parliamentary Standing Committee of law and order” under the Bharatiya Janata bordering Myanmar yesterday said a part yesterday slammed Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi students from Andhra Pradesh who drowned on Finance tomorrow on the issue of the banks’ Party government, the Communist Party of of Indian territory has been encroached Vijayan for issuing statements against Prime Minister in Krishna river near Vijayawada on Saturday, massive non-performing assets (NPAs), or bad loans, India (Marxist) yesterday said that people’s upon and he has refused to sign a Survey Narendra Modi, saying Vijayan always has anti-Modi were fished out yesterday, police said. Rescue and an increasing number of fraud cases, according to constitutional rights were being allowed to of India report certifying the location feelings. Rajagopal, the lone party legislator in the workers found the bodies of three students off icial sources. The committee, headed by Congress be violated with impunity. Taking stock of the of the pillars demarcating the border. 140-member Kerala assembly, said it was because while the search was still on for the fourth. leader M Veerappa Moily, is preparing a report on four years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Tengnoupal Collector A Tombikanta said of this attitude of Vijayan that he feels the central The bodies of Praveen, 18, Chaitanya, 18, and the “Banking Sector in India - Issues, Challenges and government, a CPM statement said this period he is seeking to have the exact locations government is always anti-Kerala. Vijayan, who was Srinath, 19, were shifted to a government the Way Forward, including Non-Performing Assets/ had seen “unprecedented attacks on people’s of the boundary pillars verified following denied an appointment with Modi, said on Saturday hospital in Vijayawada for autopsy. Police said Stressed Assets in Banks/Financial Institutions”. The livelihood, sharpening of communal polarisation complaints from residents of Kwatha that “this consistent stand taken against Kerala by the rescue workers were still searching for PSBs are Allahabad Bank, Bank of India, Central Bank accompanied by murderous assaults on Khunou village that boundary pillar No the prime minister is not acceptable”. Reacting to Rajkumar, 19. The incident occurred at Pavitra of India, Dena Bank, IDBI Bank, Corporation Bank, Muslims and Dalits, severe undermining of 81 is located inside the village, 3km inside Vijayan’s statement, Rajagopal said the chief minister Sangamam, the confluence points of Krishna UCO Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Oriental Bank of institutions of parliamentary democracy and Indian territory. He said that since May should be specific when levelling allegations against and Godavari rivers at Ibrahimpatnam. Five Commerce, Bank of Maharashtra and United Bank of independent constitutional authorities”. It said 22, the day he was posted to Tengnoupal, Modi. “It has now become a practice for Vijayan to students had gone there for a picnic. When India, Finance Ministry sources said. The accumulated that the unending rise in prices of petroleum he has been under pressure, including drop in to meet the prime minister each time he one of them was drowning while taking a bath, NPAs in the Indian banking system have touched Rs9 products was leading to a cascading inflationary from the state Home Department, to sign comes to Delhi for his party meeting. What Vijayan three others tried to save him but all of them lakh crore, of which the bad loans of state-run banks spiral despite a weak economic activity as a documents to the effect that there is no fails to understand is Modi is a busy person and might were washed away in strong currents. The fifth amount to over Rs7.5 lakh crore. consequence of demonetisation and GST. dispute over the territory. not be able to meet him every time,” said Rajagopal. student alerted the police. Bollywood dancers dazzle in Bangkok GST symbol of integrity and honesty, says premier

IANS ent India’s fi rst industry minister. He said an incident regarding New Delhi The prime minister also in- a small girl from a remote village Bollywood dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the 19th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards festival at the voked Sant Kabir and Guru Nanak too can inspire the 1.25bn people. Siam Niramit Theatre in Bangkok yesterday. to drive home the message of so- “With the help of technology, rime Minister Narendra cial harmony and brotherhood. through the video bridge even a Modi yesterday said that Pointing out that 2019 would single moment spent with the Pinformation technology mark the 550th Prakash Parv benefi ciaries was very enjoyable, has replaced the ‘Inspector Raj’ (birth anniversary) of Guru Nanak very motivational and provided under the Goods and Services Dev, the founder of Sikhism, Modi satisfaction to work more. There Tax (GST), as he termed the fi rst urged his followers to think about is a renewed joy in dedicating year of the indirect tax regime as ways in which this historic occa- your life for the uplift, and you’re a “victory of integrity, celebration sion should be celebrated. left with renewed fervour and in- Mumbai shops face action of honesty and a symbol of co- “Guru Nanak Dev wanted to spiration.” operative federalism”. end caste discrimination in soci- Modi greeted doctors on Doc- In the 45th edition of his ety and to embrace entire man- tors Day on July 1 and recalled the monthly radio address ‘Mann ki kind as one. He used to say that to eff orts of corporate professionals Baat’, Modi credited states with serve the poor and the needy was and IT engineers in Bengaluru in for fl outing plastic ban “successful” implementation of to serve God,” he said. creating ‘Samridhi Trust’ through the ‘one nation, one tax’ reform, Recalling the sacrifi ce made by which they had doubled the in- Agencies inspectors enquiring about the tives. Fearing the fi ne, nearly 40 hagad road downed their shut- saying people of diff erent ide- freedom fi ghters at Jallianwala come of farmers. Mumbai banned items, while others con- shops in Malad (West) were shut, ters in protest. ologies have taken part in its 27 Bagh in 1919, he said: “We must Recalling India-Afghanistan gratulated them for the ban. said Viren Shah, president of the “The PMC has seized 8,711kg meetings but its decisions have also remember the everlasting cricket match in Bengaluru ear- In addition to raising aware- Federation of Retail Traders Wel- plastic and 75kg thermocol from been unanimous. message that this incident has lier this month, Modi said: “I will everal shops in Mumbai ness, the BMC confi scated many fare Association. various traders,” said Suresh Jag- In his address, Modi took a imparted, that is, violence and cherish the match for a special are fl outing a ban on use of bags that were being passed off The Maharashtra Navnirman tap, PMC’s solid waste manage- veiled dig at the opposition while cruelty can never solve any prob- reason. The Indian team, while Splastic, offi cials said. as a plastic alternative on the Sena has opposed fi nes slapped ment department head. He said referring to his “greatest satis- lem. It is peace and non-violence, receiving the trophy, invited the Some of the shops belonged to streets. on people found using plastic. It the PMC had chalked out a de- faction” at seeing people trans- renunciation and martyrdom that Afghanistan team to pose to- leading multinational food and Despite the ban, plastic bags has urged citizens to not pay fi ne. tailed plan to implement the ban form their lives through the video are triumphant in the end!” gether for photographs. This inci- beverage companies. could be seen in various mar- “We have no problem with and had deployed a staff of 150 bridge programmes in which he On GST, Modi said that al- dent exemplifi es the very spirit of The Brihanmumbai Municipal kets across Mumbai. “Initially, the plastic bag ban. However, offi cers to enforce the ban. interacted with benefi ciaries of though it was estimated that in a sportsmanship.” Corporation (BMC) said it would we are allowing rain cover plas- levying such fi nes is wrong,” “The teams were formed government schemes. country as vast as India, it would Referring to the International serve prosecution notices to the tic used by shopkeepers. But it said MNS leader Sandeep Desh- keeping in mind all wards to keep “There are certain people in so- take fi ve to seven years for the Yoga Day celebrations on June 21, shops after they refused to pay is also a banned item. In the fi rst pande. a watch on violations. All 15 ward ciety, who fi nd no solace till they “world’s biggest tax reform” to Modi hoped more and more peo- fi ne. few weeks, we are targeting plas- “The BMC should educate the offi ces of the PMC conducted the do not express their frustrated get streamlined, it has stabilised ple will come forward to make the While neighbouring civic tic bags,” said another inspector people, spread awareness about drive on Saturday,” he said. views, their depressed views and in just a year, and under it Infor- practice a part of their lives. bodies have begun collecting from the plastic ban squad. the ills of plastic. Just levying Under the new law, the fi ne for seek ways to divide rather than mation Technology had replaced He said the event presented fi ne from citizens, BMC’s 250 Though citizens have lauded fi nes will result in harassment of use of plastic is Rs5,000 for the unite. In such an environment, ‘Inspector Raj’ as everything from some of “the rarest of sights” as inspectors visited major markets the plastic ban, they are worried people,” he added. fi rst off ence and Rs10,000 for when the common man comes to return-to-refund was being done hundreds in the European Par- and public spaces to explain the about paucity of alternatives, es- Meanwhile, the Pune Munici- the second off ence. In case of a you talking about emerging hope, online with little manual interfer- liament in Brussels, in the UN nuances of the ban. The BMC on pecially when it rains. “The ban pal Corporation’s (PMC) drive third off ence, the PMC will file new zeal and events that have ence. headquarters in New York and on Friday said it will actively start is a noble initiative, but we need to enforce the plastic ban began a police case against the person taken place in his life, it is not to Modi said he had interacted Japanese naval warships practised levying fi nes from today. alternatives. It is raining today; on a determined note with the concerned, he said. the government’s credit,” he said. with 4-5mn people, including yoga ‘asanas’. Under an awareness drive, the no cloth or jute bag can with- collection of Rs369,000 in fi nes The PMC has appealed to citi- Modi also credited Jana Sangh farmers and benefi ciaries of gov- He said country’s soldiers 250 inspectors, divided into 23 stand it,” said Mukesh Shah, a from 73 off enders on the very zens to deposit plastic bags and founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee ernment schemes through his performed yoga in submarines, teams, visited retailers, shop- shopper at Crawford market. fi rst day. Small traders staged other banned items in their pos- with laying a strong foundation video bridge programmes, and snow-clad mountains and even keepers, hoteliers and citizens. Retailers have also seconded protests and reacted angrily to session at corporation’s ward of- for country’s industrial develop- that it imparted him with new in the air, some 15,000ft above the Many citizens approached the citizens over the lack of alterna- the ban, even as traders on Sin- fi ce or collection centres. ment in his capacity as independ- strength. ground.

Cleanliness drive Purohit warns against bid to Body of Messi fan ‘overawe’ governor’s offi ce found in Kerala river IANS wrote: “I have no more interest IANS nal force or the show of criminal the opposition parties about the Kottayam, Kerala in this world. I am proceeding to- Chennai force, or attempts so to overawe, legal position by inviting them to wards death and none is respon- such president or governor, shall Raj Bhavan. sible.” be punished with imprisonment “Suffi cient time was given for he body of a man who went A police dog traced Alex’s fi nal amil Nadu Governor of either description for a term understanding the law so as to missing after Argentina journey to the river. Banwarilal Purohit’s of- which may extend to seven years, change course and abide by it.” Tlost to Croatia was found Alex was unmarried and Tfi ce yesterday warned and shall also be liable to fi ne,” As the head of the Executive, fl oating in Meenachil river near worked as an accountant in a pri- that those who try to overawe the Raj Bhavan statement said. the governor enjoys unhindered Kottayam town in Kerala. vate company here. the governor will be dealt with Referring to a news item that freedom to meet and interact The 30-year-old Binu Alex was “We will hand over the body to sternly. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with offi cials of the state who are a diehard fan of Argentine star Li- relatives after the postmortem. It In a statement issued here, leader M K Stalin sought to lay members of the executive wing, onel Messi. seems to be a case of suicide,” said the Raj Bhavan said the governor siege to the area around Raj Bha- according to the statement. According to police, a group of a senior police offi cer. would continue his visits to dis- van to protest against the district “The governor has to be fa- people who had come to take a “We got suspicious after we tricts in the coming months and visits of Purohit, the statement miliar with the features, charac- bath in the river yesterday found recovered the letter from his the Offi ce of Governor was pro- categorically said that “the gov- teristics and the problems faced the body. Alex’s relatives identi- room. We initially thought it was tected under Section 124 of the ernor enjoys full authority and by people in various districts to fi ed the body. a prank. Later, we found his slip- Indian Penal Code (IPC). freedom to visit any part of the take right decisions at critical The body apparently fl oated pers on the banks of the river,” Any attempt to overawe or as- state”. times and also to send meaning- some 30km downstream from his said his father P V Alexander. sault or use criminal force would “The use of the word ‘review’ ful reports monthly to the Indian house at Arumannoor. Police are on their toes in soc- be dealt with as per the law, it by the Leader of the Opposition president.” Alex was devastated after Ar- cer-crazy north Kerala as match- said. is an attempt to mislead the peo- The statement added that gentina was thrashed by Croatia es are progressing with many “Whoever, with the intention ple. He is either ignorant of the Purohit during his district visits 0-3 on June 21. upsets. Several areas observed a of inducing or compelling the law or attempting to overawe by had not criticised any offi cial or He was last seen by his mother near-shutdown on Friday after president of India, or the gover- threatening to besiege Raj Bha- given any direction. watching the match on TV. She Argentina’s loss. Police had to in- nor of any state, to exercise or re- van or block the roads leading to On Saturday, the DMK led by told him to go to bed as he had to tervene after a group of Brazil fans frain from exercising in any man- the Raj Bhavan,” it said. Stalin took out a procession to Raj go to work the next day. celebrated Argentina’s loss by ner any of the lawful powers of The statement said Purohit, Bhavan protesting against the ar- But on Friday, his mother found bursting fi recrackers in Kunna- such president or governor, as- during the times of his initial dis- rest of party cadres in Namakkal, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath participates the kitchen door wide open and mangalam on Thursday night. In saults or wrongfully restrains, or trict visits, was engaged in trying around 390km from Chennai, for in the desilting of Gomti river at the launch of a Alex missing. 2014, when Brazil lost to Germany attempts wrongfully to restrain, to inform the Leader of the Op- showing black fl ags to Purohit cleanliness drive, in Lucknow yesterday. A suicide note was recovered in the semi-fi nal many areas had or overawes, by means of crimi- position and other members of during his visit on Friday. from the house in which Alex observed a shutdown. Gulf Times Monday, June 25, 2018 15 LATIN AMERICA

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At least 14 people were killed in three shooting Chile wants to start taxing digital giants like Brazil’s Supreme Court has scrapped a law that Seven people, including a boy of 14, have been killed Brazilian authorities arrested 15 people as part of incidents in the northern Mexican city of Juarez, Uber, Spotify and Netflix to level the playing sought to ban making fun of presidential candi- in continuing violence between army-backed police an investigation into alleged corruption in high- notorious for its drug gang related violence. One field for their more traditional counterparts, a dates ahead of October elections. The law had units and Rio de Janeiro’s criminal gangs, reports way contracts in the state of Sao Paulo, according of the attacks occurred in the southern part of the minister has said. “It is not fair that for the same already been suspended by injunction, but the said. In the latest crackdown, soldiers and marines to a statement from federal prosecutors and po- city, where eight men who were gathered watch- service some pay taxes and others no,” Finance 11 Supreme Court justices unanimously voted to in camouflage and carrying rifles could be seen lice. One of the targets was Laurence Casagrande ing the World Cup football match were shot at by Minister Felipe Larrain told reporters in an area lift the ban definitively. Under the 2009 measure, searching people as they came in and out of two Lourenco, former head of state-run Dersa, the armed gunmen who killed six and injured two, of Santiago that is home to traditional shoe satirising or mocking candidates would be illegal poor neighbourhoods, known as favelas, within the company in charge of Sao Paulo’s highways, court according to security off icials. Almost simultane- manufacturers who are struggling to compete on television or radio for a three-month period posh Copacabana beach area. The military, which documents showed. Lourenco was the head of ously, in a downtown neighbourhood, five other with online rivals. The idea is for these online ahead of polls. The law was suspended a year was put in charge of security in Rio de Janeiro state-run utility Companhia Energetica de Sao men gathered at a hairdressing salon to watch players to pay tax and VAT on their earnings in later. “People who don’t want be caricatured stay earlier this year, said the operation involved 1,800 Paulo SA, widely known as Cesp, until Thursday. football were killed by a group who arrived at the Chile, unless their country of origin has a free home — they don’t put themselves forward for troops and 50 police off icers. Their goal was to However, the company has now said that he had scene in a blue van, according to witnesses. The trade agreement with Santiago, the minister political off ice,” Justice Alexandre de Moraes said remove roadblocks put up by gangs and to “check resigned. He also served as transport and logistics killings bring to 128 the number of people killed in said. The proposal is part of a major tax over- during ruling, calling the law “totally unconstitu- up on reports of criminal activity and other illicit secretary for former Sao Paulo governor Geraldo the city this month alone. haul the government is preparing. tional.” conduct,” it said in a statement. Alckmin.

Parents deported from US vow to return for kids

AFP 180kms from the capital. San Pedro Sula, Honduras The fi rst fl ight carried 118 peo- ple, the second, 120. “They brought us chained by hen Ever Sierra ar- the feet, hands and waist,” com- rived back in his native plained Jose Miguel Sagotizado, WHonduras, deported a 32-year-old deportee. “They after trying to enter the US, his didn’t take off our chains even to eight-month-old daughter’s go to the bathroom.” shoes were hanging from his “Trump is a racist,” said backpack. Sagotizado, a solidly built man, She was being held in a deten- his eyes fl ashing. “He’s got the tion centre in McAllen, Texas, whole world against him.” along with her mother. Meantime, at the Guatemala Sierra planned to try again in a City airport, an additional 108 few days. deportees arrived, greeted by blar- “I’m going back soon,” the ing marimba music piped in over 28-year-old mason said. “I want loudspeakers to cheer them up. to be with my family.” One of them, Benjamin Ray- Sierra had left the northern mundo, 33, left his indigenous city of El Progreso on January 2 Q’anjob’al-speaking community to pursue the American dream. in western Guatemala in April with With him were his wife, Iris his fi ve-year-old son Roberto. Janeth, 26, and their daughter, He said the grinding poverty then only two months old. in his region coupled with a deep “It’s about looking for a bet- desire to provide a better life for Demonstrators carry a fence outside the National University of Nicaragua (UNAN) after clashes in Managua, Nicaragua. ter future for our family,” said the his family had led him to make his young man. “Here, with 250 or second attempt to enter the US. 300 lempiras ($10 to $12) a day, Leaving behind his wife Ro- you can’t do anything.” salia and their two-year-old A month after their departure, daughter, he and Roberto set out. on February 3, while crossing the They crossed Mexico by bus Piedras Negras River near the and managed to reach the US Mexican border, a US immigra- border but were stopped by im- tion patrol arrested them. migration offi cers in California. Nicaragua clashes leave They were accompanied by Raymundo was separated from Sierra’s brother, Juan Carlos, his his son, who he learned only later wife and their fi ve-year-old son. had been taken to New York. According to Sierra, Iris Janeth A brother-in-law who lives in and their daughter were taken the US and a lawyer managed to to a juvenile detention centre in fi nd the child’s whereabouts and McAllen; his sister-in-law was the boy was eventually placed in eight dead: rights group taken to a centre in Miami, Flor- this relative’s custody. ida; his brother was sent to the “It’s a great sadness for me, as AFP Starting after midnight, po- university area were to blame. march due to what they branded ment and the opposition Civic LaSalle detention centre in Tex- if I’ll never see my son again,” he Managua lice and paramilitary forces UNAN is one of several stu- “indiscriminate” attacks by Alliance were suspended once as; while he was sent to a centre lamented. fl ooded six neighbourhoods in dent protest camps in Managua. government forces. again last Monday when the in neighbouring Louisiana. Raymundo said he has no the east of Managua, as well as About 450 students have been The organising Civil Alliance government failed to allow The separation of families try- plans for now to return to the US. t least eight people in- the National Autonomous Uni- living there under plastic tarp opposition called for a 48-hour international human rights ing to cross the border — the He hopes his son will be granted cluding a baby were killed versity of Nicaragua (UNAN) tents and in class buildings, sur- strike among social sectors and bodies to investigate the vio- result of the Trump administra- asylum. Awhen pro-government where scores of students were rounded by empty bottles, old trade unions to press for Orte- lence. tion’s “zero tolerance” policy for A 40-year-old Guatemalan forces clashed with opponents holed up. food and used rounds from their ga’s departure. It eventually did so on undocumented migrants — has led woman, who declined to give in Nicaragua, according to a Among the dead were two homemade mortars. The Nicaraguan Episcopal Wednesday. to more than 2,300 children being her name, said she had spent rights group. students killed in the university “Ortega’s government con- Conference has urged Ortega’s Protests erupted on April 18 taken from their parents’ custody. 10 months in detention in an Seven people were killed in area and two minors who died in tinues to repress and kill young government and the opposition against now-scrapped social se- The approach has generated Arizona centre. The woman, on the capital Managua and one in Managua — a 17-year-old and a people,” CENIDH said on Twit- to return to the negotiating ta- curity reforms, but have grown such widespread outrage that crutches after recent foot sur- Masaya and a baby was among baby who was shot in the head. ter. ble to discuss a proposal to bring into demands for justice for Trump on Wednesday reversed gery, said she had migrated to the the dead, said Georgina Ruiz, The baby was killed when his According to Alvaro Leiva, elections forward from 2021 to those killed and the exit of Or- course, ordering an end to the US in 2004. Two years ago her an activist with the Nicaraguan mother was taking him to a ba- secretary of the Nicaraguan Pro- March 2019, in a bid to end the tega and his wife and vice presi- separations. 14-year-old son arrived alone. Centre for Human Rights (CE- bysitter. “He was killed by a po- Human Rights Association, the crisis. dent Rosario Murillo. Sierra, a thin man of light But when the woman was de- NIDH). lice gunshot. I saw them. They attack against the university was Ortega, 72, has not responded Ortega, a former leftist guer- complexion and sparse hair, ar- ported, another son, who is 22 The rights group says more were police,” the mother Kenia intended “to plant terror in the to the Catholic bishops’ ini- rilla, led the country from 1979 rived on Friday on one of two and also has no papers, was left than 200 people have been killed Navarrete told news channel population” ahead of a march tiative, but has previously ex- to 1990 and then returned to the fl ights bringing deportees from in charge of her younger son and in protests that started just over Cien por Cien Noticias. planned in memory of victims of pressed his willingness to work presidency in 2007. Louisiana to San Pedro Sula, the of a three-year-old daughter two months ago demanding Pres- The government denied the the violence. toward democratisation. He is now serving his third second-largest city of Honduras, who has US citizenship. ident Daniel Ortega step down. charge, saying criminals in the Later organisers cancelled the Talks between the govern- consecutive term. Brazil grain buyers ‘out Poll campaign Caracas urged to stop of market for weeks’ spread of measles AFP outbreak of diphtheria, a bacte- Washington rial infection that makes it dif- Reuters “The order is not to buy,” IMEA, through last week Bra- fi cult to breathe and in severe Sao Paulo a Mato Grosso-based trader zil’s largest grain state had yet cases causes heart and nerve said. “There have been no bids to sell about 32% of this year’s he Pan American Health damage, with 1,086 cases con- for corn or future soy for about second corn. Organisation painted fi rmed from 2016-18 and a con- rain handlers have 25 days,” said a Parana-based Brazilian grain shipping costs Ta bleak picture of Ven- fi rmed fatality rate of 14.7%. stopped buying Brazil- trader who also is not author- rose sharply in the past few ezuela’s healthcare system, call- The malaria rate, meanwhile, Gian corn and soy from ised to speak to the media. weeks after the government im- ing for urgent action to stop the increased almost four-fold from local farmers for more than The problem is likely to per- posed minimum prices for truck transmission of measles and 2015 to 2017, which had 406,289 three weeks as concerns over sist until rules to set truck freight. diphtheria amid an intensifying cases. rising freight costs have frozen freight prices are more clearly Such a measure followed a na- crisis that has seen an exodus of President Nicolas Maduro’s the market for two of the coun- defined by the government, the tionwide trucker protest which doctors. socialist government is in the try’s main commodities, traders traders said. virtually paralysed the country’s The Americas were declared midst of an ever-deepening cri- said. economy for 11 days last month. measles-free in 2016, but the vi- sis with food and medicine in Brazil has recently finished “There is strong demand The movement forced gov- ral disease, which causes pneu- short supply. harvesting its 2018 soybeans for Brazilian soy but our ernment to subsidise fuel and monia, brain swelling and death That in turn has led to “a and is now collecting its second logistical bottlenecks impose minimum freight prices made a comeback in Venezuela progressive loss of operational corn crop in earnest. means farmers cannot as part of the solution to lift the last year, according to PAHO, capacity in the national health The rise of freight prices is take advantage” stoppage. which is the regional offi ce for system,” the report said, with the also disrupting pickup of soy- Chaos in Brazil’s transportation the World Health Organisation. Venezuelan Medical Federation beans bought during April and The situation increases op- sector and lower Chicago grain The fi rst case was confi rmed estimating that approximately May, when port premiums erational risks to grain handlers prices due to the escalation of the in July 2017 but as of June 2018 22,000 physicians have migrated spiked at the onset of a trade in Brazil, the world’s largest global trade war also caused Bra- that fi gure has risen to 2,285, out of the country. fight pitting the US against soybean exporter and second- zilian farmers to lose the oppor- with cases in 21 of Venezuela’s 24 The fi gure represents a third of China, accelerating sales of largest corn exporter. tunity to sell future soy when the states and the federal capital. the country’s 66,138 doctors re- Brazilian beans. “At some point they will need beans were quoted above $10 per Mexico’s presidential candidate Ricardo Anaya (centre), In a report, PAHO blamed a ported in 2014. Concerns over transporta- to return to the market to fulfi l bushel, the traders said. standing for the “Mexico Al Frente” coalition of the PAN-PRD- breakdown in vaccine coverage, More than 1.6mn Venezuelans tion costs have led handlers in orders and honour take or pay “There is strong demand for Movimiento Ciudadano parties, leaves after the final rally “leaving pockets of susceptible fl ed in 2017, raising public health Brazil to delay removal of prod- contracts,” one of the traders Brazilian soy but our logisti- of his campaign at Angel de la Independencia monument population,” as well as inad- concerns in several neighbour- ucts from farmers’ warehouses said. cal bottlenecks means farmers in Mexico City, yesterday ahead of the July 1 presidential equate monitoring and manage- ing countries, notably Colombia, to avoid doing so at a loss, the According to farmer-backed cannot take advantage,” one of election. ment. Guyana, Ecuador and Trinidad traders said. Mato Grosso research institute the traders said. There has also been a major and Tobago, the report said. Gulf Times 16 Monday, June 25, 2018 PAKISTAN

Bulk of declarations Tough election fi ght seen under tax amnesty between PML-N and PTI received Internews former party stalwart, who was of the provincial legislature in caped disqualifi cation, will face testing against the PTI’s Abdul the Provincial Assembly in a by- from Dubai Lahore contesting as PML-N candidate Punjab, where the majority of its his traditional rival from the PTI, Aleem Khan. poll. from NA-122. nominees will face the PTI rep- Usman Dar, in NA-73 Sialkot. Former prime minister Shahid He remained the adviser on Imran lost to Sadiq but won resentatives as major opponent. In NA-127 Lahore, veteran Khaqan Abbasi will contest from health to the Punjab chief minis- Internews akistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from Mianwali. In one of the major contests PML-N leader Pervaiz Malik will NA-57 Murree, but his rival from ter until he ceased to be a mem- Karachi (PTI) chief Imran Khan, In 2008, the PTI boycotted to be watched for the PML-N, face Jamshed Iqbal Cheema of the PTI is yet to be announced. ber of the Provincial Assem- Pwho is yet to win from La- the elections, but the party chief Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of the PTI. Similarly, another PML-N bly, but was made the minister hore despite three attempts, will faced Sadiq again in 2013 from deposed prime minister Nawaz In NA-124, Hamza Shehbaz – stalwart, Abid Sher Ali, will con- of specialised healthcare after ubai is the off shore des- contest the 2018 polls against NA-122, and lost after a tough Sharif, is contesting from NA- the son of Shehbaz Sharif – will test from NA-108 Faisalabad. winning the by-election. tination of choice for Pa- Pakistan Muslim League – Na- contest. 125 against the PTI’s Dr Yasmeen face the PTI’s Nauman Qaiser. Former interior minister Ah- The PML-N’s Khurram Dast- Dkistanis to park untaxed waz (PML-N) bigwig Khawaja This year, Khan is trying his Rashid, who gave Nawaz a tough In NA-62 Rawalpindi, an in- san Iqbal will contest from NA- gir Khan is contesting from his money as the bulk of funds for Saad Rafi que from NA 131. luck from NA-131 against Saad, time in the 2013 elections, and teresting contest will be seen 78 Narowal against the PTI’s ancestral seat NA-81 Gujranwa- the declaration of foreign assets Khan contested for the fi rst who has not faced defeat since then to his wife Kulsoom Nawaz between the PML-N’s Daniyal Abrar-ul-Haq. la; the PTI is yet to announce its under the tax amnesty scheme time from Lahore in 1997 for two 1997 from this constituency. in the 2017 by-election. Chaudhry and the Awami Mus- The PML-N’s Rana Sanaul- candidate from there. were received from the Emirates, seats – the then NA-94 and NA- In NA-95 Mianwali, the PTI In NA-132 Lahore, PML-N lim League’s Sheikh Rashid, who lah will face the PTI’s Nisar Jatt In Lahore, besides Imran, can- a top offi cial said yesterday. 95 – and lost to PML-N can- chief will face the PML-N’s president Shehbaz Sharif will is also up against his traditional from NA-106 Faisalabad. didates like Malik Zaheer, Aleem “We will disclose more details didates Tariq Aziz and Nawaz Obaidullah Shadi Khel. contest against Mansha Sindhu rival Hanif Abbasi of the PML-N Khawaja Saad Rafi que’s Khan, and Mansha Sindhu are regarding declarations of foreign Sharif respectively. The PML-N has so far nomi- of the PTI. from NA-60 Rawalpindi. brother, Khawaja Salman PTI ticket holders who have won assets on June 30,” Tariq Mah- In 2002, Imran contested nated candidates for 116 seats Another PML-N stalwart, In NA-129 Lahore, the PML- Rafi que, had however lost the in the past as candidates of other mood Pasha, chairman of the against Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, his of National Assembly and 192 Khawaja Asif, who barely es- N’s Sardar Ayaz Sadiq is con- election in 2013 but returned to political parties. Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), told a gathering of businessmen. The government in April an- nounced a tax amnesty aimed at broadening the revenue base of the country where only about Imran Khan 1% of the adult population is tax payers. Under the plan, all Pakistanis will be able to declare their un- reported income and assets and kicks off poll bring their money into the tax base after paying a 5% one-off Musharraf: If my movements penalty. could be restricted upon my Pakistanis living overseas return to the country, what I and declaring income or assets could have done for my party? campaign would pay a 2% one-time pen- alty. Media recently reported that AFP tutions, bring investment from Pakistanis have bought proper- Mianwali abroad, and provide better job ties worth Rs1.1tn in Dubai in the Musharraf opportunities for young people. past 15 years. He also promised changes in Around 7,000 rich Pakistanis ricket star-turned-pol- the agriculture and education bought luxury residential villas/ hasn’t quit itician Imran Khan has sectors and wide-ranging re- fl ats/estates in 12 localities in the Ckicked off his election forms to introduce a culture of Emirati commercial hub. campaign by staging a major paying tax. With the expiry of the dead- politics rally and promising sweeping “With the grace of God, we line for declaring illegal assets changes in the country if his will make a new Pakistan which fast approaching, billions of ru- party wins. will be self-suffi cient and will pees hidden in foreign bank ac- Internews Pakistan will hold a general stand on its own feet, will pros- counts or funnelled into prop- Islamabad election on July 25 and Khan is per and where government will erty abroad are likely emerge hoping to achieve a years-long serve its people,” Khan said. into light – or so the government dream of becoming prime min- Sharif was the 15th prime hopes. akistan’s former military ister. minister in Pakistan’s seven- Ratings service Moody’s ex- ruler Pervez Musharraf The polls will bring to a head decade history to be ousted be- pects the government’s tax am- Phas clarifi ed that he had political tensions that have been fore fi nishing a full term. nesty scheme to have a modest not quit politics but had only re- mounting since former prime The country witnessed its impact of around $2-3bn in for- signed as chairman of his party, minister Nawaz Sharif was fi rst democratic transfer of eign exchange infl ows. the All Pakistan Muslim League ousted by the Supreme Court on power following polls in 2013, Pasha asked businessmen to (APML), “after due legal consul- corruption charges last July and which Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim avail the amnesty as those “fail- tation”. later barred from politics for life. League – Nawaz (PML-N) won ing to declare their assets would In a video message released by “Today I am launching my in a landslide. face the music after June 30”. the APML, he asked party work- election campaign and weeks The upcoming elections are “If we fi nd any undisclosed ers to support the new party after, you will see emergence of a expected to pit the PML-N assets after the amnesty expires, chairman, Dr Muhammad Am- new Pakistan,” Khan told a rally against its main rival, the Paki- the owners of such assets would jad, and general secretary Me- of thousands in his native Mi- stan Tehreek-e-Insaf party led be liable to pay the tax as well as hreen Malik Adam. anwali constituency, more than by Imran Khan. the penalty, which would go as Musharraf said that he had 200km (120 miles) southwest of Despite the numerous court much as 70% of the value of such a strong desire to return to the Islamabad. rulings against the PML-N, the Supporters of former Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan participate in an election assets,” he said at a meeting held country but had decided to stay Khan said yesterday that if he party has won a string of recent campaign in Mianwali, some 240km southwest of Islamabad, yesterday. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf at the Federation of Pakistan away due to three reasons. is elected, he will root out cor- by-elections proving it will like- (PTI) chief kicked off his election campaign by staging a major rally and promising sweeping changes in Chambers of Commerce and In- “For my return to the coun- ruption by strengthening insti- ly remain a powerful force. the country if his party wins the elections. dustry (FPCCI). try, I required three things: that I should be allowed to take part in the election, that my name should not be placed on the Exit Control List (ECL), and that I should not be arrested,” he said. Singer Ali Zafar fi les defamation More than $15bn sent abroad in Musharraf, who ruled the country from 1999 to 2008 af- ter staging a military coup as an lawsuit against Meesha Shafi one year, Supreme Court told army chief, asked his party can- didates to go into the elections with full zeal. Internews Internews wala – had a huge impact on the A regulatory check in cash “Good times will come and we Lahore Islamabad stability of the country’s foreign movement of foreign currency will then decide accordingly,” he exchange reserves and adverse- above $100,000 within Pakistan said. ly aff ected the exchange rate of had been imposed, the court He said that there are certain opular singer and musi- sum of $15.25bn was the Pakistani rupee. said, adding that the immunity rumours circulating after his cian Ali Zafar has fi led a transferred abroad by in- As a result, the report feared, from taxation of inward remit- resignation as party chairperson, Pdefamation suit against Adividual account holders the national economy had be- tances under Section 111(4)(a) of which is why he had to “person- fellow singer Meesha Shafi , who in Pakistan during the fi nancial come vulnerable to pressure due the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 ally explain in this regard”. had accused him of sexual har- year 2016-17 through normal to foreign currency obligations had been limited to a maximum The self-exiled former mili- assment. banking channels, while a sub- of the state. $100,000 per annum. tary dictator said that the Is- Shafi took to Twitter to allege stantial amount was believed This trend could cause un- It is acknowledged by the lamabad High Court (IHC) had that Zafar had subjected her to have been transferred abroad due and disruptive infl ation SBP governor and the commit- issued a decision regarding the to sexual harassment on more under the unauthorised and un- besides draining the exchequer tee members that the suo motu disqualifi cation of the Pakistan than one occasion. documented hundi and hawala of substantial amounts of tax, proceedings had encouraged the Muslim League – Nawaz (PML- Zafar has vehemently denied (informal) mechanism. it stated. federal government to review its N)’s Khawaja Asif that was nulli- the allegation. Meesha and Ali: were an item. This information was part of The Supreme Court earlier policy leading to the legislative fi ed by the Supreme Court. The claim, which triggered a report submitted to the Su- recalled that the committee had and regulatory changes. “I was also disqualifi ed by a a fi restorm on the social me- “baseless allegations”. tiff ’s reputation, goodwill, and preme Court (SC) by a 12-mem- urged the federal government to The apex court also acknowl- high court bench from contest- dia, was dubbed as “Pakistan’s He asked that the court di- livelihood”. ber committee of experts, head- announce a scheme for volun- edged that it was not an expert ing the elections but the Su- #MeToo moment” by some us- rect Shafi to tender an uncondi- Since the “defamatory state- ed by State Bank of Pakistan tary disclosure of foreign assets on economic, fi scal or fi nancial preme Court did not nullify the ers. tional apology and pay Rs1bn in ments are patently false, it can (SBP) governor Tariq Bajwa. owned by Pakistanis, providing matters but was persuaded to decision like it did in Khawaja Zafar fi led the defamation damages. only be concluded that this The committee, which had them with an opportunity to initiate the suo motu proceed- Asif’s case,” he regretted. suit through his counsel Rana Zafar had previously sent a malicious campaign has been been constituted on the or- declare or transfer foreign as- ings amid grave public con- Similarly, he said, the name of Intizar, demanding Rs1bn in legal notice to Meesha stating launched against the plaintiff as ders of a three-judge SC bench sets to Pakistan in lieu of pay- cern over the country’s declin- PML-N supremo Nawaz Shar- damages from Shafi . that her tweets, dated April 19, part of a motivated conspiracy headed by Chief Justice Saqib ment of tax. ing foreign exchange reserves, if had not been placed on the Intizar contended before the 2018, are “false, slanderous, to tarnish the plaintiff ’s good Nisar, was tasked with trac- The SC was informed that af- exchange rate of rupee, and ECL, and he continued to travel court that Shafi has damaged and defamatory” and “caused image through making false ac- ing assets and bank accounts ter its March 26 order, the fed- the corresponding infl ation- to London and address public the reputation of his client with tremendous injury to the plain- cusations”, Intizar said. stashed abroad by Pakistani na- eral government promulgated ary trend of imported essen- gatherings all over the country. tionals. the Foreign Assets (Declaration tial commodities, and govern- “I also required that liberty,” The court initiated a suo and Repatriation) Ordinance ment’s indiff erence towards the he said. Caretaker govt takes measures on tribal areas’ merger motu (acting on its own ini- 2018. unhindered outfl ows of valu- The former army chief said tiative) hearing of the matter The signifi cant feature of the able foreign exchange encour- that the Supreme Court had de- The interim government of Pakistan has formed line with the recently passed 25th Constitutional pertaining to illegal transfer of act is the promised immunity aged by immunities from scru- clared that he would not be ar- two sub-committees to chalk out a plan with Amendment. money from Pakistan to other from taxation and penal action tiny and taxation. rested till he arrived at the court, regard to financial requirements of the former Minister for Law and Justice Ali Zafar chaired the countries when it came to its in respect of undeclared for- Thus, the proceedings were “but the court did not clarify Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and for meeting – held at the ministry of states and frontier notice that many Pakistanis had eign assets subject to payment aimed at drawing the atten- that if I would not be arrested drafting rules and regulations to expedite process regions (Safron) – and urged the ministry off icials neither disclosed the accounts of taxes. tion of the federal legislative after that”. of its merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and all stakeholders to ensure that the merger they were maintaining abroad The apex court said the gov- and regulatory bodies towards “These three issues were im- province. process is smooth and successful. nor paid taxes on the money in ernment had made legislative issues of national priority, the peding my way back to the coun- The decision to form these sub-panels was made The meeting was held to review the decisions that accordance with the law. amendments in the relevant court said, adding that legis- try. If my movements could be on Thursday during a meeting of a committee were taken in the last meeting. In its report, the committee laws for regulating the cash lation on the subject is a good restricted upon my return to the earlier formed by the premier to facilitate It was attended by off icials of Safron, the secretary stated that both types of out- feeding of foreign currency ac- start to curtail misuse of privi- country, what I could have done the merger of the Fata and the Provincially for planning and development, and representatives fl ows – through regular chan- counts by restricting the privi- leges granted by the law and ex- for my party?” he pointed out. Administered Tribal Areas (Pata) with the KP, in from the army and the KP government. nels and through hundi or ha- lege to tax fi lers only. ecutive regulation. Gulf Times Monday, June 25, 2018 17 PHILIPPINES Army modernisation Health dept blamed for ‘not a waste’ of money failed village By Dempsey Reyes grade is a “waste” of taxpay- Manila Times ers’ money and borrowed funds from other nations. The Armed Forces of the project efence Secretary Delfin Philippines (AFP) had said it Lorenzana yesterday does not expect decent state- Dbrushed aside claims of ments from Sison and that the By Jordeene Sheexlagare head expenses.” “Realising that Communist Party of the Phil- modernisation programme Manila Times the DoH consistently failed to ippines (CPP) founding chair- would be the communist lead- comply with its fundamen- man Jose Maria “Joma” Sison er’s “worst nightmare.” tal obligations, setting up the that the military’s modernisa- Under the second horizon riple A company JBros contractor to fail and lose bil- tion programme is a “waste” of of the AFP modernisation Construction yesterday lions of its investments, JBros government funds. programme, the military will Trefuted allegations that finally terminated the contract “It is never a waste of mon- acquire equipment such as the P8.1bn Barangay Health on March 13, 2018,” JBros said ey to invest in the security of submarines, frigates and cor- Station project it signed with in a statement. our people and our territory,” vettes for the Philippine Navy; the Department of Health The BHS project was rolled Lorenzana told Manila Times multi-role fighters and radar (DoH) was anomalous. out under former Health Sec- in a text message. systems for the Philippine Air The BHS programme, imple- retary Janette Garin. He said the government’s Force; and howitzer tanks and mented by the previous admin- JBros clarified although it re- “neglect to spend” funds was night fighting system for the istration, aimed to build 5,700 ceived P1.2bn in payments, the the reason behind a “very Philippine Army, among oth- barangay (village) health sta- value of its accomplishment weak” military “that we can- ers. tions to give residents access to surpassed the amount. not even protect our exclusive In 2015, the Japanese gov- primary care. “The total accomplish- economic zone(EEZ).” ernment said it will donate a JBros said it should not be ment consists of completed “He (Sison) would pre- Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion blamed for the project’s failure units, substantially and par- fer that our soldiers are ill- patrol aircraft to the Philip- and denied allegations that it tially completed units, and equipped so that his (New pine military. was involved in the forging of completed foundation pads People’s Army) fighters will Lorenzana: backing investment in security Lorenzana said there was documents related to the con- amounting to P1.6bn for Phase have an advantage,” Lorenzana no official communication tracts. “This is a very serious 1 and P518.9mn in Phase 2. For added, referring to the armed on his social media account approved the second horizon around P300bn. yet with Tokyo regarding the and potentially libelous allega- both contracts, the total ac- wing of the CPP, the NPA. a news report indicating that of the military’s modernisa- He claimed that Duterte’s agreement with Manila in 2015 tion and we dare (Health Secre- complishment of the contrac- Last week, Sison posted President Rodrigo Duterte had tion programme, amounting to spending for the military up- for the patrol plane. tary Francisco) Duque to prove tor was P2.1bn versus a com- this,” it said. bined mobilisation payment of The company said it termi- P1.2bn,” it added. nated the contract with the Duque had warned that Supreme Court Health department “because “heads will roll” over the failed offi cials told to of the agency’s breach of con- project. explain role in tract for failing to provide all “There will be no sacred Sereno car purchase Police chief warns against the sites for construction and cows. Heads will definitely unjustifiably refusing to pay for roll,” he warned. The Supreme Court wants three the request for payment almost The Health chief said a probe of its off icials to explain their par- a year after it was first filed.” was launched in April after the ticipation in the procurement of “Health Secretary Francisco Commission on Audit reported a luxury car by then-Chief Justice abuses in anti-crime drive Duque himself admitted that a “high level of suspicion on Maria Lourdes-Sereno, Manila almost three years since the alleged anomalies in the pro- Times reported. The Commission bidding for the project in 2015, curement process.” on Audit (CoA) said it had found By Jaime G Aquino campaign should be in adher- directs all units to enhance Lee said they have not re- all of the sites were still not all A CoA report said the project the acquisition of the Toyota Manila Times/Lingayen ence with Police Operational crime prevention and solution. ceived any complaint from the available,” it added. “was obstructed by ineligible Land Cruiser irregular. Procedures and urged po- The campaign has been one of public so far on the police’s im- The company said the DoH and non-workable project sites It issued an Audit Observation lice operatives to co-ordinate the police interventions to de- plementation of the anti-loiter- billed them twice – on May 15, that were not fully validated Memorandum (AOM) dated June he provincial police di- closely with barangay (village) ter criminality. ing rule. 2017 and August 1, 2017 – for before project contracting and 1, 2018, to Acting Chief Justice rector here warned all offi cials in its enforcement. Lee said the anti-tambay op- In a report to Chief Supt. completed works amounting to implementation due to the ab- Antonio Carpio. Tpolicemen in the police “It is not far from our regular eration ordered by President Ro- Romulo Sapitula, PNP regional more than P1.6bn. sence of specific guidelines.” On June 13, Carpio instructed stations of four cities and 44 operations on ‘Oplan Sita’ and drigo Duterte is aimed at deter- director, Lee said more than 1,400 However, the billings re- The “delayed and non- Ma. Carina Cunanan, assistant municipalities against any ir- enforcement of curfew hour ring crimes especially at night. minors and adults violators have mained unpaid for more than completion of the total BHS chief of off ice of Administrative regularities in the implemen- and other ordinances related to The enforcement of laws been apprehended from June 18 a year. contract again impacts on the Services and chairman of the tation of Rid the Streets of safety and protection of night- and local ordinances, he added, to 22. Apprehended were those Although Duque has ap- procured equipment, which Procurement Planning Commit- Drunkards and Youth (Oplan life activities in Pangasinan,” should be based on the Philip- who violated local ordinances proved the payment, the de- remain idle or undistributed to tee; Thelma Bahia, former SC Rody) operations or face pun- Lee reminded policemen. pine National Police’s (PNP) ranging from anti-smoking, anti- partment still refused to re- intended school-based BHS,” deputy administrator and former ishment. Oplan Sita was implemented Community and Human Rights nuisance, sobriety law, drinking lease the money “prompting the report said. chairman of the Bids and Awards Senior Supt. Ronald Oliver- in 2010 based on Letter of In- Based Policing which calls for on the streets, urinating in public the contractor to suspend the Duque has requested the Of- Committee; and Corazon Ferrer- Lee said the “anti-tambay” struction 63 under the Police the respect of the rights of every and other infractions relating to contract for fear of its accu- fice of the Ombudsman to in- Flores, Deputy Clerk of Court and (anti-loiterer and bystander) Integrated Patrol System that individual, including loiterers. public order. mulating operational and over- vestigate the project. chief of the Finance Manage- ment and Budget Off ice, to com- ment on the memorandum. The CoA said no bidding was conducted for the procurement of the luxury car and documents pertaining to the acquisition Unidentifi ed gunmen shoot dead businessman were submitted late. The car was bought for P5,110,500.00. The CoA the purchase of the By Celso M Cajucom an engineer-contractor, was the highway until Mabini main projects and 18 gasoline stations Richard Francisco, the victim’s ing in Nueva Ecija. As a building Toyota Land Cruiser was contrary Manila Times/Cabanatuan City driving his pick-up truck and street. His red Mitsubishi pick- in Central Luzon. He is also an friend and part-time driver, said contractor, Lacsamana main- to Republic Act 9184 and its Inter- yielded at an intersection along up truck slowly stopped, hit- associate member of a local me- Lacsamana recently showed tained a sand and gravel quarry nal Rules and Regulations because Mabini Extension to give way to ting a parked car on the roadside dia organisation and was elected him a text message he received site near the Pampanga River only Toyota Makati joined a public businessman noted for passing vehicles along Mahar- where he died. chairman of the Board of the which said: “Play Jack and Poy bank in a Nueva Ecija town. He bidding for the procurement of helping the needy was lika Highway in this city, when The autopsy report showed Central Luzon Media Associa- with your son on who should stockpiled the quarry materials the vehicle. On May 19, the SC Akilled by two unidenti- the gunmen got off from a mo- the victim was hit on the left tion-Nueva Ecija. go fi rst.” Jack and poy is a chil- for his projects. voted 8-6 to oust Sereno for lack of fi ed gunmen while he stopped torcycle, walked towards his side of his face with two .45 ca- It was previously reported dren’s game to determine who The provincial government integrity over her failure to file her at a dimly lighted intersection vehicle and fi red shots at close liber bullets piercing his right that Lacsamana and his older should play fi rst. had issued Lacsamana a permit complete Statements of Assets, shortly before midnight on Sat- range. jaw and right ear. son, Manuel Junior had been Francisco suspected the reason to operate the quarry while the Liabilities and Net Worth. urday. Witnesses said the victim Lacsamana had been build- receiving death threats but the for Lacsamana’s murder could be Cabanatuan City government al- Manuel Gabriel Lacsamana, managed to drive and cross ing several government housing victim just laughed these off . the controversial issue of quarry- lowed him to haul the materials.

REQUEST Yearly subsidy for poor families urged

Representative Michael Romero yesterday pushed for a P6,000 yearly Devotees slather themselves in soil subsidy for 10mn poor families to cushion the impact of the Tax Reform for Inclusion and Acceleration (Train) law that hiked taxes on fuel and sugar-sweetened beverages, Manila Times reported.. Romero, the rep- AFP resentative of 1-Pacman party-list that is allied with the ruling coalition in Aliaga Congress, made the proposal under his House Bill 7773. The bill seeks to grant poor families P500 per month instead of P200 for the first year implementation of the Train law’s Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) hey say there’s nothing programme. “Given the new developments since the Train law, it should be quite like it for cooling the amended (by passing my proposal). My proposal is to increase it to P500 Tblood, but for more than a per month because that figure will be enough to withstand the eff ects of a thousand Filipinos at a Catho- four to five percent inflation rate, peso depreciation against the US dollar of lic festival yesterday, slathering 10% and elevated world crude oil prices,” Romero said in a statement. their bodies in mud was a way to show devotion and humility. The annual tradition forms part of a joyous religious festival honouring a saint. Men, women and children sat in soggy rice paddies before dawn in the town of Aliaga, 100 kilometres north of Manila, cov- ering each other in muck before donning dried banana leaves in the annual “Mud People” festi- val. A tradition that draws the faithful and tourists alike, the event celebrates the feast of John the Baptist with devotees Devotees wearing costumes made of banana leaves attend a mass as part of a religious festival, also known locally as the “mud people” taking part in what they see as festival, in Aliaga town, Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, yesterday. an act of humility and penance. “I got goosebumps when I 16th century and spread the lamayor said. Residents say happily in the mud, attributed John the Baptist. Participants joined the festival. I have re- faith. Japanese soldiers were about to the rain to the saint who is as- say their devotion has led to ceived blessings,” 35-year-old The “Mud People” festival, execute men in Aliaga to avenge sociated with water. miracles. “My mother was businessman and village offi- believed to have begun more the death of their compatri- “Some people view this healed after suffering from tu- cial Win Javaluyas said. than a century ago, became ots when a heavy downpour event as yucky but this is a very berculosis of the bone, a rare The Philippines is Asia’s much more prominent after broke out, forcing the troops to solemn festival. People humble illness. Now my wife is preg- Catholic bastion with a flock of 1944 during Japan’s wartime scamper away in what villagers themselves and are sorry for nant with twins. I am praying more than 80mn. Spain colo- occupation of the former US saw as a miracle. their wrongdoings,” said Vil- for her healthy delivery,” said nised the archipelago in the colony, local priest Elmer Vil- Grateful locals, who rolled lamayor, parish priest of Saint Javaluyas. Gulf Times 18 Monday, June 25, 2018 COMMENT

CHAIRMAN Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Attiyah EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lessons for Trump from Faisal Abdulhameed al-Mudahka Deputy Managing Editor K T Chacko P.O.Box 2888, Doha, Qatar dismantling of Berlin Wall [email protected] 44350478 (News), By Carolina A Miranda laid out at diff erent depths, that provide lines, but subterranean rails were left In a separate essay, cultural journalist Venice, Italy a passing illusion of fortitude. It could untouched. This meant that West Berlin Michael Pilz notes that the West 44466404 (Sport), not be more sculptural. underground lines regularly crossed doesn’t always show much regard 44466636 (Home delivery) It also could not be a more propitious into Eastern territory as part of their for the East’s architectural history. n 1962, two men from East Berlin time for this show. daily routes. To observe the political Socialist Modernist buildings have been 44350474 attempted a daring escape to the This year, February 5 marked the day boundaries, however, Western trains demolished or ill-preserved – such as facebook.com/gulftimes West. Peter Fechter and Helmut that the wall had been gone as long as didn’t stop in on the Eastern side, the Ahornblatt, the so-called maple- IKulbeik were young – all of 18. On it had been up – 10,316 days. The wall, resulting in a number of ghost stations. leaf restaurant from the 1970s known twitter.com/gulftimes_Qatar August 17, the pair slipped away from as the curators note in a related essay, Except for one: Friedrichstrasse, which for its swooping fi ve-point canopy. It their construction jobs during their “represented not only the division served as an offi cial border crossing, was torn down to make way for a hotel lunch break and made their way to the of a city and the division of an entire and which was dubbed the “Palace of and shopping mall. Other key sites have border, hiding in an old factory near country” but also became a symbol of Tears,” since it’s where easterners said been reborn as luxury car dealerships or the Checkpoint Charlie crossing of the “state repression, forcible separation, goodbye to friends and family heading tourist viewing platforms – generally GULF TIMES Berlin Wall, which had been erected autocratic despotism and the inhuman back to the West. with little acknowledgement of what only the year before. potential of political ideology.” There is the long history of they once signifi ed. Around 2pm, they slipped out of an Moreover, the deconstruction of the Potsdamer Platz, a busy intersection “Buildings are not just aesthetic open window into the barbed wire-fi lled Berlin Wall and its attendant Cold War of traffi c and trams – once home to compositions or profi table no man’s land alongside the wall. They legacies highlights the construction of Europe’s fi rst traffi c lights – that was investments,” writes Pilz. They are ‘Gaming disorder’ then made a run for it. Kulbeik managed walls elsewhere – such as the “big, fat, bombed to rubble during World War “monuments.” And “those who tear to scramble over the wall, then still a beautiful wall” President Donald Trump II and was later unsympathetically them down erase entire biographies.” crude barrier not much taller than a man. wants for the US-Mexico border – and divided by the wall. And there was the Nearly three decades after it came Fechter did not. points to a future in which those walls Gothic Revival church from the 19th down, the Berlin Wall still casts a long classifi ed as mental An East German guard shot him may be no more. century that was blown up in 1985 shadow. before he could make the climb. His Architect Lars Kruckeberg is a because it had the misfortune of being “Some people thought, ‘Let’s just body fell to the East, but was visible founder of the Berlin-based design in the middle of the death strip. (At heal the city. Let’s erase traces of the in the West, from the windows of studio Graft and served as a curator of this spot now stands the Chapel of wall and it’ll be fi ne,’” Kruckeberg health condition buildings close to the wall. He cried for the exhibition. He says that growing Reconciliation, designed by Sassenroth says. “If you say that, you are lying to help, but no guards or medics came. In up in Germany – in the West – the wall & Reitermann, that is built on the yourself. full view of the world, he bled to death. seemed like it would always be a part of foundations of the earlier church.) “You can’t just divide things. If you The latest action by the World Health Organisation (WHO) On the Western side of the wall, a crowd the landscape. “Unbuilding Walls” reviews the do, you’re cutting through tissue – and in announcing “gaming disorder” as a new mental health of hundreds gathered and chanted “If you had asked me in Germany, myriad architecture and urbanism you damage and you hurt and you scar. condition is immensely laudable. The step is truly in keeping “murderers” at the East German even half a year before it did, will that projects that have arisen as a reaction We know that from Berlin.” with the times. Gaming disorder has been included in the 11th guards. The security zone in which he wall come down?” he says. “I would to the Berlin Wall – such as the Band What makes the exhibition relevant edition of its International Classifi cation of Diseases (ICD), died became known as the “death strip.” have have said, ‘No. It can’t come des Bundes, a strip of federal buildings beyond the German context is the ways released last week. While proposing the new diagnosis to After Fechter’s killing, it seemed down.’ And a lot of people would have designed by German architects Axel in which it connects with other political beyond the realm of imagination that said that.” Schultes and Charlotte Frank that scenarios. WHO’s decision-making body, the World Health Assembly, the Berlin Wall could ever come down. Today, tourists fl ood sites such as seem to strap together East and West “Unbuilding Walls” features video Dr Vladimir Poznyak, a member of WHO’s Department of Yet, less than three decades later, it did: Checkpoint Charlie, the wall’s most like the buckle of a belt. The show also testimonials gathered by the architects Mental Health and Substance Abuse, said, WHO has followed In November 1989, after a member of recognisable crossing point, to have reviews the parks and monuments that at border walls around the world – “the trends, the developments, which have taken place in the East German Politburo announced their pictures taken with actors in incorporate elements of the wall as a North and South Korea, Israel and populations and in the professional fi eld.” that restrictions on travel would be military costume. nod to historical memory and the many Palestine, the US and Mexico. In these A diagnosis standard, the ICD defi nes the universe lifted, East Germans fl ooded the border, Walls that go up, one day come down. that do not – such as an apartment testimonials, residents of those nations of diseases, disorders, injuries and other related health and joined by West Berliners on the Kruckeberg organised the exhibition complex by Italian postmodernist Aldo refl ect on what border walls mean and conditions. Researchers use it to count deaths, diseases, other side, tore the wall apart with with his fellow Graft founders Wolfram Rossi. His ebullient Schutzenstrasse how they have aff ected their lives. It’s a whatever tools they could fi nd. Within Putz and Thomas Willemeit, in Quarter complex, built on the site of piece that ties in nicely with a project by injuries and symptoms, and doctors and other medical months, this seemingly intractable collaboration with Marianne Birthler, the former death strip, completely Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman, on view practitioners use it to diagnose disease and other conditions. political barrier had crumbled. By the a human rights advocate who served overwrites the area’s deadly history. at the US pavilion nearby, that makes a In many cases, healthcare companies and insurers use the following year, Germany was one again. on a commission that investigated the Most signifi cantly, “Unbuilding case for viewing the US-Mexico border ICD as a basis for reimbursement. According to Poznyak, The wall and its physical and political crimes of the Stasi, the East German Walls” looks at the ways in which the not as a dividing line but as a holistic the expectation is that the classifi cation of gaming disorder aftermath are at the heart of one of secret police. country has attempted to weave itself ecological region. means health professionals and systems will be more “alerted the most captivating pavilions at the “There have been many stories in back together socially and culturally In one of the videos, a man named to the existence of this condition” while boosting the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, on exhibitions about the wall,” Kruckeberg since the end of the Cold War. Jose Efrain from Tijuana is asked how possibility that “people who suff er from these conditions can view through November 25. In keeping says of the impetus for the show. “But This reunifi cation has not been an long he thinks the US border wall may get appropriate help.” with the biennale’s “Freespace” theme, there have been no exhibitions that look equal proposition. In her catalogue ultimately last. “Unbuilding Walls,” as Germany’s at the space around it – a space that essay, Birthler notes the disparities “I can’t be sure,” he responds. “As He said there are three major diagnostic features or exhibition is titled, charts the ways in could be very deep.” faced by those in the former East you see in Berlin, where they took down characteristics of gaming disorder. The fi rst is that the which architects and urbanists have Together, the curators have put Germany, who on average earn less that wall – here, we can do the same gaming behaviour takes precedence over other activities sought to weave back together East and together a dense but fascinating show and wield far less power socially and thing, and we could just not have a pushing the latter to the periphery. The second feature is West since 1989 – both physically and – with an essential (and blessedly politically. “Two of the 13 ministers of border.” impaired control of these behaviours. Even when the negative psychologically. well-written) catalogue that looks at the German government in 2017 came The hardened US-Mexico border consequences occur, this behaviour continues or escalates. Step into the German pavilion and the urban and rural sites occupied by from the East,” she notes. “Only three of may seem like a permanent part of A diagnosis of gaming you are greeted by a grim black wall the Berlin Wall before, during and after the 60 state secretaries originate from life in North America. But Kruckeberg disorder, then, means that bisecting the room before you. Walk its existence. the East. Of the 190 board seats of stock says making those assumptions can be Most treatments farther into the space, however, and As part of this, they recount riveting companies, just three are occupied by foolhardy. a “persistent or recurrent” the wall appears to fragment. The long, bits of the Berlin Wall’s urban history. East Germans.” “That’s the lesson of the Berlin Wall. are “based on behaviour pattern of black barrier, it turns out, isn’t solid. It The wall, for example, cut This has led to a lopsided cultural Each wall is temporary. There is a time it “suffi cient severity” has is a series of unconnected vertical slabs, indiscriminately across existing rail representation as well. will come down.” - Tribune News Service the principles emerged, according to the ICD. A third feature is of cognitive that the condition leads to signifi cant distress behavioural and impairment in personal, family, social, therapy” educational or occupational functioning. The impact may include disturbed sleep patterns. Overall, the main characteristics are “very similar” to the diagnostic features of substance use disorders and gambling disorder, Poznyak said. Gambling disorder “is another category of clinical conditions which are not associated with a psychoactive substance use but at the same time being considered as addictive as addictions.” For a diagnosis to be made, the negative pattern of behaviour must last at least 12 months. However, exceptions can be made when the other criteria are met and symptoms are severe enough. “Millions of gamers around the world, even when it comes to the intense gaming, would never qualify as people suff ering from gaming disorder,” Poznyak said, adding that In November 1989 East Germans flooded the border, and joined by West Berliners on the other side, tore the wall apart with whatever tools they could find. the overall prevalence of this condition is “very low.” He stressed that gaming disorder is a clinical condition, and clinical diagnosis can be made only by health professionals properly trained to do that. Poznyak noted that the ICD does not make “prescriptions” in terms of insurance coverage Full STEAM ahead for US youngsters or the development of health services – these decisions are made by national authorities – but “prevention and treatment interventions can help people to alleviate their suff ering.” AFP inventions that will make everyday performing other menial chores to earn runs MAF, the organisation says, with Most interventions or treatments for gaming disorder Los Angeles life more convenient and fun, inspired a living will soon be over. Paul’s only role being as co-founder. are “based on the principles and methods of cognitive by such innovations as the playable Over the last 15 years the US has been “We see so many artists today musical staircases seen occasionally at jolted out of its complacency on science working with technology and science behavioural therapy,” he said. Diff erent types of support may n a room at the Marciano Art metro stations. education, with its youngsters falling and sort of intermingling the two,” MAF also be provided, including “psychosocial interventions: Foundation in Los Angeles, beyond “You have seven minutes,” Lauren far below the academic standards of deputy director Jamie Manne told AFP. social support, understanding of the conditions, family a vast space where paintings and Rodrigues, Genesis’s director of Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Finnish “We really feel that’s the next sort support.” The therapy should be based on understanding the Isculptures are displayed, around a education, instructs the group, and the and Polish students. of movement in art. So bringing up “nature of the behaviour and what can be done in order to dozen students gather at small tables. urgent murmur of focused teenagers The American system has been playing the science and mixing it with the improve the situation.” Prevention interventions may also Henry, 15, is hard at work developing spreads across the room as they rush catch-up, introducing federally-funded art, I think you really get a better be needed. Ultimately, WHO hopes that inclusion of gaming a musical pedestrian crossing, using an to develop the next revolutionary programmes while private schools understanding of each subject by disorder in the classifi cation will stimulate debate as well as innovative little device called MESH recycling system, garbage collection across the board have been equipping knowing more about the other.” that attaches to household objects and robot or some other neat innovation. themselves with workshops boasting Genesis has given more than 4,000 further research and international collaboration. turns them into switches for various “We want to function as a start- industrial machinery and the latest in children a grounding in computer connected devices. up incubator. Go very quickly and robotic gadgetry. coding, virtual reality and electrical Henry and his classmates are taking collaborate, that’s the future,” says Around 500,000 children in the engineering, in museums, private part in STEAM learning — science, Sheri Schlesinger, who founded Genesis greater Los Angeles area live near or schools, after-class clubs — and even in To Advertise technology, engineering, art and math fi ve years ago. below the poverty line. a mobile lab. — an innovative artistic twist on the The non-profi t aims to demystify “100% of underserved kids have no More than 800 children have been [email protected] more traditional STEM education. the sciences by making them fun access to a robust STEAM education. through the Marciano foundation lab Display The pupils from south LA — a for children, including those from The opportunity this will provide since the collaboration was launched six relatively deprived part of the city privileged backgrounds, would for future jobs is staggering,” says months ago. 44466621 44418811 — are spending the morning in this normally feel intimidated by the idea Schlesinger. Clea, watching her programable mini hothouse of learning, a partnership of Bunsen burners and complicated The Marciano Art Foundation (MAF) robot make its way along a line drawn Classified with education organisation Genesis to equations. was started up in 2012 by the Guess by marker pen, is in her creative zone. 44466609 44418811 combat inequalities in arts and science “70% of the jobs of the future, we clothing company brothers Maurice and “I’ve had a lot of ideas like this education. haven’t invented yet, and STEAM is Paul Marciano. before, like a crosswalk that would fl ash Subscription The youngsters have been given a a critical component of innovative Paul recently stepped down from diff erent colours, or street light that whistlestop tour of the tools in the thinking,” says Schlesinger. the fashion brand without admitting would give more light when someone [email protected] cutting edge lab — from the industrial As automation increasingly does any wrongdoing after settling with fi ve walks by,” she enthuses. grade laser cutter and 3D printer pens to away with the need for unskilled sexual misconduct accusers. “It would be really useful at night the 11-foot interactive touch wall. human labor, Schlesinger warns that Maurice took over the executive when you’re a woman walking alone in © 2018 Gulf Times. All rights reserved They are tasked with dreaming up the days of washing dishes in a cafe or chairman role at Guess and it is he who the street.” Gulf Times Monday, June 25, 2018 19 COMMENT Trump’s order to end separation policy political

By George Skelton But he didn’t have a solution: Sacremento, Califorfnia “That’s a congressional problem.” California’s Republican House members had been backing away he heart-rending sound of from Trump’s immigration policies. children crying for their Republican David Valadao of Hanford mothers and the disturbing urged the administration to knock off Tsight of little kids confi ned in the family splitting. wire cages are more powerful than any Republican Jeff Denham of Turlock president. has been bucking the president and No national policy is worth ripping party leaders trying to protect so- weeping toddlers from their parents’ called Dreamers, young people brought arms and placing them in custody, and to the country illegally by their parents most people instinctively understand as children. that – even if some politicians don’t. In Sacramento, Republican Hyperbolic, you might say. But legislators may be forced to take a perhaps you haven’t listened to stand on Trump’s zero-tolerance an audio recording obtained by policy. There’s a resolution by Senator ProPublica, a nonprofi t investigative Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles) news agency. The audio quickly went denouncing “the separation of families viral. On it you’ll hear the sobbing of fl eeing violence and persecution.” But several Central American children, maybe that’s moot by now. crying desperately for “mami” and De Leon also sent Governor Jerry “papa.” Brown a letter asking him to bring There’s a persistent 6-year-old back 400 California National Guard Salvadoran girl who keeps pleading troops he sent to the border in April at for someone to please call her aunt. Trump’s request. Brown decreed they She’ll come and get her. That’s what couldn’t help enforce immigration law. her mother said she should do. She has He restricted them to fi ghting such memorised the phone number. Finally crime as drug smuggling. someone listens. But De Leon argues that this just But the aunt couldn’t pick her up, frees up federal border agents to she told ProPublica, because she also Trump with US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Vice-President Mike Pence. carry out Trump’s zero-tolerance has an immigration problem and it was programme. too risky. crime-ridden, economically depressed nonverbal. Even the president is our country will be overrun by people, everything Trump, but not separating “We shouldn’t be wasting our “I know she’s not an American Central American countries essentially vulnerable to it.” by crime, by all the things that we don’t children from parents. Bailey said on tax dollars to help agencies that are citizen,” the aunt was quoted as saying run by drug cartels. By Monday last week, roughly stand for and that we don’t want.” Tuesday he supports Cruz’s legislation. committing potential human rights about her niece, “but she’s a human The mournful sounds and two-thirds of American voters were Same ol’ Trump. Becerra joined 20 other state violations,” De Leon told me. being. She’s a child. How can they treat depressing sights quickly ignited a opposed to President Trump’s policy of Republican politicians – especially attorneys general across the country Brown probably is a bit irked at De her this way?” wildfi re of public revulsion. separating children from their parents those running for election – already in demanding an end to Trump’s Leon, who’s challenging US Senator They can unless the public becomes “Images and sounds are the most as part of his “zero tolerance” war were deserting the president on zero-tolerance policy. Becerra called Dianne Feinstein for reelection. outraged and intervenes, pressuring eff ective communication,” says Barbara against illegal immigration, according his family breakup policy. Senator it “inhumane and ... a new low for Feinstein is running far ahead and Congress and the president. O’Connor, former director of the to a Quinnipiac University poll. Ted Cruz of Texas, who’s seeking President Trump.” fi ghting Trump hard on immigration. And it did, spurred by constant TV Institute for the Study of Politics and On Wednesday, Trump performed re-election, proposed legislation to The dark-horse Republican She’s all over national TV. And De Leon footage and still photos of the chicken- Media at Sacramento State University. a rare retreat and signed an executive prevent separating children from their candidate for California governor, needs attention. pen-like cages and hot tents the kids “They’re diff erent than words. They order ending family separations. He parents at the border. businessman John Cox, also has been a Brown won’t be recalling the troops. were being corralled into at detention connote a much deeper feeling than acted because of political necessity, In California, that was a lifeline for strong backer of virtually every Trump He wants to retain some relationship centres. words ever can. They bring our own not a change of heart. retired El Dorado County Judge Steven policy – but not on baby snatching with a president whose help California Meanwhile, their parents were feelings and values and experiences to “We’re going to keep families Bailey, the underdog Republican from immigrant moms. will need on other issues. confi ned somewhere else trying to the table. together,” he announced, without saying candidate challenging Democratic “I’m against separating parents and Meanwhile, Trump fi nally did the explain to border agents that they “Ninety percent of what we where they were going to be kept. “But Attorney General Xavier Becerra. children,” Cox told reporters. “I’m a right thing and stopped tormenting deserve asylum because they’re fl eeing take away from communication is we still have to maintain toughness or Bailey is a strong supporter of almost father. I have four daughters.” little kids. At least for now. Melania’s jacket is the Trump administration Three-day forecast brought across the border by their The rapid and terrifying changes still places the entirety of the blame TODAY By Nancy Kaff er Maximum Temperature : 430c Washington, DC parents to holding facilities, and then Trump’s administration is making to for child separation on Democrats) to foster care or group homes across the structure of the US government, begins to seem like a tedious exercise, Minimum Temperature : 330c the country. (Kids already detained the damage it is dealing to the schoolmarm preaching about minutiae TUESDAY hen I read reports seem to be stuck in limbo, with dim social safety net, the regulations whose moment has past. Maximum Temperature : 430c that fi rst lady Melania prospects of reunifi cation with their it’s slashing, the ethics it has What’s signal and what’s noise? No Minimum Temperature : 320c Trump, en route to visit parents any time soon.) abandoned. one knows anymore. WEDNESDAY immigrant kids detained Melania Trump’s spokesperson told But those very excesses, But while it pains me to rebut a Maximum Temperature : 430c W Minimum Temperature : 320c at the border, wore a jacket that read a reporter that the jacket, which the the frivolous ones that seem jacket, I think Melania Trump’s is like distraction, inform the wrong. “I REALLY DON’T CARE DO U” I fi rst lady did not wear to the actual Fisherman's forecast thought it was, like, an implication. detention facility, holds no “hidden administration’s policy moves. That Trump ended the child removal Not, you know, literal. message”; sure, there’s really nothing Trump has been willing to damage policy because Americans cared a lot about this child separation crisis. WARNING Turns out the fi rst lady is just tone hidden about giant letters. thousands of children and parents in Inshore : Nil deaf enough to wear a jacket with It’s outrageous, tone deaf, nearly what was seemingly a game of political They expressed their care publicly Offshore : Nil those exact words in giant letters unbelievable, and will wrest the chicken aimed at coercing his political and loudly; diligent journalists on on the back, which really seems to next 24 hours of news cycle from opponents to accede to his demands the border and in DC exposed the WEATHER Inshore : Hot daytime with slight highlight superfi cial concern for the substantive questions. If the Trump for an unforgiving immigration policy conditions children were placed in and dust at places daytime victims of a humanitarian crisis of her administration were an item of is all of a piece with his petulant held the administration accountable. Offshore : Slight dust husband’s manufacture. clothing, it would be this jacket. tweets. The constant thrum of low- Constituents showed lawmakers that WIND The fi rst lady’s trip to the border And that’s where covering this grade lies and the media’s earnest this was not the time to capitulate Inshore : Northwesterly 07-17/20 comes one day after President Donald administration has always been scramble to debunk and disprove to the administration’s draconian KT Trump signed an executive order complicated. Trump and his the most signifi cant, which register immigration policy. Offshrore : Northwesterly 05-15/20 ending a practice he’d begun about six confederates do and say outrageous not at all with the president’s Fox When we care, we win. – Tribune KT at places at times weeks before, of removing children things constantly, dominating the news. 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Still, the results suggest that parents Researchers examined hearing test need to be more vigilant about how results for 3,316 children ages 9 to 11. children use headphones, and how They also asked parents about hearing often, said Kevin Franck director of complaints from their children, how audiology for Massachusetts Eye and often kids used portable music players Ear and Harvard Medical School in and how high they typically set the Boston. volume. “Parents should limit use of a Around the world Overall, 443 children, or 14%, had portable music player,” Franck, who Weather Weather at least some difficulty hearing at wrote a commentary accompanying today Max/min tomorrow Max/min high frequencies. High frequency the study, said by e-mail. It’s too loud Athens S Showers 29/19 Showers 26/19 hearing loss, especially in younger if parents can hear it, he said. 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German, Tunisian and Omani envoys watch matches at the Khalifa Stadium Fan Zone

German ambassador Hans- Udo Muzel visited the Khalifa International Stadium Fan Zone to watch the German national team’s second group match against Sweden in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. The game which took place at 9pm on June 23 was broadcast at the Khalifa International Stadium Fan Zone, organised by Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) in collaboration with the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC). Thanks to a stunning goal in the last minute of extra time by star midfielder Tony Kroos, the German team were able to keep their hopes alive of reaching the second round of the tournament with a 2-1 victory. “I’d like to extend my thanks to AZF for organising this great Fan Zone at Khalifa International Stadium. It’s great to see so many people here watching and enjoying football, because sport brings people together. I look forward to the Football fans at the Khalifa International Stadium during the Tunisia vs Belgium match. German ambassador Hans-Udo Muzel and dignitaries at the Khalifa International Stadium Fan Zone. 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar,” Muzel said. Earlier that same day, Tunisian ambassador Salah al-Salhi, who was with Omani ambassador Najeeb bin Yahya al-Balushi, also visited the fan zone to watch the afternoon match between Tunisia and Belgium in a game that started at 3pm. This year’s fan zone is sponsored by (main partner) and Ooredoo (main sponsor), as well as Al Attiya Motors and Trading Co, Mannai Trading CO WLL (CISCO), Witr Jewellery, Royal Air Maroc and Pepsi. The fan zone is the ideal location for the country’s football fans to celebrate the most anticipated sporting event in the world, to follow World Cup games and keep up-to-date with all the action. Games will be screened at the fan zone every day throughout the tournament. Tunisian ambassador Salah al-Salhi and Omani ambassador Najeeb bin Yahya al-Balushi at the event. Fans at Germany vs Sweden match. ‘7 Saias’ continues to enthral crowd at Mall of Qatar

By Joey Aguilar guage barrier. During the group’s Paquito Rebelo, ‘7 Saias’ want We can make one music for the Staff Reporter performance on stage, children to mix the tradition side of the World Cup Qatar,” Alves said. were fascinated not only with the Portuguese music with a mod- The group also thanked the Por- show but also with the perform- ern touch. Throughout its eight tuguese embassy, MoQ and Al nternationally-renowned ers’ colourful dress. Compared years of existence and after hav- Tawfeeq Travel for inviting them Portuguese folk group, ‘7 to other audiences in Portugal ing released six CD’s, the group to perform in Doha as a highlight ISaias’ (seven skirts), contin- and other countries where they enchanted Portugal and several of the Portugal Week. The event featured discussions on the issue of antimicrobial resistance to highlight the ongoing ues to enthral shoppers at Mall previously performed, she noted countries. Alves said that with ‘7 Saias’ will perform live for problem of antibiotics no longer being active against certain infections. of Qatar’s (MoQ) Portugal Week, that Qatar’s culture is “very dif- their traditional instruments and the last time at MoQ’s Ooredoo which concludes today. ferent.” their joy, “each show is a small Oasis stage at 2.30pm, 5.30pm “This is our fi rst visit to the “People (in Qatar) look very sample of the Portuguese cul- and 8.30pm today. Middle East and we are fasci- enthusiastic to see seven ladies ture.” The Portugal Week, organised nated with Qatar. The public re- dancing and singing with very “We love representing our by the Portuguese embassy in ceived our music and image very colourful and long dresses,” country and songs especially be- Doha, in partnership with MoQ QU Health students take well. Speaking to us the people Alves said. She added that they cause we feel the acceptance of and Al Tawfeeq Travel, features show they like our clothes and usually perform for Portuguese the public. Portuguese music is a series of activities and unique rhythms,” the group’s public re- communities around the world very rich,” she added. “Each re- live performances. The festival lations offi cer Carla Alves told that know most of their songs gion has a diff erent sonority that give shoppers and mallgoers, es- part in interprofessional Gulf Times. as they are based on Portuguese attracts people.” pecially families and children, an She stressed that they were traditional lyrics. “We would love to come (to opportunity to experience and impressed how the public inter- Founded eight years ago by the Doha) to make a show for the take part in a number of fun- acts with them despite the lan- seven ladies and their producer, 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. fi lled activities at the mall. education initiative

total of 148 students and male, who was admitted to the success and passionate to 16 faculty from Qatar emergency department of Ha- graduate health care students AUniversity (QU) Health mad General Hospital with fe- who are equipped with the (colleges of Health Sciences, ver, chills, shortness of breath skills and professional attitude Medicine, and Pharmacy (CPH) and productive cough. and worked collaboratively to ) recently participated in Inter- The patient was diagnosed help advance clinical practice professional Education (IPE) with pneumonia and the stu- and patient care in the State of activity on ‘Antimicrobial Stew- dents had to follow him during Qatar.” ardship’. his three-day admission in the CPH assistant professor and Organised by QU Health hospital by sharing the diff erent lead facilitator for the event Dr Interprofessional Education healthcare perspective on the Shane Pawluk said, “The impor- Committee (IPEC), the event case and making a shared deci- tance of proper antimicrobial is aimed to introduce students sion together. use and stewardship IPE event to the concept of antimicrobial was a collaborative endeavour stewardship. “This IPE activity achieved through the interpro- The event’s programme fea- was a very benefi cial fessional work of several diff er- tured discussions focused on opportunity to work ent colleges and faculty within the issue of antimicrobial resist- with students from other QU. Students gained an appre- ance to highlight the ongoing healthcare professions” ciation from their fellow col- problem of antibiotics no longer leagues that will no doubt have a being active against certain in- QU Health IPEC chair and positive impact on their careers fections. CPH assistant dean, Student as health care professionals in The theory and ideal model Aff airs Dr Alla El-Awaisi said, the future.” on an eff ective antimicrobial “We are proud of having an- Third-year human nutri- stewardship team were then other successful academic year tion student Shayma al-Bakri summarised to show to stu- for IPE with a total of seven said, “This IPE activity was a dents how diff erent healthcare IPE events related to the cur- very benefi cial opportunity to professionals can work together ricula engaging 831 students work with students from other for a common goal. This con- and over 100 facilitators and healthcare professions. cept also got students thinking two extra curricula IPE event. It showed us how our future about teamwork before they “I greatly appreciate the great profession would be and that were presented with a patient support and commitment from we need co-operation with each case. The main activity was go- IPEC members and all the fa- other in order to come up with ing through a patient case about cilitators who were and still in- the best appropriate treatment ‘7 Saias’ performs live on MoQ’s Ooredoo Oasis stage as a highlight of the Portugal Week. PICTURE: Noushad Thekkayil a 51-year-old previously healthy strumental to the programme for patients.”