ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Mohamad’s brace helps Lekhwiya sink Qatar SC Sport | 28 Sunday 14 December 2014 • 22 Safar 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6279 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 PM attends falcon championship Qataris urged Two top car to register via Metrash 2 for showrooms CMC elections DOHA: The committee super- vising preparations for the forthcoming Central Municipal Council (CMC) elections has closed down called on all potential Qatari voters to register their names through Metrash 2, the mobile Repaired cars being sold as new application of the Ministry of Interior. DOHA: Two famous car show- of 2008), the Ministry said. All Qatari men and women rooms here have been closed The Ministry has urged people who are eligible to vote have down by the government for a to use its free hotline (8005000) been urged to register as early as month for trying to cheat buy- to report suspected malpractices possible, as the committee plans ers by passing off some repaired by car dealers. to finalise the first voters list by vehicles as brand new. Meanwhile, reports of the next month, Al Sharq reported. These cars were actually dam- crackdown and closure of the The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani attending the Elections to the Council are aged in road accidents and were two showrooms became viral on finals of the Second Labrtha Championship for Falcon, organised by Al Thakira Youth Centre, yesterday. scheduled for May next year. allegedly decked up after exten- local social networking sites with More than 487 participants are competing in 12 games. Citizens who had registered sive repairs and painting to look most people lauding the move. in the previous elections are new. They were then passed off to A commentator who sounded required to reregister, due to a buyers as brand new, the Ministry a little sceptic said he hoped the restructuring of the constituen- of Economy and Commerce which closure of the outlets was not cies, the daily said quoting a sen- has a consumer rights watchdog, meant for mere publicity of the ior official of the committee. Some said yesterday. Consumer Protection Department constituencies have been merged The two showrooms belong to (CPD) of the economy ministry. Bus crash victims identified with others while some have been the local dealers of famous world “Has the Ministry also imposed expanded adding new localities. auto brands: Saleh Al Hamad Al any fine on the outlets? Is there DOHA: The two Filipinos (Number 156 that was bound for the bus station is small and the Metrash 2 provides an easy and Mana and United Cars-Al Mana. any assurance the outlets who were killed in the freaky Al Gharafa) when its driver lost crowds are large particularly on fast option for the voters to reg- One locked showroom is wouldn’t repeat the crime? The bus crash at Al Ghanem main control and ran over the waiting Thursdays and Fridays. The sta- ister their names, he added. located at Salwa Road while the minister should personally take station early on Friday after- crowds. tion needs to be shifted to larger After registration, the citizens other is the Airport Road branch interest in such matters,” said the noon were identified as Acasar Details about the Filipinos premises. are required to visit the authorized of the car dealership. “We found commentator. Barabay Arato, male, 50, and could not be immediately known. A member of the Central registration centres and produce out that these showrooms were Now, people buying brand new Marescia Mendoza Tanaid, a The bodies of all the deceased Municipal Council (CMC), proof for their residency, identifica- selling cars damaged in accidents cars must be careful and make 30-year-old woman. were at the mortuary of Hamad Mohamed Hammoud Al Shafi, tion, locality among other personal after extensive repairs and paint- sure they are not being cheated The other two who were General Hospital (HGH). meanwhile, told this newspaper details, said the daily. ing,” the Ministry said in a press as they spend tens of thousands crushed to death were Indians. The driver of the ill-fated that state-run transport com- THE PENINSULA statement. of riyals, he added. They were Mobin Mohamed bus was reportedly a Nepalese pany Mowasalat which owns The showrooms were sealed off Another commentator said the Khan, 33 and Sanjay Kumar and was earlier driving a school and runs Karwa buses should for a month in a crackdown. They Ministry must make the identity Jaiswal, 35. bus. He was shifted to the pub- regularly check the residential Foggy morning were selling several damaged cars of the showrooms known for the The two hailed from the north lic transport sector about four quarters of bus drivers to make — of an American and a Japanese benefit of the people. Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). months ago. sure they don’t drink. forecast today brand. Yet another said that manu- Jaiswal was from Raebareli district Some regular commuters this He said the licensing proce- Inspectors from the Ministry facturers of the car brands in central UP, while Khan was from newspaper spoke to yesterday dures for bus drivers should also DOHA: The weather bureau were keeping an eye on the out- should intervene in the matter Deoria district in east UP. said Al Ghanem bus terminal be made stricter and the traffic has forecast a foggy morning lets following public complaints. and take action. The Indian embassy did not being the main one was small department should make sure today and said visibility will be Then, a sudden raid was con- Still another said he lauded the respond despite several calls for and incapable of handling large they are given rigorous train- poor. It will be misty to foggy ducted on the showrooms and it economy ministry’s move. “It is a details of the deceased. crowds of commuters. ing before being issued driver’s at places in the morning at first was found that they were indeed brave decision,” he said. The Indians were working in There are 38 routes and some licences. and then the weather will clear violating the consumer protec- THE PENINSULA one company and were together 400 buses deployed on these THE PENINSULA as the day progresses. tion law (Article 7 of Law No 8 Picture on page 2 waiting for the ill-fated bus routes on a single day, while Continued on page 8 Visibility could be as low as 1km early in the morning at places and later improve to 4km-8km, said the bureau. Day temperatures Africa’s tallest March against US police forecast are between 26 and 27 degrees C while the night will be Climate talks risk collapse cold with the mercury dropping to 16 to 18 degrees C. In Doha, LIMA: UN talks on slowing to agree the foundation of a UN the night temperature will be 16 climate change were threatened climate deal to be completed in degrees C. THE PENINSULA with collapse yesterday after Paris in a year’s time. China clashed with the United US Climate Change Envoy States and led emerging nations Todd Stern urged all to accept Militias battle in to reject a compromise outline the compromise text, saying fail- of an agreement. ure in Lima would be viewed as central Libya With talks already in overtime a “major breakdown” that would TRIPOLI: Islamist-allied mili- because of deadlock after the threaten the Paris summit and tias from the western city of December 1-12 meeting, China the credibility of the UN system Misrata clashed with an east- said a draft text put too much to address climate change. ern militia that holds a major oil burden on the poor to limit green- The clash between the two terminal yesterday, in violence house-gas emissions compared top emitters of greenhouse gases that killed at least two people. with the rich nations whose citi- underscored that an agree- Libyan officials said the Tripoli- zens have burnt most fossil fuels. ment jointly announced by US based government — backed by “We need a Lima consensus, President Barack Obama and Misrata militias and Islamist but given the current station we China’s President Xi Jinping last People take part in a march against police violence in New York yester- factions — ordered its forces to have deadlock,” Deputy Foreign month to combat climate change day. Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington for a march ‘liberate’ the Sidra terminal. Minister Liu Zhenmin told del- did not translate into a new, com- to protest the killings of unarmed black men by law enforcement offic- AP egates from 190 nations seeking mon approach. REUTERS See also page 9 ers and to urge Congress to do more to protect African-Americans. A computer generated image of the 114-storey tower which will Hukoomi gets popular with residents and expats be built in the Moroccan city BY SACHIN KUMAR (ictQATAR) data. 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