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Page 01 Aug 19.Indd ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Qatargas cargo QMSF team for Hainan LNG targets Top terminal Gun trophies Business | 17 Sport | 26 Tuesday 19 August 2014 • 23 Shawwal 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6162 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 20 commercial Fish prices hit streets in Doha to be built record high as DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning is expected to announce details of its 20 proposed commercial streets catch drops to be developed under Doha Municipality. The proposed streets would be exclusively dedicated to Market manipulation alleged shops and outlets, including eateries, supermarkets, bak- DOHA: Prices of popular vari- 25 percent (QR20 per kg). ery, pharmacies, among others. eties of fish, especially hamour, Another popular fish, kanaat, Hamad bin Khalid bin have gone through the roof this is available at just QR40 a kg in Khalifa Al Kubaisi, a Central summer. the Central Market, but is being Municipal Council (CMC) The prices of hamour, the most sold at QR70 per kg by retailers. member representing Madinat sought-after item by sea food lov- Customers wonder why prices Khalifa, told Al Sharq that he ers, have hit QR100 per kg in the are so high in retail market when had submitted a proposal to retail market, which according to there is no shortage in supplies the ministry to provide enough market sources is a record high. of most varieties of fish, and Palestinians flee their destroyed neighbourhood on a horse cart in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanun number of commercial streets Due to poor catch, fish prices they are readily available in ade- yesterday. in his constituency, which always go up during summer. quate quantities in the wholesale badly needs a large number But this time, prices are phe- market. of shops and other small com- nomenally high. The prices of Some traders argue that the mercial establishments. hamour have never gone beyond hike in the prices is due to the Gaza truce extended by a day In his proposal, Al Kubaisi the QR85-QR90 range, market decline in supplies of hamour due noted that at least three com- insiders told this daily yesterday. to low catchments (since the fish GAZA/CAIRO: Israel and source said in Jerusalem that “on Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, mercial avenues could be devel- According to the Ministry has a tendency to go deep down the Palestinians agreed yes- Egypt’s request the ceasefire shall a member of Prime Minister oped within his constituency. of Development Planning and into the water during summer terday to extend a Gaza truce be extended by 24 hours to allow Benjamin Netanyahu’s security Last December, the minis- Statistics, over 200,000 people, months). Those not able to afford by another 24 hours, minutes further negotiations”. cabinet, told Israel Radio. try had announced plans to including Qataris and expatriates, hamour at the prevailing prices before an Egyptian-brokered In Gaza a senior Palestinian The Palestinian Health develop several roads into com- are out of the country. It shows are compelled to buy substitutes ceasefire was set to expire, offi- official said agreement had been Ministry put the Gaza death toll mercial streets, in Doha and that the prices of fish have gone such as samman, safi, and zubaidi, cials on both sides said. reached on all but two points at 2,016 and said most were civil- the neighbouring Al Rayyan. up at a time when there is lower pushing the demand and prices of Agreement was reached as drafted by Egypt for a wider deal, ians in the small, densely popu- The CMC has for long been consumption. other varieties. gaps on key issues continued to including opening Gaza’s crossing lated coastal territory. Sixty-four demanding that the govern- Poor catch, coupled with alleged Given the skyrocketing dog efforts to achieve a long-term to allow a freer flow of goods, and Israeli soldiers and three civilians ment take measures to end market manipulation, are the prices, customers urge authori- deal between Israel and militant extending maritime limits in the in Israel have been killed. The the severe shortage of shops twin reasons cited by sources for ties, including the Consumer groups in the Gaza Strip, domi- Mediterranean Sea. United Nations said 425,000 peo- in several parts of various the high prices. The difference in Protection Department, to ensure nated by Hamas Islamists, which Issues still not agreed upon ple in the Gaza Strip have been municipalities. retail and wholesale prices ranges effective monitoring of fish prices. would allow reconstruction aid to include Hamas’s demands to open displaced by the conflict. Shop rents have for the between QR10 and QR20 per kg Some have raised concerns flow in after five weeks of fighting. a seaport and an airport, which Hamas seeks the construction past few years been increasing compared to the prices prevailing about the auctioning of fish in The month-long war ended in Israel has said it would only dis- of a Gaza sea port and the reo- manifold due to the shortage in the Central Market (Qatar’s the Central Market being alleg- effect more than a week ago when cuss at a later stage, in addition to pening of an airport destroyed in of sufficient commercial space. wholesale market), a local Arabic edly influenced by some middle- Egypt brokered a three-day truce, freeing Palestinian prisoners held previous conflicts, as part of any In certain areas, rentals daily said. men and big traders. which it then won agreement by Israel and Hamas handing over enduring halt to violence. Livni have gone up six to seven times For example, hamour, whose Traders argue that with the to extend by another five days remains of two Israeli soldiers said such issues should be dealt in the past few years, accord- prices during normal seasons fluc- approaching summer, the sup- through 2100 GMT yesterday. killed in the war, a Palestinian with at a later stage. ing to traders. tuate in the range of QR40-QR65, ply of hamour and some other A Palestinian official close to official said. Israel has shown scant interest THE PENINSULA is available at QR80 a kg in the varieties of fish has declined and, the talks in Cairo said the lat- Israel made clear before the in making sweeping concessions, wholesale market. However, it therefore, prices of other varieties est extension would give both earlier truce lapsed that it would and has called for the disarming is being sold at QR100 at some have also gone up due to substi- sides time “to complete the continue to hold its fire as long of militant groups in the enclave retail outlets and hypermarkets, tution effect. THE PENINSULA negotiations”. as Palestinians did the same. “If of 1.8 million people. REUTERS meaning an additional profit of Continued on page 3 An Israeli official and a security they shoot at us, we will respond,” See also Page 4 Oman is free of Ebola: Ministry MUSCAT: Oman’s Heath Ministry said yesterday that Obama promises the sultanate is free of Ebola Ministry of Environment virus, which affected many ‘long-term’ West African countries, includ- detects 16 violations ing Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and strategy against IS Sierra Leone. DOHA: The law enforcement team at the Dr Mohammed bin Saif Al WASHINGTON: President Ministry of Environment has detected more Hosani, Undersecretary at the Barack Obama said yester- than 16 violations threatening the environ- ministry, said epidemic control day the US has embarked on ment of the country. measures at border checkpoints a long-term mission to defeat The violations include carrying hazardous were activated to limit access of the insurgents of the so-called materials without permission, and dumping waste the diseases especially through “Islamic State” fighting in Iraq. and polluted water in unauthorised places, Al Muscat International Airport. Ten days after ordering air Sharq reports. He said the departments con- strikes against the jihadist fight- The erring drivers and vehicles were seized cerned are maintaining com- ers, Obama warned that IS and handed over to police to take legal action munication with regional and remains a threat to Iraq and the against them. international organisations on wider region, telling Baghdad A ministry patrol also impounded a water the disease. “the wolf is at the door”. tanker for carrying diesel. He said necessary mechanisms “We will continue to pursue a The driver was handed over to the security had been developed to deal with long-term strategy to turn the agency to refer them to the public prosecution suspected cases and that the min- tide against ISIL by supporting for further legal action. istry is enhancing capabilities of the new Iraqi government and The ministry urged the people (citizens and health institutions to deal with working with key partners in the expatriates) to call hotline 998 to report any vio- the virus by raising awareness of region,” he said, using one of the lations of environment rules. medical teams. QNA group’s acronyms. Construction waste being dumped in an unauthorised place. THE PENINSULA See also page 6 Obama repeated his support for new premier-designate Haidar Al Abadi’s attempts to form a more inclusive government, but warned he must act quickly to undercut support for the radicals. “In order for them to be cred- Qatar most attractive job market in Mena region ible with the Iraqi people, they’re going to have to put behind some DOHA: Civil engineers and junior exec- potential employer than any other business.
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