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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 3 Business | 17 Sport | 28 ‘Hey Sugar, you’re killing A newly-developed real Defending champion me’ was the title of a talk estate-based smart Simona Halep and top that marked the launch of technology ‘Rinfo’ by seed Petra Kvitova have the first registered Cafe QBIC has evoked an received first round byes Scientifique in Qatar. overwhelming response. at the Qatar Total Open. SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2015 • 3 Jumada I 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6349 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 OPINION FM: Qatar and Cold spell back, Japan share Threat of same views on forged dusty winds to handling crises certificates DOHA: Qatar and Japan share identical views on how to han- HERE are several continue today dle crises internationally. Both problems plaguing the the countries have the ability Tlocal job market and to move swiftly to resolve any they are conflicts before they get out of compli- Chilly conditions until Wednesday hand, said Foreign Minister H E cated and Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah. intercon- DOHA: A cold spell is suddenly the elderly could bear. The cold Talking about the bilateral nected. back just as people thought snap has been caused by Siberian relations between Qatar and They pose the winter was over — since high pressure associated with Japan he said they were strate- severe as recently as Wednesday the northwesterly winds (which are, gic. In an interview to Qatar TV, chal- sun had turned quite hot and obviously, moving from the colder Al Attiyah said that diplomatic lenges to scorching. regions of Europe). relations with Japan began in 1972 efforts for A sudden onset of relatively A routine forecast issued by and have never looked back since. reforms. Dr Khalid Al Jaber chilly conditions witnessed early the department for today, mean- He said the meeting held There yesterday will likely continue while, said there would be high between Emir H H Sheikh Tamim are wage disparities in the until Wednesday, the Department winds by afternoon and the sea bin Hamad Al Thani and Emperor public and mixed sectors. of Meteorology has said. would be rough due to the windy of Japan Akihito as well as his Salaries of male employees The department has cautioned conditions. Offshore as well there meeting with Japanese Prime are different from those of that there will be no reprieve could be scattered rains and the Minister Shinzo Abe saw the lead- their female colleagues in all from the dusty weather, which weather would be dusty. ers agree in their views regarding sectors. will affect visibility at least today. The wind could move inshore regional developments. Japan is one There are huge differences As a result, visibility would fall in at speeds less than eight knots of the biggest importers of energy in the salaries of citizens the morning as also later hours to an hour initially, and gradually from Qatar, in addition to having and expatriates, especially 2km within the city limits and to gather momentum and reach strong ties in other investment and A fire rages at The Torch, a residential high-rise tower, in Dubai yesterday. in the private sector. Fixing less than 1km outside. up to 28 to 30 knots an hour by economic fields such as health and working hours is another Motorists have been asked to afternoon. Offshore, too, the wind technology, reports QNA. problem. take extreme precaution particu- speed is expected to go up to 20 to Responding to a question on how But we are facing a big larly in the morning hours. It will 30 knots an hour. Blaze guts Dubai tower Qatar and Japan saw developments problem of forged certificates be a partly cloudy day today with The day temperatures fore- in the region, the foreign minister and degrees from graduates some chances of light rains. The cast today will vary from 22 to DUBAI: Hundreds of panicked residents fled one of the tallest tow- said that both had almost identical to PhDs. Fake degrees have night will be relatively cold. 27 degrees Celsius. Abu Samra, ers in Dubai early yesterday as a huge fire engulfed the skyscraper, views on how to deal with foreign literally invaded the local According to the Meteorology on the Qatar-Saudi border, will causing extensive damage to its luxury flats. crises. Both the countries have the market and hardly any sec- Department, since Friday there witness 22 degrees Celsius as the The inferno gutted the upper part of the 79-storey Torch tower. ability to move swiftly to resolve any tor is safe from this threat. has been a drop of about 8-10 maximum temperature. Amateur footage posted online showed fire engulfing the upper floors conflicts before they get out of hand. This is a threat not only degrees Celsius in the mercury In Doha, the maximum temper- of the tower — home to hundreds of expatriates — with debris falling Al Attiyah, stressing the to the job market, but to the levels. The department said on ature forecast is 26 degrees Celsius, onto the road as strong winds fanned the flames. importance of renouncing vio- safety of an individual. The its website that it has named the while the night will be colder (16 Civil defence teams cleared the building, which at 336 metres (1,105 lence in resolving crises, said action taken to curb this sudden, albeit brief cold snap, as degrees Celsius). The night will be feet) is one of the world’s tallest residential towers. Dubai police Qatar worked diligently to reach a menace has been limited ‘Bardul Ajoos’ (the cold of the the coldest in Abu Samra today said there were no fatalities but seven people were treated at the political resolution that meets the and without much impact. elderly). with the temperature forecast at scene for smoke inhalation. A civil defence department statement aspirations of the Syrian people. The issue is not being Roughly translated into 13 degrees Celsius. said the fire began on the 51st floor and swept across the tower’s Continued on page 2 addressed with the serious- English, it would mean a cold spell THE PENINSULA facade affecting 20 storeys. AFP THE PENINSULA ness it deserves, consider- ing its economic and social implications. So far, there is no clear or specific punishment for those Two jailed for highway found involved in forger- Call to prevent medicine misuse ies. There are no clear-cut rules to prosecute, imprison or deport the offenders and DOHA: In a new initiative, the a statement yesterday. The cam- the National Health Insurance robbery at gunpoint blacklist their names to ban Primary Health Care Corporation paign aims to raise public aware- Scheme (Seha) to primary health- their entry into the country (PHCC) has launched a nation- ness about the risks involved in care centers. Seha has laid down DOHA: A criminal court has judges that the main convict forever. wide campaign to promote the the irrational use of medicines. mechanisms to monitor prescrip- sentenced two GCC nationals assaulted the victim and fired in In the engineering sector, rational use of medicines and Misuse of medicines is a hot tion of medicines by healthcare to jail for robbing a person of the air to scare him and rob cash for example, there should be prevent their misuse or overuse. issue in the region forcing some providers covered by the scheme. cash at gunpoint on a highway worth QR4,500 ($1,236). a blacklist (of citizens and PHCC will use schools, sports GCC governments to bring about PHCC said that the campaign outside the city. The convict took away from expatriates) with forged clubs and social media to reach stringent rules to prevent this is in line with the World Health The court sentenced the main the victim his car keys as well, degrees and they should be out to the public with this message, practice, say medical indus- Organisation (WHO) guidelines convict to three years in jail and local Arabic daily Al Raya banned from practice. especially the citizens. PHCC said try sources. PHCC pharmacies and uses its tools and mechanisms. his accomplice got a two-year reported. A search of the victim’s Accountants caught with yesterday that the campaign aims are not permitted to dispose of “The rational use of medicine prison term. car by the police led to the dis- fake degrees should be to make sure that patients will be medicines without a prescription. is an international initiative being The accomplice told the court covery of a blank cartridge from referred to the investigat- prescribed only the essential med- However, a number of medicines adopted by all health organisations that he was taken by the main the front passenger seat. ing agencies and public pros- icines, in the required doses and are being sold over the counter such as the WHO. The PHCC is convict to where he committed The incident took place on Al ecution. The medical sector with the least possible cost. by private pharmacies and there trying to raise awareness in this the crime on the excuse that Zubara Road. The court, tak- should also have some ways “Medicines should meet the is always a possibility of misuse or regard to make it one of the prac- he needed help since one of the ing a serious view of the crime, to announce the names of patients’ treatment needs and be overuse, said the sources. tices of a healthy and prosperous tyres of his car had burst. announced the jail terms for the those involved in the forgery.