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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 17 SPORT | 21 Qatargas to Qualifier Cepelova increase supply of stuns second seed LNG to Pakistan Muguruza FRIDAY 1 JULY 2016 • 26 RAMADAN 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6844 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Prime Minister meets King Salman Emir appoints Traffic violations Minister of State for Foreign Affairs decrease by DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yester- day issued the Emiri Order No. 4 of 2016 appointing H E Sultan bin Saad bin Sultan Al Muraikhi 4.7% in May as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. The Emiri Order shall be effective from its date of issue and penalise drivers who violate road shall be published in the Official rules as well as to catch the differ- Gazette, reports QNA. Qatar’s population ent traffic violations. Foreign Minister H E Sheikh reached 2.59 million The campaign led to booking of Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al 26 motorcycle violations for various Thani issued yesterday a decision in May this year. reasons related to safety in residen- to appoint Rashid bin Khalida tial areas. Al Khalifa as an Advisor to the On the other hand, a number Foreign Minister, Dr Ahmed bin of drivers were caught driving Hassan Malallah as Secretary- By Sachin Kumar without a licence. They had been General of the Ministry of Foreign The Peninsula referred to authorities for violat- Affairs, and Saad bin Ali Saad Al ing traffic laws. Kharji as head of the Foreign Min- General Traffic Directorate ister’s Office. has urged all motorists to abide by DOHA: Traffic Department regis- traffic rules and not to allow those Annual licence fee tered 142,215 violations in May this without licence to drive. year compared to 145,182 in the According to the monthly bul- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia met for small ship VHF same month last year, showing a letin, Qatar’s population reached yesterday with Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al fall of 4.7 percent. According to the 2.59 million in May 2016, an annual Thani at Al Safa Palace in Makkah. The Prime Minister conveyed greetings of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Radio reduced 29th edition of Qatar Monthly Sta- increase of 8.96 percent compared bin Hamad Al Thani to King Salman. In turn, King Salman conveyed to the Premier his greetings to the tistics released yesterday, Radar to 2.37 million in May 20 last year. Emir. Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz detected violations were the high- Movement of vessels at Hamad Al Saud also attended the meeting. The Peninsula est with 77,793 violations in May Port was 145 in May this year, while while 22,843 cases related to vio- it recorded 36 movements during lating traffic instructions. last April same year. DOHA: Following the Cabinet’s The monthly bulletin, released According to the bulletin total approval of the Communica- by the Ministry of Development broad money supply (M2) recorded tions Regulatory Authority (CRA) Planning and Statistics (MDPS), said about QR497bn during the month Electronic bracelets for Haj pilgrims proposal to reduce the annual a total of 7,536 new vehicles were of May 2016 showing a marginal licence fees for VHF Radio for registered in May this year compared monthly increase of 0.1 per- small ships, and dual-band radio to 7,563 in April same year. cent compared to April 2016. On Reuters Press Agency, SPA, said. more than two million Muslims for hunting, CRA has cut the fees In a separate statement, Minis- the other hand, cash equivalents; Water-resistant and connected from around the world. The Haj is for the above from QR500 to try of Interior said that 1,760 vehicles includes deposits increased by 1.72 to Global Positioning System (GPS), the world’s largest annual gather- R100 per year. were seized in a traffic inspection percent during May 2016 in compar- DUBAI: Saudi Arabia will introduce the devices will also instruct wor- ing of Muslims. The new fee is effective as per campaign for various violations such ison with April 2016, as it recorded electronic identification bracelets for shippers on timings of prayers Nearly a thousand new surveil- the Cabinet approval published in as not renewing the licence or driv- about QR683bn during May 2016. In all pilgrims to Makkah starting this and a multi-lingual help desk lance cameras were installed this the Official Gazette No. 7 of June ing recklessly threatening the lives contrast, Total broad money supply year, Saudi media said yesterday, as to guide especially non-Arabic month at Makkah’s Grand Mosque 15, 2016. of others and their own. (M2) recorded a negative year-on- part of a safety drive. speaking pilgrims around the var- and linked to control rooms staffed CRA is the communications General Traffic Directorate at year change of 4.41 percent, while Containing personal and med- ious rituals of the annual Islamic by special forces monitoring pilgrim regulator in Qatar established by the Ministry of Interior carried out cash equivalents; includes deposits, ical information, the bracelets will event. movements for the event sched- virtue of Emiri Decree (42) in 2014. a traffic inspection campaign during recorded a positive year-on-year help authorities provide care and Saudi Arabia oversees the uled for August, Saudi newspapers the month of Ramadan, to find and change of 8.26 percent. identify people, the official Saudi annual pilgrimage to Makkah by reported. → Continued on page 2 Duterte sworn in as Philippine President Johnson pulls out of AP many crime-weary Filipinos but race to be Brexit PM alarmed human rights watchdogs and the dominant Roman Catholic MANILA: Rodrigo Duterte was Church. Duterte rose from middle- AFP effectively torpedoed his chances sworn in yesterday as President of class roots. Shortly after Duterte’s by announcing his own surprise bid the Philippines, with many hop- election win, police launched an for the top job, sharply criticising his ing his maverick style will energise anti-drug crackdown under his name, LONDON: Leading Brexit mop-haired ex-ally. the country but others fearing he leaving dozens of mostly poor drug- campaigner Boris Johnson yes- The power struggle brought com- could undercut one of Asia’s liveliest dealing suspects dead in gunfights or terday ruled himself out of the parisons to Shakespeare tragedies, democracies amid his threats to kill in mysterious circumstances. race to succeed Prime Minister with one MP likening Gove’s actions criminals en masse. Vice-President Leni Robredo, a David Cameron in a bombshell to those of a murderous Macbeth. The 71-year-old former prosecu- human rights lawyer who comes from announcement just a week after Senior Conservative Michael tor and longtime mayor of southern a rival political party, was sworn in Britain voted to leave the EU. Heseltine said Johnson — author of a Davao city won a resounding victory earlier in a separate ceremony. Vice The decision by the former book on Britain’s wartime leader Win- in May’s elections in his first foray into presidents are separately elected London mayor upended the Con- ston Churchill — was “like a general, national politics. He has described in the Philippines, and in a sign of servative Party’s leadership that led his army to the sound of guns, himself as the country’s first leftist Duterte’s go-it-alone style, he has not contest and added to the deep and at the sight of the battlefield aban- Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte takes the oath of office at the president and declared his foreign met her since the May 9 vote. uncertainty over how and when doned the field.” policy would not be dependent on the Malacanang Palace in Manila, yesterday. In a country long ruled by wealthy Britain will split from the bloc. He accused Johnson of generat- United States, a longtime treaty ally. political clans, Duterte rose from mid- The shock outcome of the June ing “the greatest constitutional crisis Duterte, who begins a six-year with promises to cleanse the poor crooks within six months — an auda- dle-class roots. 23 referendum has led to massive of modern times”. term as president, captured attention nation of criminals and government cious pledge that was welcomed by → See also page 5 political upheaval, with warnings After an 11-minute speech trum- about the country’s economic peting his achievements as London future and fears about the very mayor and outlining his vision for unity of the United Kingdom. Britain, Johnson left the punchline The maverick Johnson had for the end. New version of Android been tipped as a favourite to suc- “Having consulted colleagues ceed Cameron, who resigned after and in view of the circumstances in crowned ‘Nougat’ the vote saying he would leave it to parliament, I’ve concluded that per- his successor to begin formal talks son cannot be me,” he told shocked QUARTER with the EU on Britain’s departure supporters. FINAL Wales vs Belgium 10pm AFP developers conference in May, and — despite European leaders insist- MATCH revealed the winning Android name ing on a quick divorce. → See also page 11 at a playful ceremony at its campus The frontrunner in the five- SAN FRANCISCO: Google’s new- in Silicon Valley. Nutella was thought horse race is now interior minister est mobile operating system will be to be a favourite, but Nougat won the Theresa May, who supported stay- RAMADAN called Nougat, continuing a tradition day.