ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Sunday 17 November 2013 13 Moharram 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5886 Price: QR2 US pumps up Lewis ‘eyes oil production $100m in October comeback’ Business | 17 Sport | 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Ministry hires more Philippines, Somalia donations urged DOHA: Qatar will observe People should begin collecting who attended the press confer- a Solidarity Day on Tuesday donations from today (Sunday) ence said: “We thank the Qatari to collect donations for the itself so they can hand it on people and expatriate communi- aid of the victims of Typhoon Tuesday,” he further said. ties for the donations and soli- labour inspectors Haiyan in the Philippines and Several charity organisations, darity. Some 80 tonnes of relief people affected by floods in including Qatar Charity, Red items collected in Qatar have Somalia. Crescent, Sheikh Eid Charity, already reached the Philippines.” Titled ‘Qatar Solidarity Day Sheikh Jassim Charity, Sheikh The death toll would rise in a few Minister presides over oath-taking ceremony with People of the Philippines Thani bin Abdullah Foundation days after all the deaths have been and Somalia’ the donation drive for Humanitarian Services counted, he said adding: “We first DOHA: The Ministry of Labour will be held with the support of (RAF) and Al Asmakh Charity need to bring life in the affected and Social Affairs has begun local charity organisations. will be supporting the campaign. areas to normalcy and then start augmenting its inspection unit Qatar Red Crescent yesterday Also a live television pro- the reconstruction work.” by recruiting more staff so as urged individuals and organisa- gramme will be telecast in Around 300 people are to keep a close watch on pri- tions to hold events to mobilise English and Arabic on Tuesday feared dead after a cyclone vate companies and make sure donations and hand it to charity as part of the campaign. The and heavy floods hit Somalia’s workers’ rights are protected. organisations on Tuesday. name of the television channel Puntland region. Many fisher- Last week, a batch of 14 newly- “We invite the government has not been announced yet. men are missing and feared recruited labour inspectors took and private institutions, schools The Philippines has started dead, according to Omar Idriss, oath of office at a ceremony presided and everyone else to join the to get more international aid as Somali Ambassador to Qatar. over by the Minister, H E Abdullah campaign. They can organise people try to recover from a dev- “Many people have died and Saleh Mubarak Al Khulaifi. different events to collect dona- astating typhoon which killed more had gone missing. We thank The inspectors have been armed tions,” said Dr Mohamed bin Al more than 4,460 and left hun- Qatar for its initiative to help with judicial powers and they took Ali Al Madid, President of Qatar dreds of thousands homeless. flood victims in Somalia,” he said. a pledge that they will help imple- Red Crescent, addressing a Crescente Relacion, THE PENINSULA ment the provisions of the labour The Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, H E Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Al press conference here yesterday. Philippines Ambassador to Qatar, See also pages 2 &12 law with all earnestness. Khulaifi (right), greeting an inspector after oath-taking at a function last week. The Minister said on the occa- sion that the Ministry is always the Ministry currently had 150 companies needed to be closely keen to improve work environment inspectors and was mulling monitored. “The Ministry is also in the country and make sure that increasing their number to 250. hiring more language interpreters Rains likely, no flooding: Met official the rights of both workers and Many inspectors, he added, were so workers’ woes can be redressed their employers are protected. being sent to the International by the labour department and Arming the inspectors with Labour Organisation (ILO) for its branches efficiently,” he had DOHA: The Meteorology that it would rain continuously for so far — contrary to the rumours. judicial powers is to ensure full intensive training so they could stressed. Department has forecast rains three days starting tomorrow. The official said that the and effective implementation of apply the right methods while Meanwhile, asked what the today, but denied rumours about A meteorological official clari- Department had already issued the labour law and oath-taking by conducting inspection. judicial powers of labour inspec- heavy flooding and storms in fied that the rumours were, in a report that said there would inspectors is meant to make them Back from training they could tors meant, prominent law- the region. fact, more than a month old be a period of unstable weather realise the importance of their train other inspectors here, Al yer, Yusuf Al Zaman, told this Local social networking sites and they were taking rounds in starting last Thursday until the role, a Ministry statement said. Mulla had said. newspaper that the powers gave were abuzz yesterday with discus- different countries for a while end of this week. The Minister called on the Abdullah Saleh had told report- inspectors the right to frame sions about a circular, apparently now. “Anyone who wants to get “Cloudy weather will prevail, recruits to do their duty with ers late last September that more charges against a company found issued by the US Navy in Bahrain, the weather forecast for Qatar and rain might fall starting today dedication and honesty. Senior inspectors were being recruited to violating the labour law, and refer which warned GCC states, includ- should look at the official infor- in the North-Western part of the Ministry officials attended the keep a check on companies and them directly to the police. ing Qatar, about heavy flooding and mation that is provided by the country. The rains may engulf the oath-taking ceremony. ensure that workers’ rights are The police would, in turn, for- a possible tsunami in the region. Meteorology Department at whole country by the middle of To recall, the Under-secretary protected. ward the charges to the Public The rumours were being circu- qweather.gov.qa,” he said. the week,” he said, adding that the at the Ministry, H E Hussain He had said that a heavier Prosecution which would eventu- lated through Facebook, Twitter He said that with the excep- downpour will occur sporadically. Al Mulla, said in a media inter- influx of foreign workers for the ally file the charges in court and Blackberry Messenger, among tion of Riyadh, there have been THE PENINSULA view here early last month that FIFA 2022 project implied that THE PENINSULA others messenger services, and said no reports of rainfall in Bahrain Continued on page 2 Dhow-inspired 2022 stadium in Al Wakrah Judges for dissolving Brotherhood party Qatar elected to three CAIRO: A panel of Egyptian judges has recommended the Unesco committees Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party be dissolved, PARIS: Qatar has won Group), France, Germany, Italy ahead of a court decision the membership of the and the US (Europe and North that could further drive the Unesco’s Legal Committee, America), the Czech Republic, Islamists underground, state Headquarters Committee and the Russian Federation and media reported yesterday. Intergovernmental Committee Uzbekistan (Group of Eastern The panel made its non-bind- for Physical Education and European countries) and Gabon ing recommendations to the Sport. and Kenya (Commission of the administrative court, which is This came during election of African continent). deliberating a lawsuit to ban the the committees during the 37th The Headquarters Committee party for its affiliation with the session of the Unesco general con- includes Sudan, Senegal, Kenya, Brotherhood and contravening ference in Paris, which ends on Sri Lanka, Korea, Bangladesh, laws on the formation of religious November 20. Spain and Portugal. The parties. Unesco’s 195 member states Intergovernmental Committee The court will examine the took part in the elections and for Physical Education and Sport recommendations in a hearing the Arab group unanimously sup- includes Yemen, South Africa, on February 15, the official Mena ported Qatar’s nomination for the Congo, Iran, Indonesia, Brazil, the news agency reported. committees. Russian Federation, Germany and The panels convene periodically Denmark. Iran close to nuclear at the Unesco headquarters to Membership in these commit- study international issues on its tees is for four years, and elec- deal, says Lavrov agenda and prepare resolutions. tions are held every two years to A computer-generated image of the new Al Wakrah Stadium, one of the six new venues planned for 2022 The Legal Committee includes replace half of their members. MOSCOW: Global pow- FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar. The stadium, which captures the essence of the traditional dhow, can Egypt, Palestine, Sudan (Arab QNA ers and Iran are close to a seat 40,000. The stadium will be ready by 2018. More stories and pictures on pages 25 & 28 preliminary deal to rein in Tehran’s nuclear programme and should not pass up a “very good chance” to clinch it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in remarks Teary Tendulkar walks into retirement broadcast yesterday. His upbeat comments in a tel- MUMBAI: India crushed West Indies the stumps of No.11 Shane Shillingford even though Tendulkar has just turned a evision interview came a day after by an innings and 126 runs on the and the crowd at the Wankhede erupted former India cricketer. It was the occa- a senior US official said it was third day of the second Test to give in joy.