www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 17 SPORT | 24 Yellen suggests Barshim clears US Fed rate 2.35m to win hike is coming gold in Lusanne SATURDAY 27 AUGUST 2016 • 24 DHUL QA’DA 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6901 2 Riyals thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Erdogan opens third bridge over Bosphorus Strait Emir condoles Caution urged with Italy’s President over over online ads quake victims DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday held a telephone conversation to hire maids with Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella and expressed his con- dolences and those of the Qatari people to the president and the the recruitment process is com- friendly Italian people on the pleted and there are others who victims of the devastating earth- Sri Lankan Embassy come here and run away,” he added. quake that hit central Italy. official says According to Rohana, when a The Emir also expressed maid is recruited through a man- Qatar’s support for Italy. advertisements power agency, then the agency Foreign Minister H E Sheikh on social media is responsible for the maid for Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al three months if she does not show Thani held a phone call with his and other online up for duties or runs away as the Italian counterpart Paolo Gen- platforms lack employer signs a mandatory bond tiloni and expressed condolences of QR15,000 with the agency for on the victims of the earthquake, credibility and this time period. reports QNA. employers should “However, if someone finds a Meanwhile, in Amatrice, the maid through online advertise- first funerals for victims were verify details with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife, along with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and ments or any other sources, we held as Italy prepared for a day the mission. advise them to verify about the is wife, Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication Ahmet Arslan and other officials cut the of mourning. Flags will fly at person with the embassy,” Rohana ribbon to inaugurate the Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge, in Istanbul yesterday. The bridge, the third in half-mast today in respect for added. Turkey, is technically a hybrid between a suspension and cable-stayed bridge, spans the steep banks the victims whose number has It is mandatory for every Sri of the Bosphorus Strait at the entrance to the Black Sea. → See also page 3 reached 281. By Fazeena Saleem Lankan, skilled or unskilled, leav- → See also page 10 The Peninsula ing the country for employment overseas to seek approval from the Sri Lankan Foreign Employ- ment Bureau. DOHA: The Sri Lankan Embassy The bureau runs mandatory Qatar condemns bombing at Turkish checkpoint in Doha has advised employers to short training programmes for be cautious about online advertise- women who want to travel abroad ments for recruitment of maids and to take up domestic jobs. urged them to verify details with The training also makes them Agencies and affirming solidarity with Tur- truck bombing on the police build- The state-run Anadolu news the mission. aware about the laws and cus- key in actions and measures it takes ing. It came two days after the agency said the explosion took place Many advertisements for maids toms of the manpower importing to address criminal acts and main- Turkish army launched an offensive 50 metres from the building, at a posted on social media and other countries. DOHA: Qatar expressed condem- tain security and stability in country. in Syria that the government says is control post. online platforms lack credibility Also, an employment contact nation and denunciation of the The ministry reiterated Qatar’s not only aimed against Islamic State The PKK said it carried out the and some mislead employers, A K U has to be certified by the Sri Lankan bombing which occurred near a rejection of violence and terrorism in (IS) jihadists but also a Syrian Kurd- assault in retaliation for the “con- Rohana, Counsellor at the embassy, mission in the host country as well police checkpoint in the south- all their forms and manifestations, ish militia detested by Ankara. tinued isolation” of the group’s told The Peninsula. as the bureau. eastern Turkish province of Sirnak whatever their motives and causes. The blast tore the facade off the jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan and “There are people who adver- However, Rohana said some yesterday, killing 11 officers and It extended condolences and headquarters of the riot police in the the “lack of information” about his tise about maids on social media, employers submit a different con- wounding 78, including three civil- sympathy to the Turkish govern- town of Cizre, a bastion of PKK sup- welfare. but they are not reliable. We have tract to the Labour Department at ians. ment, people and families of the port north of the Syrian border. Cizre, a majority Kurdish town, received complaints from employ- the Ministry of Labour and Social In a statement, the Foreign Min- victims, wishing the injured a speedy The local governor’s office said 11 has been badly hit by renewed ers who recruited such maids,” he Affairs here. istry said Qatar strongly condemns recovery, reports QNA officers were killed and 78 injured, violence between the PKK and gov- explained. these heinous criminal acts aimed at The outlawed Kurdistan Work- three of them civilians. Four were ernment forces since the collapse of “Some maids don’t turn up after → Continued on page 2 destabilising security and stability ers’ Party (PKK) claimed the suicide said to be in critical condition. a ceasefire last year. BeIN buys Digiturk Spewing ash Up to 80 motorists caught daily for violations: Official AFP DOHA: Qatar’s beIN Media Group announced The Peninsula We wanted to avoid that,” he added. yesterday that it had completed the “largest deal “Every year, the campaign in its history” by buying Turkish satellite sports begins in summer. We have cho- and entertainment company, Digiturk. sen the summer months because “This acquisition represents the larg- DOHA: Traffic police patrols have there is no major traffic jam and it is est deal in the history of our group and a caught 50 to 80 motorists everyday easy to stop any violator and register major milestone in our global expansion,” for violations, including the use of the offence like what we did dur- beIN Chairman Nasser Al Khelaifi said in a mobile phones and not wearing ing this campaign. “The drive has statement. the seat belt while driving, during ended because schools are gearing He said the group’s expansion into the a summer campaign which has con- up to reopen for the new academic Turkish market was an “essential step” for cluded after over a month. year next month,” he added. beIN. The General Traffic Directorate During the campaign, police The statement did not say how much beIN at the ministry had focused espe- patrols were deployed across the paid for Digiturk. cially on motorists using mobile country to register violations. Al The Turkish pay TV broadcaster has more phone use and not wearing the Shamal, South, Dukhan and Doha than three million customers and specialises seat belt while driving. Violations patrols, among others, took part. in sport, showing matches from Spain’s La Liga Indonesian motorists stop by a mosque to take pictures of Mount Sinabung’s eruption were registered across the country, The campaign started as and France’s Ligue 1, among others. from Brastagi city, in Karo district, North Sumatra province, yesterday. according to Major Jaber Mohamed planned within the framework of Rashid Odaiba, Assistant Director, the General Traffic Directorate’s Media & Traffic Awareness Depart- aim to reduce accidents and pre- ment at the ministry. vent deaths and injuries. He said in the next five days Major Odaiba advised motorists, or so the department will release especially truck drivers, to use ‘tri- France’s top court suspends burkini ban statistics related to violations reg- angle warning’ to avoid accidents. istered during the road safety and He said the reason behind the traffic awareness campaign to eval- recent accident in Al Kharrara near AFP illegal violation of fundamental freedoms”. Police have fined Muslim women for wearing uate its impact and results. Mesaieed, was lack of awareness The court said local authorities could only burkinis on beaches in several towns, including Most violations were recorded in among road users. The freak acci- introduce measures restricting individual popular tourist resorts of Nice and Cannes, spark- densely populated areas, including dent claimed the lives of two youth freedoms if wearing the Islamic swimsuit on ing controversy in France and abroad. Al Rayyan, Doha and Old Airport, and the truck driver, who had run PARIS: France’s highest administrative court beaches represented a “proven risk” to public Amnesty International said the decision had Major Odaiba said. over them when they were crossing yesterday suspended a controversial ban on the order. “drawn an important line in the sand”. “French “It was practically difficult for the road, he said. burkini by a French Riviera town after it was chal- The judges said there was no such risk in the authorities must now drop the pretence that traffic police patrols to detect vio- He also advised motorists to lenged by rights groups. case concerning Villeneuve-Loubet, a resort on these measures do anything to protect the rights lations and catch the offenders on be cautious while driving, follow In a judgement expected to lead to bans being the Cote d’Azur between Nice and Cannes. of women,” Amnesty’s Europe Director John Dal- expressways or busy highways speed limits and give warning sig- overturned in around 30 towns, the State Coun- The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) huisen said.