www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 29 Ooredoo and Arabsat Qatar face tough sign deal on satellite task in third communications round WEDNESDAY 13 APRIL 2016 • 6 Rajab 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6765 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar OPINION PM meets German envoy Emir leads Qatar delegation to Islamic Summit Conference DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will head today to Istanbul leading Qatar’s delegation to the 13th session of Islamic Summit Conference, which will be held in Turkey’s capital Ankara under the theme “Unity and Solidarity for Justice and Peace”, reports QNA. Dr. Khalid Al-Shafi Syria truce strained on eve Editor-in-Chief of peace talks in Geneva Panama leaks BEIRUT: Syria’s landmark ceasefire was threatening to fall apart yesterday amid a surge of fresh fighting, espe- cially in northern Aleppo province, just as peace talks to where? were set to resume in Geneva. The UN’s Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura, who has said the negotiations due to uring the last few start today would be “crucially important,” was in Iran days the scandal of for talks with a key backer of Syria’s President Bashar Dthe Panama Papers Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani met yesterday with Germany’s Al Assad. This week’s round of talks in Geneva will be has brought several off- Ambassador to Qatar Hans-Udo Muzel. They discussed cooperation between Qatar and Germany and means of the second since Assad’s regime and rebel forces agreed shore accounts to light, enhancing it. to a partial truce. with global repercussions → See also page 6 including strong reac- tions about the enormous amounts of money kept in the accounts owned by leaders, officials and prom- inent figures of several Ministry raises heat on erring auto dealers countries across the world. The documents claim that these leaders manip- ulated money by creating on automobile dealers violating war- The dealer refused to fix it claim- The department came to the conclu- workshops of their choice, within the fake companies on Panama ranty terms. The ministry has forced ing that the warranty does not cover sion that the car dealer had violated warranty period. This has forced car Island to evade tax, hide Customers asked to a leading car dealer to repair a car the gear box because the car owner the warranty terms and breached dealers to slash maintenance charges the source of their money report violations to under warranty period free after the violated the warranty terms. The Article (9) of law No (8) of 2008 on to win customers. and avoid questioning over Consumer Protection dealer refused to fix it in line with dealer claimed that the car owner consumer protection. In case of having maintenance its legality. warranty terms. had replaced the gear box oil with The law stipulates that dealers and repair works at third-party work- More than 11 million Department. The ministry said yesterday that another kind of oil that failed to and suppliers must comply with the shops, vehicle owners have been documents were released it will take legal action against the meet the technical requirements of warranty terms offered to costum- advised to retain invoices of main- to the media by a company erring dealer. The ministry acted the manufacturer. ers. The action came as part of the tenance and repair works as well as that worked hard to extract after receiving a complaint from the Inspectors from the Consumer ministry’s ongoing efforts to protect the spare parts and materials used, to the codes and access the The Peninsula vehicle’s owner through one of its Protection and Combating Com- consumers and ensure that car deal- show that repair works were carried papers. communication channels concern- mercial Fraud Department at the ers follow up on vehicle defects and out in accordance with the manufac- ing the car dealer’s refusal to repair Ministry investigated the complaint repairs. In a recent initiative the min- turer’s requirements. → Continued on page 2 DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and the vehicle. The dispute arose over a and found that the car owner didn’t istry had allowed vehicle owners to Commerce has tightened the noose complaint about the car’s gearbox. violate the technical requirements. get their cars serviced or repaired at → Continued on page 4 02 WEDNESDAY 13 APRIL 2016 HOME Panama leaks to where? Posters on nutrition at supermarkets soon Continued from page 1 displayed at Al Meera branches in the This is the biggest leak in country. history in terms of the strong Ministry signs MoU The nutrition information will be and solid contents it included with Weill Cornell prepared by WCM-Q’s Sahtak Awa- and the money involved. lan programme and the ministry in Now, the pertinent ques- Medicine-Qatar and accordance with the Qatar Dietary tion that arises is: What is the Al Meera Consumer Guidelines issued in 2015. aim of these leaks and their Dr Saleh bin Ali Al Marri, Assist- publication at this point of Goods Company to ant Secretary-General for Medical time? promote healthy Affairs at the ministry; Dr Javaid Much has been said Sheikh, Dean, WCM-Q, represented about global intelligence eating habits among by Nesreen Al Rifai, Chief Commu- agencies which have people. nications Officer, WCM-Q; and Dr allegedly targeted some Mohammed Nasser Al Qahtani, Dep- international figures and uty CEO, Al Meera, signed the MoU leaders for blackmailing at the ministry premises yesterday. purposes. Others have talked By Fazeena Saleem “This MoU is part of our con- about deals and concessions The Peninsula certed efforts to promote public that took place. health awareness, especially as far No doubt, a blind eye as healthy diet is concerned, and the was turned to some of the ministry attaches special impor- global financial manipu- DOHA: In a new campaign to pro- tance to raising health awareness in lations, but when there is a mote healthy eating habits among the community in cooperation with conflict of interests, secret people, posters with information on all concerned partners,” said Dr Al files come out into the open. nutrition contained in food items will Marri. FIFA is one example of this. be displayed at several supermarkets Qatar STEPS Non-communi- Discussions on the sub- across the country. cable Disease Risk Factors Survey ject of the Panama Papers Posters will be designed to help 2012 showed that the majority of are continuing in Europe, consumers decide what food items to adult Qataris (91 percent) consumed and investigations have buy to make a healthy and balanced less than five servings of fruits and/ begun to ascertain whether diet, said officials yesterday. or vegetables on average a day, 45.9 Dr Saleh bin Ali Al Marri, Assistant Secretary-General for Medical Affairs at the ministry; Dr Javaid Sheikh, any of the officials named The Ministry of Public Health percent of them had low physi- Dean, WCM-Q, represented by Nesreen Al Rifai, Chief Communications Officer, WCM-Q; and Dr Mohammed in the documents have been signed a memorandum of under- cal activity, and 41.4 percent of the Nasser Al Qahtani, Deputy CEO, Al Meera, signing the MoU at the ministry premises yesterday. exploited. Public reaction standing (MoU) with Weill Cornell respondents were obese and 70 per- Pic: Baher / The Peninsula has been mixed. Some peo- Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) and Al cent overweight. ple demanded that political Meera Consumer Goods Company “These worrying numbers add leaders resign while others (Al Meera) to launch the public health to the importance of this crucial Health Strategy,” Dr Al Marri added. plans to expand the programme later health programme at workplaces, asked for further investiga- awareness campaign. campaign which aligns with other The awareness posters will ini- at more branches. conduct a survey to assess the needs tion. Unfortunately, the leaks The MoU will facilitate to educate important efforts, particularly the tially be displayed at five Al Meera A task force will be set up by the of Al Meera employees (pre-survey) included some Arab leaders the public with a wide range of infor- National Nutrition and Physical branches — Legtaifiya, Gulf Mall, Al ministry to help with preparing and and conduct health check-ups for whose people live in pov- mation on nutrition through posters Activity Plan, part of the National Wakrah, Thakira and Geant, with revising the posters, implement the them. erty and desperately need support. Finally, I will say that this wave of new leaks is not the first and will not be French centre Capago MENA gets over 32,000 applications for Schengen visas the last, because observers strongly believe that money plays a major role in politics The Peninsula and international relations. DOHA: Capago MENA, the French Visa Application Centre, received more than 32,000 GACA member applications for Schengen visas at its facilities in Doha, the French embassy said yesterday. of ICAO Council Capago MENA, and the embassy have succeeded in facilitating the French Schengen visa application process by offering Qataris the QNA best quality services, allowing the issuance of a visa in 48 hours or less, the mission said yesterday. Capago MENA also offers a “doorstep DOHA: The General Authority of application” for all, whereby one agent offers a Civil Aviation (GACA) has gained personalised service at home or office for the membership of the Experts Coun- application procedure. cil of Air Facilities and Transport “We always welcome our Qatari friends and of the International Civil Aviation Qatar residents who wish to visit our beautiful Organisation (ICAO).