ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Monday 6 January 2014 5 Rabial I 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5936 Price: QR2 Nakilat Damen Super Australia Shipyard lays keel crush for two Stan Tugs England Business | 17 Sport | 27 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 New exam Emergency landing system for pharmacists First phase of programme begins DOHA: A new examination performance of pharmacists in a system is being introduced real or simulated clinical setting. in Qatar for pharmacists and “The examinees will be required other healthcare practitioners to deal with different situations. in a clinical setting to assess For instance, a patient may have a how they would perform in a complicated prescription or medi- real-life situation. cal condition that will require The Objective Structured great skills and knowledge while Clinical Examination (OBSE) dispensing the medicines. To con- would be made mandatory for all duct the examination, we should licensed pharmacists in Qatar, the first develop the models and find SCH said yesterday. people who are ready to act as This is part of a plan to upgrade patients,” said Al Khanji. the skills of pharmacists, who will The QCPH is organising a play a bigger role with imple- three-day workshop from today at mentation of the national health the Ritz-Carlton, in collaboration insurance scheme. with the College of Pharmacy and “Currently the role of phar- the University of Toronto. A Saudi Arabian Airlines plane after an emergency landing at Madinah airport yesterday. Twenty-nine people were injured when the Boeing 767-300ER macists is limited to dispensing The workshop will have 50 made an emergency landing at Madinah airport in the west of the country early yesterday. medicines. In future, they will participants including pharma- be getting a bigger role includ- cists, students and professors of ing the right to prescribe some the Pharmacy College and rep- medicines in certain situations. resentatives of SCH and QCHP. The new examination system is to There is a plan to include assess if they are equipped with OBSE in the final examination Kerry says peace talks progressing the required skills,” Dr Jamal of the College, the SCH said in Rashid Al Khanji, acting CEO of a separate statement yesterday. JERUSALEM: US Secretary “We have had very positive — but “But I cannot tell you when, Kerry has been trying to the Qatar Council for Healthcare “The workshop will focus on of State John Kerry said yester- I have to say very serious, very particularly, the last pieces may establish what US officials call a Practitioners (QCHP) told this developing samples to assess the day the Israelis and Palestinians intensive — conversations.” decide to fall into place or may “framework” for guidelines for an daily yesterday. practical ability of the pharmacy were making some progress in Kerry said all of the major issues fall on the floor and leave the eventual peace accord. QCHP is the body responsible graduates and pharmacy practi- peace talks, though there was in the conflict — borders, security, puzzle unfinished,” added Kerry, He has previously asked Israel for licensing healthcare prac- tioners and make a comprehensive still a chance no accord would the fate of Palestinian refugees due to return to Jerusalem later to reconsider a 2002 Arab peace titioners. The official said that assessment if they are equipped be reached. and the status of Jerusalem — yesterday. plan, which it has rejected in the OBSE would be made compulsory to work as licensed pharmacists Speaking before he flew to were under discussion. Kerry appeared boosted by past. The initiative, originally pro- for pharmacists as an additional according to the rules and stand- Jordan and Saudi Arabia to brief “The path is becoming clearer. his meeting with Custodian of posed by King Abdullah, offers requirement to the written (the- ards,” said the statement. their rulers about his 10th visit The puzzle is becoming more the Two Holy Mosques King Israel full recognition in return ory) examinations. “Anyone working as a licensed to the region to see Israeli Prime defined. And it is becoming much Abdulah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi for giving up land it captured “We are in the process of devel- pharamacist will be required to Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more apparent to everybody what Arabia at his winter residence in 1967 and a “just” solution for oping the models for implement- pass this examination,” it added. and Palestinian President the remaining tough choices are,” near Riyadh. Palestinian refugees. ing the examination in Qatar. The The workshop is the first phase Mahmoud Abbas, Kerry said both he said. “Today, His Majesty was not Kerry earlier spent an hour pilot phase will involve pharma- of an implementation plan that sides had a sharper idea of the He added he would not be flying just encouraging but supported with Jordan’s King Abdullah in cists but later it will be extended will include a training programme compromises needed to secure an to meet the kings of Jordan and our efforts in (the) hopes that Amman discussing the peace to other relevant segments as for the examiners and preparation agreement. Saudi Arabia if he did not believe we can be successful in the days talks, Syria’s civil war and vio- well,” added Al Khanji. of volunteers who will be acting as “This has been a productive cou- both sides were grappling with ahead,” Kerry told reporters after lence in Iraq. OBSE tests the skills and patients. THE PENINSULA ple of days,” Kerry told reporters. the issues. meeting. REUTERS Slipping on ice Pope Francis to Dividend news cheers Qataris visit Palestine, DOHA: State-backed Mesaieed Petrochemical (who would become its shareholders after listing) Holding Company’s decision to pay four months’ since the time the company was set up (in September Israel in May extra cash dividend to successful subscribers to 2013). its IPO just two to three months after share allot- “Legally, the shareholders should not be entitled VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis ment is aimed at encouraging people to retain the to cash dividend for any period in 2013 since the IPO is to visit biblical sites in Jordan, allotted scrip over the long-term, banking industry opened only on December 31, but it is the Emir’s Israel and the Palestinian sources say. directive to do so,” the Minister said. Territories in May, his first trip The government’s dividend payout announcement He hinted that the Initial Public Offering was to the Christian Holy Land as was quite timely and is likely to ensure that many priced so low since it was only meant for the com- pontiff and only the fourth by a Qataris apply for the primary issue and offloading mon Qatari; it would cost the MPHC a whopping pope since biblical times. of shares is minimal on listing, a banking industry QR4bn as its capital stands reduced from QR16bn The May 24-26 trip to Amman, insider said. to QR12bn. Jerusalem and Bethlehem will “The shareholders would now wait for the cash He also said parents and legal guardians of Qataris, mark the 50th anniversary of a dividend to come by so we expect that many wouldn’t who are below 18 years, would not be allowed to sell historic trip to the region by Pope exit after the company’s shares are listed on Qatar the shares allotted to the minors before they attain Paul VI. Pope John Paul II visited Exchange,” a source said. majority. in 2000 and Benedict XVI went Qataris yesterday welcomed the state’s announce- The aim of the IPO is to help promote the cul- in 2009. ment to pay cash dividend to the successful subscrib- ture of savings in the Qatari community by letting Apart from its significance ers to the issue for the last four months of 2013 the successful subscribers experience the benefit of for Roman Catholic relations sometime in March/April this year. long-term capital gains and regular dividend income, with Jews and Muslims, Francis’ Finance Minister H E Ali Sherif Al Emadi said said the minister. trip will hold major importance at a news conference on Saturday that Mesaieed Some 35,000 Qataris are believed to have applied for relations among Christians Petrochemical Holding Company (MPHC) will be for the IPO so far. because it will include a meeting paying out dividend to the successful subscribers THE PENINSULA in Jerusalem with the spiritual head of the world’s Orthodox Christians, as well as Anglican and Protestant leaders. Francis, who has made many appeals for peace in the Middle More car parking lots coming up in Doha East since his election in March, announced the trip to thousands DOHA: The government seems earmarked in the towers area of among other towns. Some of of people gathered in St Peter’s all set to help end car parking the West Bay to construct multi- these may be pay-and-park facili- Square for his Sunday address. He woes in Doha and other places storey parking lots with basement ties. Meanwhile, Grand Hamad had been invited to visit by both A man falls while slipping on ice during freezing rain on Roosevelt Island, in the country and, it is believed, parking facilities. Avenue is being developed and Palestinian President Mahmoud a borough of Manhattan, New York, yesterday. New York City was in the is ready to launch a number of Likewise, huge parking spaces more parking lots may be built Abbas and Israeli President grip of sub-freezing weather yesterday morning. car parking projects. are to be built in Al Rayyan, Umm by the roads.