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THURSDAY 21 MAY 2015 • 3 Shaaban 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6437 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Deputy Emir attends QU graduation QR2.36m Arabic Ashghal trains novel prize winners named officials to DOHA: Katara yesterday announced winners of the first edition of its Arabic novel prize worth a total of $650,000 (about QR2.36m). prevent graft The five winners in the cat- egory of published novels are: Ameer Tajassir from Sudan, Muneera Sawar from Bahrain, Special centre designing courses Nasira Al Sadoun from Iraq, Ibrahim Abdul Majeed from DOHA: With billions of dollars development and said they were Egypt and Wasinee Al Araj at stake in infrastructure devel- contributing greatly to helping from Algeria. Each one gets opment projects many of which achieve the Qatar National Vision $60,000 (about QR218,490). are being handled by the Public 2030. The five winners for unpub- Works Authority (Ashghal), its “Our Centre is keen to develop lished novels are: Jalal Barjis from senior officials have recently anti-corruption training pro- Jordan, Abdul Jaleel Al Tuhami attended a training programme grammes for targeted segments, from Morocco, Maisaloon Hadi to identify corruption and pre- whose focus will be on providing from Iraq, Zakaria Abu Maria vent and fight the menace. practical training and not just from Morocco and Samih Al The training course was theoretical lessons,” he said. Jabbas from Egypt. Each one designed and provided by an anti- “Our job is to identify interna- gets $30,000 (about QR109,200). corruption centre that has been tional specialists who have proven Katara will make a film or set up here recently and which expertise in identifying and fight- Deputy Emir and Chairman of Board of Regents at Qatar University H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani drama from the best novel sle- aims at identifying target groups ing corruption and they will be attended the graduation ceremony of the batch of 2015 of Qatar University’s male students at Qatar National lected from the list. in the government to provide invited here to manage the train- Conventions Centre yesterday. See also page 3 THE PENINSULA training to prevent corruption. ing courses.” The Rule of Law and Anti- One of the main focuses of the Corruption Centre is designing a above programmes will be to tell number of anti-corruption train- the trainees about the different ing courses for target groups and forms of corruption and only then has plans to invite international can it be fought, the CEO said. Four killed in road crash near Mesaieed experts with proven track record The target segments that are to of fighting corruption in public be trained to prevent and combat DOHA: Four expatriates — also seen near the accident site. places to conduct the training pro- corruption will consist of senior two Filipinos and two Nepalese The cause of the accident is not grammes. The focus of the training government officials who also — died and four others were known. course for senior Ashghal officials need to be identified. injured, two of them critically, in Emergency services includ- was on preventing all forms of pos- The Centre will be closely coor- a road accident near Mesaieed ing an air ambulance of Hamad sible corruption in infrastructure dinating with the government in yesterday morning. Medical Corporation (HMC) was development projects. its efforts to spread awareness The dead and injured have been flown to the scene to apparently The Centre’s future training about the importance of the rule identified as employees of a con- transport the critically injured to programmes will focus on tack- of law and educate the right peo- struction company. Hamad General Hospital (HGH). ling corruption and particularly ple about it, said Al Athba. According to the embassies of Two Nepalese in critical con- identifying and fighting irregu- The aim of the Centre is to the Philippines and Nepal, the dition and are being treated at larities in handling public money make sure that Qatar has a cor- deceased were Ysrael Villamarin the Trauma Intensive Care Unit and detecting possible irregu- ruption-free environment. Cenina (37), Reymel Anonuevo (TICU) of HGH, a community larities in supply contracts and The training programmes Manalo (22), both Filipinos; and The badly-damaged vehicle involved in the accident near Mesaieed. source said. Two Filipinos — main contracts of development assume significance as a number Ram Prasad Rajbamssi and Girija Bernard Macasukit Teves and projects, and the process of tak- of cases of alleged corruption have Khanal, who were Nepalese. Their the highway between Salwa Road flipped over in the middle of the Christopher Colitano Cleofe — ing legal steps. The CEO of the been coming to light in the coun- bodies were kept at Al Wakrah and Mesaieed. Several photos of road, while hard hats of construc- were treated for minor injuries Centre, Fahad bin Sadoon Al try as tens of billions of dollars Hospital morgue. the accident site being circu- tion workers, mobile phones and and discharged from the hospital. Athba, lauded the role of Ashghal have been spent on infrastructure The accident occurred in Al lated on social media show bod- other belongings lie scattered. THE PENINSULA and its employees in national projects. THE PENINSULA Kharrara, a place which connects ies thrown out of a white vehicle Several trucks and SUVs are Continued on page 6 Global meet on UN announces Yemen talks; RP cancellation fee waived IS threat in DOHA: The Ministry of Interior has decided to not charge a fee for the cancellation of residency permits (RPs) of expatriates. The ministry levied QR60 as RP cancellation charges. Naturally, Paris on June 2 govt demands rebel pullout no fee will be charged for cancelling the RP of deceased expatriates as well. PARIS: France will host a high- SANA’A: The United Nations The State Cabinet yesterday approved a draft decision of the level meeting of the interna- announced yesterday a date for Ministry of Interior to amend certain provisions of its Decision tional community on combating its conference on Yemen, where (No. 19 of 2007) organising the fees for the services provided by the the threat posed by the Islamic Saudi-led warplanes have inten- Ministry, including some certificates it issues, reports Qatar News State group next month in Paris, sified raids against rebels in a Agency (QNA). authorities said yesterday. conflict that has displaced half THE PENINSULA “Along with (US Secretary a million people. of State) John Kerry and (Iraqi But Yemen’s government-in- Prime Minister Haider) Al Abadi, exile swiftly demanded a pullback Cabinet nod to Ramadan prices I will be welcoming in Paris on of the Iran-backed Shia rebels June 2 the members of the inter- from seized territory as a pre- DOHA: The State Cabinet yesterday endorsed a decision of the national coalition to talk about condition to joining the talks set Minister of Economy and Commerce to introduce price controls Iraq,” Fabius said in a speech in for May 28 in Geneva. for a number of food and non-food items during the fasting month the French capital. The developments came as of Ramadan, which will begin by the middle of next month, reports The “central” theme of the Tehran headed off a potential Qatar News Agency (QNA). meeting will be the crisis in Iraq confrontation with arch-foe The list of items is expected to be issued by the Economy Ministry although it was “not impossible” Washington by saying an Iranian 10 to 15 days before the holy month begins. that Syria would also be dis- ship bound for Yemen in defiance Last year, 400 items were on the list of controlled prices for the cussed, the minister added. “We of a blockade would now dock in fasting month. Some of a group of 200 Yemenis stranded in Egypt pray after arriving at have to take stock of how the Djibouti for UN inspection. THE PENINSULA Sana’a International Airport yesterday. coalition wants to proceed. And The Saudi-led coalition has the Iraqi prime minister will tell waged an air campaign against us what the situation is” on the the Houthi rebels since March 26 official invitation. But even if it Yassin told AFP. ground, added Fabius. Some 24 in an effort to restore the author- was invited, Yassin said the gov- After a five-day humanitarian ministers — including German ity of exiled President Abdrabuh ernment would not attend with- ceasefire expired at the weekend, Qatar to make vehicles in 2016 Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Mansur Hadi, who fled to Riyadh. out some implementation of UN the Arab coalition resumed bomb- DOHA: Qatar currently has has given assurances that by Steinmeier — will also travel to UN Secretary-General Ban Security Council Resolution 2216 ing several cities including Sana’a, an automobile assembly plant 2016 they will start manufactur- Paris, as well as representatives Ki-moon said next week’s con- as a sign of “goodwill”. accusing the rebels of having vio- and hopes to begin manufac- ing the same automobiles that from top international organi- ference was aimed at restoring The April resolution imposed lated the truce. turing vehicles by next year, are being now assembled here, sations, diplomatic sources said. “momentum towards a Yemeni- an arms embargo on the rebels The latest strikes on the capital according to a senior official.