www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 26 Qatar most Murray seals resilient economy record fifth in region: Expert Queen’s title MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 • 15 RAMADAN 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6833 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Emir attends Iftar banquet hosted by Erdogan F-Ring-Al Wakra Shortage of fuel Main Road stations hits link opens The Peninsula DOHA: The extension of Najma motorists hard Street that connects F-Ring Road with Al Wakra Main Road is now open, the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) said yesterday. face huge traffic jams. A new bridge, crossing the Increase in vehicle Al Khalij could be the latest of East Corridor along Najma Street, a number of fuel stations inside the is also open. numbers outperforms city that were closed down recently The new road will improve fuel pumps. either for renovation or to give way connectivity between Al Thu- to some other projects. mama and the Old Airport area to The Doha Petrol station in Doha the south of Qatar. Motorists can Jadeed, one of the oldest fuel stations now travel between central Doha By Sanaullah Ataullah in the heart of the city was closed and Al Wakra without accessing The Peninsula down two months ago. Shopkeepers Al Matar Street or Ras Abu Aboud still functioning at the premises said Road. they were not sure whether the The new road with a speed facility was closed temporarily or limit of 80kph is also expected DOHA: Yet another fuel station in on a permanent basis. to reduce congestion and ensure downtown Doha is likely to close The Falcon petrol station near shorter transit times in the south shortly, adding to the crowding at Mall intersection on D-Ring Road of Doha. The 2.4-km Najma Street neighbouring facilities. was also closed a few months ago. extension includes three lanes in Licence of Al Khalij Al Arabi Woqod has built several new petrol each direction. (Arabian Gulf) petrol station near stations across the country and The new bridge — more than Al Mannai roundabout, opposite Al many others are under construction. 117 metres long and over 10 metres Rumaila Hospital in Bin Mahmoud is However, with a rapid rise in the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attended yesterday an Iftar banquet hosted by Turkish high— is located at the intersection going to expire by end of this month number of vehicles every year, the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul. The banquet was attended by Their Excellencies members of East-West Corridor and Najma and has not been renewed so far, it existing facilities are struggling to of the official delegation accompanying the Emir. → See also page 2 Street extension. has been learnt. cope with the rush. Najma Street bridge is part of “Discussions between the owner After closure of the Doha Petrol the East Corridor project, which and authorities are on but nothing Station, the burden shifted to the is the eastern section of the has been decided yet,” an employee neighbouring Woqod petrol station East-West Corridor, one of the at the petrol station told this daily. No adjacent to Jaida Tower at Al Asmakh most prominent projects imple- official confirmation was available street causing heavy traffic snarls. mented by the Public Works yesterday. “Usually, I avoid filling petrol New system to vet student performance Authority under its Expressway This is one of most crowded during peak hours. But on Thursday, Programme. The East-West Corri- petrol stations in the area, in the I was stuck at noon for 20 minutes at dor comprises the construction of absence of other facilities in the the Woqod station near Jaida Tower,” The Peninsula internal tests conducted by schools developed to raise academic per- 22 km of a new dual carriageway, vicinity. With limited space inside, said an expatriate living near Dar to enhance performance. formance”, QNA quoted the Minister including five lanes in each direc- in the peak hours vehicles occupy a Al Khutub roundabout, whom The “This system will be in place of Education and Higher Education, tion stretching from west of Barwa lane of the road almost completely. Peninsula met at the same petrol DOHA: The Ministry of Education before the beginning of the next aca- H E Dr Mohammed bin Abdul Wahed City, to Al Matar Street south of the As a result, motorists coming from station in a queue. and Higher Education is setting up demic year so that school managers Al Hammadi as saying. Air Force Roundabout. Hamad General Hospital intersection a system for assessing the perform- would assess the level of weakness to Meshairib or from Bin Mahmoud → Continued on page 2 ance of students in national and and identify areas that need to be → Continued on page 2 → Picture on page 4 Garangao goodies cheer up kids By Amna Pervaiz Rao Ibtiyal, an Arab woman told The Peninsula. Ramadan have intertwined and with its The Peninsula Traditional games such as Tagyah (tug- ambiguous origins, GCC citizens have come of-war), Dahouri (wheel pushing), Gaiss to accept it as a form of cultural celebra- (hopscotch) plus Gallinah and Natou are tion which strengthens the relationship of DOHA: Streets of Qatar turned festive and enjoyed by families and give the children children with their friends, family and their colourful yesterday as children in resplend- a taste of tradition. neighbourhoods. ent attire celebrated Garangao. Also, there are special decorations, tra- In addition, it is also a time when chil- Groups of sprightly children in pomp- ditional souqs with plenty of events, and dren memorise the Holy Quran and are ous cultural outfits with bags around their great food such as: Jarish, Harees, Khanfa- rewarded with sweets and goodies. necks went around collecting sweets, nuts roosh and Lugaimat to name a few. Many government and non-govern- and money. Elaborating on the origin of the festi- ment institutions also celebrated Garangao Garangao is a special occasion for chil- val, Abdulaziz said that according to Um yesterday. dren that allows them to dress colourfully, Khalaf, a renowned storyteller from Qatar, The National Human Rights Committee learn about folklore and have fun during the Garangao is a celebration which was cre- (NHRC) marked the day with a special cere- month of Ramadan. There are customary ated for young children as reward for mony attended by a large number of children Garangao songs sung by children in groups successfully memorising 15 chapters of the at the main office. as they wander through the neighbourhood Holy Quran. He added that young children The committee marks this traditional collecting goodies in their little pouches. really look forward to Garangao as they festival every year with children wearing “Children in a group under the super- have been fasting for 14 days and so when traditional clothes and singing Garangao vision of an adult went door-to-door to the special night arrives, it’s a chance for songs to revive the customs and tradition of collect colourful sweets, nuts and money them to play games, sing songs, tell stories, Qatar, said Jaber Al Uwail, head of the Legal while singing their national songs. They wait dress up and compete to see who has col- Department at the NHRC. for this occasion through the year and are lected the most sweets. Children with their Garangao gift bags in Doha yesterday.Pic: Kammutty V P / The Peninsula keyed up to celebrate it enthusiastically,” Over the decades, Garangao and → Continued on page 20 Trump says open to racial profiling RAMADAN TIMING AFP of committing a crime. Trump, the he was talking about increasing pro- Today’s Iftar 6 : 30 pm TODAY’S free-talking presumptive Republican filing of Muslims in America. Tomorrow’s Imsak 3 : 04 am Russia vs Wales 10pm presidential nominee, came close to “Well, I think profiling is some- GROUP WASHINGTON: Donald Trump said endorsing racial profiling outright in thing that we’re going to have to STAGE Slovakia vs England 10pm yesterday he is open to racial profil- an interview aired yesterday on CBS. start thinking about as a country,” MATCHES ing, touching another raw nerve on His comments came in a dis- Trump told the programme “Face the issue of race in America. cussion on the Orlando nightclub the Nation.” He added: “So we really African-Americans, Latinos, massacre by shooter Omar Mateen, have to look at profiling. We have to Muslims and other minorities in the who is Muslim, and past comments look at it seriously. And other coun- United States have complained bit- by Trump to the effect that if elected tries do it, and it’s not the worst thing terly for decades about the practice president in November he “respect- to do. I hate the concept of profiling, >PAGE 19 in which police use a person’s race, fully” would place mosques under but we have to use common sense.” religion, national origin or ethnic- surveillance. ity as grounds for suspecting them Trump was asked point-blank if → See also page 18 02 MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 HOME Education development Emir in Turkey process completed: Minister Continued from page 1 The Minister was speaking at a Ramadan pro- gramme “Ghabga” hosted by the ministry for its staff in Al Sharq Hotel. The measures also aim to enhance teachers’ capacities and all aspects of education system relating to the performance of students or curriculum. The ministry has completed the process of devel- oping the education infrastructure. In the next phase, the focus will be on the quality and the development of necessary indicators to measure and set up systems to assess and improve performance in all aspects of the educational process, said the Minis- ter.