THE Philippines is haunted by its
relationship with the United
States. I remember the day, in
1991, when the Military Bases
Agreement between the two countries
was rescinded. The headlines yelled,
finally ...
AS I walk around the streets
here, that verse from "The
Sounds of Silence" keeps
rattling around in my head:
"The words of the prophets
are written on the subway walls,
and tenement halls..."
There is a highly revealing graffiti
...
THE ninth edition of the
annual international construction,
environmental
technology, and building
material exhibition (Project
Qatar 2012), was inaugurated
at the Doha International
Exhibitions Center (DIEC)...
KATARA Hospitality, formerly known as Qatar National Hotels, plans to acquire more hotels in Europe and the US as it eyes expansion in the international tourism industry, according...
QATAR Airways will defer delivery of its A380 superjumbos until it gets more details about wing cracks on the Airbus aircraft, its chief executive said on Monday. European air safety.
SKIPPER Gautam Gambhir struck his fourth half-century of the season as Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Chennai Super Kings by five wickets in the Indian Premier League on Monday. Chasing 140 for...
DURING a visit to India to celebrate her 50th birthday, Trudie Styler consulted a seer. Recently, she recalled the episode, highlighted by a reading of her Vedic chart, with mock incredulity. "Oh, madam, by golly, this chart is very unique,"' she was told ...
THE Search and Follow up Department (SFD) of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) is carrying out a large-scale inspection drive and night raids to eliminate the problem of absconding and illegal workers in the country. According to a MoI press release issued on Sunday, the drive is part of implementing Law No. 4/2009 on regulating entry, exit, residence and sponsorship of expatriates in Qatar. The ...
QATAR National Broadband Network (Q.NBN) and Qtel have signed a Infrastructure Access Agreement (IAA) in order to bring high speed communications to the country. According to a joint press release issued on Monday, under the agreement, Qtel will supply Q.NBN with duct network access and access to other passive telecommunications infrastructure over the next 20 ...
THE first batch of Social Development Center (SDC) home-based entrepreneurs graduated at a ceremony held at the Virginia Common-wealth University in Qatar (VCUQ) on Monday. Ten women were part of Badr: Wa Int Gadr, a programme which offers full entrepreneurship support to individuals and families, in order to help them become successful entrepreneurs. On the occasion, SDC launched the Badr brand, its new identity. The programme ...
NATURAL gas pipeline company Energy Transfer Partners is buying Sunoco in a deal valued at about $5.3 billion. The acquisition would give Energy Transfer the capability to transport crude and other liquid hydrocarbons that are being produced in greater quantities thanks to the boom in shale drilling. Sunoco´s pipelines crisscross the country, connecting the Great Lakes and Northeast to America...
WOODSIDE Petroleum´s huge Aus$14.9 billion (US$15.5 billion) Pluto project began its liquefied natural gas (LNG) output on Monday ready to be shipped to Japan, seven years after the initial discovery. The Australian energy producer, whose project has been dogged by delays and cost blow-outs, called production a defining moment in its history. "Pluto cements Woodside´s position as a major supplier of LNG to the Asia- Pacific region and builds on our ...
PRICE pressures stayed high in the eurozone in April in the face of a likely recession, keeping interest rate cuts off the agenda for a European Central Bank seeking ways of reviving economic growth within its inflation mandate. Annual consumer price inflation in the 17 nations sharing the euro moderated to 2.6 percent from 2.7 percent in March, the EU´s statistics office Eurostat said on...
RAFAEL Nadal is back on top of his mental and physical game after completing a fortnight of history-making with the Spanish king of clay adding another line for the record books on Sunday. The world number two became the first man to win two separate events seven times, as he defeated battling compatriot David Ferrer 7-6 (7/1), 7-5 to win a seventh trophy at the Barcelona Open. That success came seven days after he thrashed world number one...
JASON Dufner two-putted from 60 feet for a birdie on the second playoff hole to defeat Ernie Els on Sunday and win his first PGA title in 163 attempts by capturing the Zurich Classic. There was heartache for South African icon Els, a three-time major champion whose win drought of more than two years continues. But there was elation for the usually stoic American at taking home the $1.15 million top prize from the $6.4 million event and snapping a career win...
ROY Hodgson was to hold talks on Monday about taking over the England manager´s job and looked certain to be appointed within days. The Football Association´s surprise decision to go for the 64-year-old West Bromwich Albion manager instead of long-time favourite Harry Redknapp left much of the British press underwhelmed. "What are the Hods on that?" was the front-page story in...
NEW research suggests that elderly people who move around more — even gardening or puttering around the house — are less likely to develop Alzheimer´s disease than more sedentary seniors. The study doesn´t confirm that being active lowers the risk of Alzheimer´s, an agerelated degenerative brain disease. It´s possible that another factor explains the link; perhaps the very early stages of Alzheimer´s cause people to slow down. Still, the findings ...
SHE may have been wearing slimming black, but even with plenty of swathing material to keep her figure under wraps, Reese Witherspoon´s growing baby bump is still a difficult one to miss. The actress looked divine in an ebony Grecian-style gown which she wore with her blonde locks swept up into a retro style for the White House Correspondents´ Dinner in Washington DC recently. With off ...
BOLLYWOOD actress Katrina Kaif, who is teaming up with Salman Khan again in Ek Tha Tiger, says she is not bothered about the gossip that goes around regarding her and the actor. Katrina reportedly dated Salman when she started off her career in Bollywood but later separated from him. However, their new movie has got the rumour mills spinning yet again. She was last seen with the Dabangg star in the 2008 movie Yuvraaj. "When we start ...
QATAR Airways will order 10 aircraft
from Canadian planemaker
Bombardier Incorporated to bolster
its corporate jet business,
CEO Akbar al Baker said on
Monday. The order is valued at
$700 million, he said.
AN overcrowded river ferry split in
two and sank during a storm in
northeast India on Monday, leaving
at least 105 people dead and 100
missing, police said. PM
Manmohan Singh called the sinking
a “tragedy” and pledged all
assistance to Assam.
THE Search and Follow up Department (SFD) of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) is carrying out a large-scale inspection drive and night raids to eliminate the problem of absconding and illegal workers in the country. According to a MoI press release issued on Sunday, the drive is part of implementing Law No. 4/2009 on regulating entry, exit, residence and sponsorship of expatriates in Qatar. The ...
QATAR National Broadband Network (Q.NBN) and Qtel have signed a Infrastructure Access Agreement (IAA) in order to bring high speed communications to the country. According to a joint press release issued on Monday, under the agreement, Qtel will supply Q.NBN with duct network access and access to other passive telecommunications infrastructure over the next 20 ... 
THE first batch of Social Development Center (SDC) home-based entrepreneurs graduated at a ceremony held at the Virginia Common-wealth University in Qatar (VCUQ) on Monday. Ten women were part of Badr: Wa Int Gadr, a programme which offers full entrepreneurship support to individuals and families, in order to help them become successful entrepreneurs. On the occasion, SDC launched the Badr brand, its new identity. The programme ... 
NATURAL gas pipeline company Energy Transfer Partners is buying Sunoco in a deal valued at about $5.3 billion. The acquisition would give Energy Transfer the capability to transport crude and other liquid hydrocarbons that are being produced in greater quantities thanks to the boom in shale drilling. Sunoco´s pipelines crisscross the country, connecting the Great Lakes and Northeast to America...
WOODSIDE Petroleum´s huge Aus$14.9 billion (US$15.5 billion) Pluto project began its liquefied natural gas (LNG) output on Monday ready to be shipped to Japan, seven years after the initial discovery. The Australian energy producer, whose project has been dogged by delays and cost blow-outs, called production a defining moment in its history. "Pluto cements Woodside´s position as a major supplier of LNG to the Asia- Pacific region and builds on our ... 
PRICE pressures stayed high in the eurozone in April in the face of a likely recession, keeping interest rate cuts off the agenda for a European Central Bank seeking ways of reviving economic growth within its inflation mandate. Annual consumer price inflation in the 17 nations sharing the euro moderated to 2.6 percent from 2.7 percent in March, the EU´s statistics office Eurostat said on...
RAFAEL Nadal is back on top of his mental and physical game after completing a fortnight of history-making with the Spanish king of clay adding another line for the record books on Sunday. The world number two became the first man to win two separate events seven times, as he defeated battling compatriot David Ferrer 7-6 (7/1), 7-5 to win a seventh trophy at the Barcelona Open. That success came seven days after he thrashed world number one... 
JASON Dufner two-putted from 60 feet for a birdie on the second playoff hole to defeat Ernie Els on Sunday and win his first PGA title in 163 attempts by capturing the Zurich Classic. There was heartache for South African icon Els, a three-time major champion whose win drought of more than two years continues. But there was elation for the usually stoic American at taking home the $1.15 million top prize from the $6.4 million event and snapping a career win... 
ROY Hodgson was to hold talks on Monday about taking over the England manager´s job and looked certain to be appointed within days. The Football Association´s surprise decision to go for the 64-year-old West Bromwich Albion manager instead of long-time favourite Harry Redknapp left much of the British press underwhelmed. "What are the Hods on that?" was the front-page story in...
NEW research suggests that elderly people who move around more — even gardening or puttering around the house — are less likely to develop Alzheimer´s disease than more sedentary seniors. The study doesn´t confirm that being active lowers the risk of Alzheimer´s, an agerelated degenerative brain disease. It´s possible that another factor explains the link; perhaps the very early stages of Alzheimer´s cause people to slow down. Still, the findings ...
SHE may have been wearing slimming black, but even with plenty of swathing material to keep her figure under wraps, Reese Witherspoon´s growing baby bump is still a difficult one to miss. The actress looked divine in an ebony Grecian-style gown which she wore with her blonde locks swept up into a retro style for the White House Correspondents´ Dinner in Washington DC recently. With off ... 
BOLLYWOOD actress Katrina Kaif, who is teaming up with Salman Khan again in Ek Tha Tiger, says she is not bothered about the gossip that goes around regarding her and the actor. Katrina reportedly dated Salman when she started off her career in Bollywood but later separated from him. However, their new movie has got the rumour mills spinning yet again. She was last seen with the Dabangg star in the 2008 movie Yuvraaj. "When we start ... 
