AS the world economy teeters
again, pressure is mounting on
central banks to reopen their
spigots, make it even cheaper
for companies and households
to borrow money, and prop up commercial
banks to prevent another financial
crisis. On Wednesday, the Federal ...
LET'S talk privatisation. I
know this is not a thrilling
topic. I recently wrote a
book in which I tried to
juice up the subject by suggesting
that readers might want to
imagine a privatizer as a cross
between a pirate and a sanitizer -
a ...
THE Indian community in
Qatar bid farewell to their
country´s outgoing
Ambassador HE Deepa
Gopalan Wadhwa at a special
function held at the
Concorde Hotel on Saturday.
In her farewell address, a
visibly moved and emotional
Wadhwa urged the ...
IN preparation for the new
season of the Schools Olympic
Program (SOP), the Organising
Committee met recently
to discuss the launching of
the programme´s sixth year
this September.
The school year 2012-2013
will see the programme
explore the theme ´Sports and
Investment´.
The SOP is held annually
as a collaborative effort of
the Olympic Committee,
Supreme Education Council,
Qatar School Sport
Association and Qatar
Paralympics Committee.
The programme aims to
spread a culture of sports and
to engage the entire community
in an active and healthy
lifestyle while retaining local
values and traditions.
SOP´s partner this year is
Enterprise Qatar, whose aim
is to raise awareness about
the business ...
QTEL is looking for volunteers
for an ambitious initiative
to improve living conditions
in underprivileged
households with its new
Refaq programme.
The programme will bring
together Qtel employees and
volunteers to provide invaluable
support for up to 50
households that have been
identified through extensive
field research. It will start in
June and run until the end of
the Holy Month of Ramadan.
The project aims to assess
homes that are in poor condition
and provide major home
improvements. Run-down
houses will be transformed
with the support of Qtel and a
team of volunteers, in a campaign
that will reach out
across the nation.
In addition, the programme
will also focus on supplying
families with much ...
ABOUT 70 Qatari students
from different universities in
Qatar and abroad attended
the Qatar Petroleum´s (QP)
induction ceremony on Thursday
for its summer internship
programme, scheduled
to begin on Sunday.
All the participating students
are under QP scholarships
and they are pursuing
various courses in their
respective universities. The
internship programme will
end on July 19.
The occasion was attended
by senior officials from the
corporate training department
and the human
resources department as well
as various QP directorates
where the students will be
pursuing their internships.
Addressing the students,
QP´s Corporate Training
Manager Ali Nasser Telfat
appreciated the students for
their ...
IN preparation for the new
season of the Schools Olympic
Program (SOP), the Organising
Committee met recently
to discuss the launching of
the programme´s sixth year
this September.
The school year 2012-2013
will see the programme
explore the theme ´Sports and
Investment´.
The SOP is held annually
as a collaborative effort of
the Olympic Committee,
Supreme Education Council,
Qatar School Sport
Association and Qatar
Paralympics Committee.
The programme aims to
spread a culture of sports and
to engage the entire community
in an active and healthy
lifestyle while retaining local
values and traditions.
SOP´s partner this year is
Enterprise Qatar, whose aim
is to raise awareness about
the business ... 
QTEL is looking for volunteers
for an ambitious initiative
to improve living conditions
in underprivileged
households with its new
Refaq programme.
The programme will bring
together Qtel employees and
volunteers to provide invaluable
support for up to 50
households that have been
identified through extensive
field research. It will start in
June and run until the end of
the Holy Month of Ramadan.
The project aims to assess
homes that are in poor condition
and provide major home
improvements. Run-down
houses will be transformed
with the support of Qtel and a
team of volunteers, in a campaign
that will reach out
across the nation.
In addition, the programme
will also focus on supplying
families with much ... 
ABOUT 70 Qatari students
from different universities in
Qatar and abroad attended
the Qatar Petroleum´s (QP)
induction ceremony on Thursday
for its summer internship
programme, scheduled
to begin on Sunday.
All the participating students
are under QP scholarships
and they are pursuing
various courses in their
respective universities. The
internship programme will
end on July 19.
The occasion was attended
by senior officials from the
corporate training department
and the human
resources department as well
as various QP directorates
where the students will be
pursuing their internships.
Addressing the students,
QP´s Corporate Training
Manager Ali Nasser Telfat
appreciated the students for
their ...
