Managing your money was the theme of a ‘Kids Read’ community event organised by HSBC and The British Council at the HSBC headquarters branch.  More than 40 children and their parents took part in various activities to highlight the value of money. The family day included reading of three popular children’s stories, Happy Birthday Jamela by Niki Daly, The Great Pe

Safeer T P (centre), General Manager, Al Safa Polyclinic, addressing a press conference to announce the visit of Dr Mohamed Isamil, chief bariatric and metabolic surgeon at Moulana Hospital, Kerala, India, for a lecture organised by Al Safa in association with IMA Qatar Chapter. Other officials from the polyclinic present at the press briefing were (from left): Mustapha Ghalayini, public re

Pramod Chandran presenting the award to A D Benny. Sanskriti Qatar conducted a seminar on ‘Understanding Indian Consumer Rights’ at Skills Development Centre recently. General Secretary of Sanskriti Qatar, P N Baburajan, welcomed the gathering. The seminar was addressed by A D Benny, a prominent legal advisor and social worker, who said Indian expatriates were being exploited

Indian film festival Cinefest 2013, organised by Pravasi, will be held at Qatar National Theatre from June 2 to 6. Cinefest 2013 will show five movies in various Indian languages.   The movies to be screened are Malayalam film Kaliyachan, Marathi film Deool, Hindi film Gangoobai, Kannada film Kurmavatara and Byari film Byari.  The festival will be inaugurated by the Ambas

The Doha Players staged the Doha premiere of “Hot Mikado” yesterday at Awsaj Academy Auditorium.  Featuring comic characters, toe tapping music, witty dialogues and vibrantly coloured sets and costumes, this show guarantees a fun night at the theatre. The East meets the West head-on in this hilarious 1940’s style update of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic, or

  The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company has unveiled its global Corporate Social Responsibility programme, ‘Community Footprints’, in the region. Sue Stephenson, Vice President, Community Footprints, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, and other hotel executives paid a visit to Al Rumailah Hospital to meet children with special needs. “There are some fantastic and bright ch

Sanskriti Qatar will be conducting a seminar on Indian consumer rights to address issues faced by expatriates. The seminar on ‘Understanding Indian Consumer Rights — Laws and Legal Procedures’ will be conducted at the Skills Development Centre at 7pm on Friday. A D Benny (pictured) a prominent lawyer and advocate of consumer rights, will address the gathering on their

A painting contest and seminar on sustainable consumption, organised by IAID and FEC, evoked a huge response from children, parents and teachers, who turned up in large numbers for the event. The contest and seminar were organised by IAID in association with the Friends of the Environment Centre (FEC) under the patronage of Dr Saif Ali Al Hajari, Chairman of FEC, as part of World Envir

Al Mawlawi getting his blood sugar checked at a health station. In line with the global observance this month of World Hypertension Day and World No Tobacco Day, Qatar Petroleum held an event  named “May Health Day 2013” to promote health awareness among the corporation’s employees and their families.  “May Health Day 2013” was organised by QP&

The Ambassador of Ecuador, Kabalan Abisaab, welcomes Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdulla Al Mahmoud for the 204th anniversary celebrations of the Independence Day and National Day of Ecuador.

Sixteen Sri Lankan teams participated in Serendib Bowling Championship 2013, the inaugural bowling championship organised by Zahira College Colombo Old Boys Association Qatar at Qatar Bowling Centre. Gladiators were crowned champions in the inaugural championship, while Royal Tuskers and Thunder Cats were placed first runners-up and second runners-up, respectively. Twenty children competed in

International Society of Automation (ISA), the largest worldwide professional body of instrumentation and control engineering professionals, organized its 78th technical seminar on latest developments in moisture analyzer for hydrocarbon applications in the oil and gas industry. The speaker, Gerard Mckeogh, product specialist from GE, Spain, presented various technologies of online moisture a

The Qatar section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) welcomed the SPE President Egbert Imomoh at their monthly meeting on May 22.  Imomoh made a presentation on the future global challenges facing the oil and gas industry, particularly that of future demand for talent.   The presentation addressed how SPE is positioned to bridge the gap by broadening the use of its t

  ‘Mango Festival 2013’ begins at Safari Mall, Abu Hamour, from today. More than 60 varieties of fresh mangos from India, USA, Thailand, Kenya, Australia, Philippines, Brazil and other Latin American countries are on offer.  “In our continuous effort to bring something unique for our customers, we have bring back again the mango festival after it got a tremen

CGC and its partner HCL Infosystems Ltd have announced an online contest aimed at creating awareness about HCL ME Tablets in Qatar. The contest will end on June 3, 2013. As a part of this Facebook contest, participants will have to click on APP on HCL ME Tablet Qatar’s Facebook page. The participants need to answer three questions: one related to each product, one on the USP and one

Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) is launching a new salary transfer campaign aimed at offering unique benefits to customers and their families. Under the “Family Comes First” campaign, customers who transfer their monthly salary accounts from other banks to QIB will receive a comprehensive package of benefits including free comprehensive ‘Family Shield’ (Takaful) worth

A date palm laden with fruits by Nadia M Saliao

• There is talk about the decision of the Supreme Education Council to end the school day at 12 noon, starting from June 9. • There are demands that the authorities pay special attention to traditional markets like Souq Dira and Souq Al Jabr and renovate them to meet the requirements of the modern age. • There are demands that the Traffic Department not issue driving lice

A scene from Al Dosari park. by Shamil Rasheed

• People complained that employees manning receptions at some ministries and departments are continuously busy with their BlackBerry and smartphones and don’t give attention to visitors. Some urged the ministries and departments to improve skills of their reception staff and train them on how to deal with visitors. • There were talks about the decision of the Ministry of Soc