Qatar firms happy with telecom services, but want more competition
Among the other findings is that 14 percent of business customers say there is insufficient competition in the market.
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Peter Kovessy
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Peter Kovessy is a reporter with Doha News. Prior to moving to Qatar in 2013, he was the editor of the Ottawa Business Journal in Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree from Carleton University.
Qatar inks $677 million deal for Apache attack helicopters
Qatar is moving ahead with another major military purchase, despite cutting government spending in other areas. The US Department of Defense said yesterday that the Gulf state had signed a…
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More than 3,300 abandoned cars removed from Qatar’s Industrial Area
The effort, which is scheduled to end in July, has also led to nearly QR275,000 in fines being levied.
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Ministry opens 10 new mosques across Qatar
The new mosques are located in Madinat Khalifa North, Al Muntazah, Al Sudan, Bin Omran, Al Wakra, Umm Sanim, Umm Ghuwailina, New Al Khulaifiat and Hazm Al Markhiya.
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(Almost) all Qatar employees entitled to shortened workdays in Ramadan
“The Qatar Labor Law does not differentiate between Muslims and non-Muslims,” one legal expert said.
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Census: Majority of Qatar’s residents live in ‘labor camps’
Details from the 2015 census show that 60 percent of Qatar’s population was living in labor camps in 2015. That’s up from 54 percent in 2010.
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Al Rayyan Stadium contract awarded to Qatari-Indian joint venture
The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy announced yesterday that it had appointed Qatar-based Al Balagh Trading & Contracting as well as India’s largest construction firm, Larsen & Toubro Ltd., as the main contractors tasked with building Al Rayyan Stadium.
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Convicted murderer shouts at Qatar court that confession was coerced
Convicted murderer Badr Hashim al-Jabar said the re-enactment was filmed multiple times, and that the version played in court showed the prosecutor’s narrative, rather than his version of events.
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Alcoholics Anonymous has a Qatar chapter that meets nine times a week
For David and others like him, AA's chapter in Qatar has served as a lifeline as dozens of people here try to combat alcoholism. But not many even know the organization has a presence in Doha.
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