Calls to keep the cattle away from homes in Abu Hamour
Calls to keep the cattle away from homes in Abu Hamour Residents of the Abu Hamour area are appealing to authorities to relocate the cattle market away from their homes,…
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Piracy on high seas may push prices up for GCC consumers
Piracy on high seas may push prices up for GCC consumers Gulf News reports: The cost of GCC household goods may be on the rise as shipping companies pass along…
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What to do at QITCOM 2012
The second edition of QITCOM, Qatar’s information technology conference, is just around the corner, running from March 5-7. Featuring speakers & exhibitors from around the world and up-and-coming innovators from…
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Guest post: Is it because I’m brown, or a mother, or a woman – that you won’t give me a job?
Following up on yesterday’s post about the gender gap in employment here, newbie Nidhi Zakaria Eipe ruminates on some of the problems expat women especially face in Qatar’s job market.…
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Qatar mulls price ceilings on medicine after deregulating market
Sources at the Supreme Council of Health say the body is considering instituting price ceilings on medicines, only months after the government lifted its control over the market. In a…
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Sparking debate, SEC to offer vouchers to Qataris who wish to attend private schools
Qataris who want to go to private school here will now get funding from the government to do so, the Supreme Education Council has said. The move, which is sure to have far-reaching…
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Report: Despite advances, wide gender divide in Qatar job market persists
The Ministry of Labor is bristling at the findings of a new Gallup poll that put Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman far behind the Middle East and much of the…
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Mowasalat ‘seeking competition’ for Karwa taxis
Just a couple days ago, state-run transport company Mowasalat announced bidding for local taxi operators, although what that meant specifically was a bit unclear. Clarifying that announcement, Mowasalat now says…
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67,000 sheep bound for Qatar stranded on docked ship for a week
67,000 sheep bound for Qatar stranded on docked ship for a week A ship bound for Qatar carrying thousands of live sheep has been stranded for a week at Australia’s…
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