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All is set for the concert of two top Filipino musical artists, Yeng Constantino and Billy Crawford, who will perform live at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex on Thursday.

The amount of information being shared and sent electronically between government agencies, businesses and citizens is rapidly growing each day. Much of this information is private or confidential. To address the need for a safe and reliable network, the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) is creating a secure Government Network. The Government Network initiative, being implemented by ictQATAR’s i-Gov program, will allow for Qatar’s government agencies to be

Qatar Tourism and Exhibitions Authority has supported the move by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and the Tourism Emergency Response Network (TERN) not to place travel restrictions owing to the spread of the swine flu virus, an official said yesterday.

The Land real estate investment and development has started inspection visits to its residential units in the 17 towers being developed on the Pearl-Qatar.

The final Doha Debate of the fifth series will take place tonight at Qatar Foundation, where speakers and audience members will discuss the issue of marriage between Muslims and non-Muslims when the motion “This House believes that Muslim women should be free to marry anyone they choose.”

Real estate and property law experts yesterday advised non-Qatari investors in the sector “to choose projects location carefully, seek legal advice and put in place suitable funding”.

More than 30 years after a body was set up to assess the viability of a trans-Arab railway project the idea still remains on paper. It was way back in 1979 that the idea of railways to link all the 22 Arab countries across Asia and Africa was mooted but so far only a map with two possible routes has been drawn up.

An investigative reporter of Arabic daily Al Sharq has received death threats for carrying an expose on a local transport company which is allegedly involved in a multi-million riyal lorry scam. The reporter, Adil Mallah, was sent CDs of audio messages threatening him with dire consequences for carrying a series of the scam story about a company which has allegedly taken several citizens and expatriates for a ride, allegedly fleecing them of up to QR80m. The owner of the firm is said to have

While Dohaland is all set to launch it’s ambitious Heart of Doha project, a senior official of the company has said that the crowded Share-e-Kahraba street will not face the bulldozers at least this year.

Dohaland’s dream project, Heart of Doha is poised to reverse the pattern of development in Qatar that has become heavily dominated by modern high-rise structures.