Widam sells over 9,500 sheep in first week of Ramadan

Widam Food Company has sold around 9,577 subsidised sheep during the first week of Ramadan, representing 28% of the overall targeted of subsidised animals estimated at 34,000 heads.
The sales included 6,860 heads of Syrian sheep and 2,717 Jordanian goats. There was also a good turn out on all the company’s slaughterhouses including the public slaughterhouses 1 and 2 at the Central Market (85% of the customers), Al-Khor slaughterhouse 8% and Al-Shammal 7%.
Musa Ahmed, head of the Public Relations Department at Widam, said that turnout of customers on buying subsidised sheep has been very high and the process would continue until the end of the month of Ramadan.  
He affirmed that each citizen could get only two subsidised sheep registering with Qatari ID and the sheep should be slaughtered immediately at Widam slaughterhouses to avoid any resale of the animals.
He pointed out that the Syrian sheep sells at QR950, the Jordanian for QR850 and the Australian for QR350.  
He affirmed that the company has prepared two big waiting tents, one for men and the other for women in addition to increasing the number of butchers to speed up the process.

 

JCC named lead sponsor of Dubai show

JCC has been confirmed the lead sponsor for Big Entertainment Show (BES) to be held in Dubai on November 18-19.
BES is the largest show in the Middle East for media, TV content, character and brand licensing, game developing and publishing.
For the first time BES and JCC will join forces in emphasising the importance of the Arabic content and offerings that support values and culture of Arab families across the Mena region, especially the use of modern and simplified
classical Arabic.
Over the years, JCC has gained substantial experience by producing its own content and carefully selecting the rest from the best of the international market. At the same time, JCC has built a knowledge base through research, providing tremendous insight into Arab children’s requirements and behaviour.
Rashed al-Qurese Almarri, JCC’s acting director of sales and media rights, said: “As a leading pan-Arab media organisation, JCC aims to reach Arab children and parents across the world, and we believe that supporting and participating at the industry events is imperative for the sustainable development of our business. BES is the leading entertainment content festival in Mena region and our collaboration is the result of the joint goals and endeavours.”
JCC’s mission is to become the preferred children’s media experience provider in every Arab home and to deliver the most relevant and inspiring content across platforms. JCC’s competitive content is intuitive and carefully selected to educate, entertain and influence a generation to think creatively while helping them to appreciate their roots and cultural heritage.
BES will be held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. In addition to exhibition and meetings, participants will have the opportunity to learn from the foreign experiences and the success stories during the event’s summit and educational sessions.

Road diversion at Women’s Hospital

Starting from today until further notice, access to Women’s Hospital via the Hamad General Hospital’s (HGH) main entrance will be diverted from its normal route due to the commencement of building works.
However, access to Women’s Hospital will not be blocked while other routes are still available and will be conveniently mapped and sign-posted for visitors during the period of construction. Alternatively, the Women’s Hospital main entrance from Sports Roundabout will be open as usual.


Interior Ministry to organise
Iftar for Pakistani community


The Ministry of Interior’s public relations department, in collaboration with Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services, has arranged a ‘Grand Iftar and Brotherhood Event’ for the Pakistani community at the Al Arabi Sports Club on July 25.
The event is organised annually by the ministry for various communities during Ramadan to promote the spirit of co-operation and brotherhood.
Pakistani Ambassador Syed Hassan Raza will be the guest of honour at the event.
The grand Iftar will also feature an Islamic lecture by a prominent scholar from Pakistan, Allama Hafiz Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer.
The programme is expected to begin at 4.30pm on Thursday.
In order to confirm participation, the Pakistani community members are requested to get in touch with Habibullah Sheikh, Country Representative Pakistani Community Qatar, at 55532107 or e-mail at [email protected]

 


‘Qatar free from Mers virus’

Qatar is free from the Sars-like Mers (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) coronavirus and 400 people have tested negative for the disease, a high-ranking Qatari official has confirmed.
Dr Mohamed al-Hajri, Director of Health Protection and Communicable Diseases Control at the Supreme Council of Health (SCH), has said: “The situation is under control.”  
Responding to a question, the official said there was no scientific basis to the talk that the virus was being caused by dates. “It’s a baseless talk.”  
To rule out the possibility that some animals here may be affected by the virus, the authorities are conducting extensive tests so that if there is a problem it could be tackled at its source, he said noting that the tests are being conducted by the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) in co-ordination with the WHO and the Ministry of Environment.
Qatar, according to al-Hajri, is closely co-ordinating with the Saudi authorities as people from here are going there for Umrah (pilgrimage). “We are getting updated information on the disease from the Saudi authorities,” he noted.
Some Mers cases have been reported from the nearby Saudi city of Al Ahsa but the Saudi government is taking preventive measures. Hundreds of thousands of people are in Makkah for Umrah and not a single Mers case has been reported, said the official. He said dangerous viruses like Sars in 2003 and now coronavirus are a result of climate change and the greenhouse effect.
There is no need to panic because more than 8,000 people were affected by Sars but only a small percentage succumbed to it.

National Day
greetings

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani have sent cables of congratulations to President of  Colombia Dr Juan Manuel Santos Calderon on his country’s National Day.

Envoy presents
credentials

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has received the credentials of Salem bin Mubarak al-Shafi, Qatar’s Ambassador to Turkey.
The Qatari ambassador conveyed the greetings of HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani to President Gul and the Turkish people, wishing them further progress and prosperity.
The Turkish president reciprocated the Emir’s greetings.