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World-renowned and Michelin three-starred chef Gordon Ramsay has launched his newest restaurant at the Pearl-Qatar where the doors to maze were officially opened last night.
Ramsay has signed a partnership with Alfardan Group which has brought him to Qatar to open maze – the first Maze to be opened outside a hotel in the world.And Ramsay [...]

All banks in the country will be closed today to mark International Banking Day, but most banks will have at least one or some of their branches open during working hours. Doha Bank said its City Center branch as well as those at Lulu Hypermarket in Gharaffa and Royal Plaza Hotel [...]

“Cans and bottles of 355ml of Pepsi, 7 Up, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, Shani and Evervess Club Soda are already available in the local market for QR1.50. Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite are expected to follow suit from today.”
Who would ever think that after more than10 years of soda being sold for a rial [...]

I’m not sure if you’ve heard about the Filipino who was working in Qatar that got jailed and deported back to the Philippines after he was mistakenly thought to be the one who shot the son of a Politician over a traffic altercation. Jason Aguilar was a welder here in Qatar but suddenly found himself [...]

It is a sad day today at Qatar Academy as staff, students and parents mourn the loss of a Grade 5 student due to a car accident on Friday night. Apparently, his brother was driving the car along with his other friends. There was no clear story on how the accident happened but some of [...]


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  • Sam: I went to the website...but it said: Welcome to the Qatar Exxon Mobil 2010 ticketing service. [...]
  • xtian001: I'm not sure if you can still buy tickets in Malls as they we're asking people to buy online. If not [...]
  • nash: i want to buy tickets for qatar open.not in online.any specific mall available to buy tickets [...]
  • nina: wow, it's nice to be doing this every year. I have a friend who also sends newsletter each year. I [...]