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Doha Today

Media scan May 07, 2013

Published: 07 May 2013 - 12:32 pm | Last Updated: 04 Feb 2022 - 11:17 am

Some people are demanding strict action against car owners who display and sell their vehicles on streets. The punishment should include seizure of the cars, fines and other measures to deter them from using open areas and public roads for selling cars.
There is talk about implementation of the first phase of the health and social insurance law in Women’s Hospital, with Qatari women aged above 12 years to be the first beneficiaries of the law at this stage. 
People are asking for increasing the number of technical inspection centres for cars, and the number of their workers to solve the problem of crowding and slow processing at the existing centres.
Data from Hamad Medical Corporation show that pedestrians crushed by cars represent 35 percent of road accidents in Qatar. 
Citizens have called for applying the principle of reciprocity with regard to the US and some European embassies complicating visa procedures and delaying the grant of visas to Qataris.
People have demanded that the concerned body name all streets to make it easier for service providers, ambulances etc to reach their destination quickly. 
Parents have praised electronic registration of students in Independent schools, where 1,364 students have already been registered. 
There is talk in the social media about the minister of education and the negative aspects of the education system.
There is talk in the social media about the Israeli air raid in Syria and whether the Syrian regime and Hezbollah will be able to respond to it or they are only capable of cruelty towards their own people.