DHAKA / WAM The Sheikha Fatima Global Humanitarian Campaign has provided health care to thousands of patients including women and children among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh by providing diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive services under the supervision of a number of Emirati doctors. The initiative is part of Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Volunteer Programme, and is operating across ...
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DIRC receives ISO certification
DUBAI / WAM Dubai Investments PJSC DFM: DIC, the leading, diversified investments company listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), announced that its wholly owned real estate subsidiary, Dubai Investments Real Estate Company (DIRC), won the prestigious ISO 9001:2015 certification for its quality management system. The ISO certification, received from the Russian Register and IQ Net international certification network, is ...
Read More »Ways to address challenges faced by used car trade sector discussed
SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), and a delegation from the Sharjah Police have discussed ways to develop a number of special procedures for the used car trade sector, which falls within the jurisdiction of the Sharjah Police. The meeting, which was held at the SCCI headquarters, was also attended by representatives from the Used ...
Read More »Dewa urges residents to benefit from Shams Dubai initiative
DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has again invited Dubai’s citizens and residents to benefit from the Shams Dubai smart initiative, following the outstanding success and the great adoption rate the initiative has achieved since its launch. Shams Dubai encourages DEWA customers to install solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs of their premises to generate electricity from ...
Read More »â€˜Sheikh Zayed built a nation of tolerance, giving and fraternity’
Abu Dhabi / WAM Thanks to the far-sighted vision of the late Founding Father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the UAE has become a symbol of humanity and fraternity as well as an icon of tolerance and giving that extended to people regardless of their origin, race, colour, sex, religion or faith, culture, and doctrine or sect, stated Sheikh ...
Read More »UAE business owners see strong growth for remainder of 2018
Dubai / Emirates Business Small business owners are confident the remainder of 2018 will be a period of strong growth. A new MEED survey of 75 of the UAE’s top SMEs conducted shows more than 60% are confident of achieving as much as 20% growth compared to their performance last year. For 13% of the respondents, an even more robust ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi records 22% drop in traffic fatalities
Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Police have announced positive results in traffic safety during the four months of the year with a reduction in general traffic accidents by 11 percent, fatalities by 22 percent, serious injuries by 14 percent and run-over deaths by 50 percent despite an 11 percent increase in the number of vehicles and 6 percent in ...
Read More »Dubai wins bid to host World Chambers Congress in 2021
Dubai / WAM Dubai has won the bid to host the 12th World Chambers Congress (WCC) in 2021, which will see the participation of 14,000 chambers of commerce from 100 countries. The 12th WCC will be held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of ...
Read More »Shell markets gas with offset package as neutral for climate
Bloomberg Royal Dutch Shell Plc is attempting to market some of its natural gas as clean energy, packaging it with credits for eco-friendly projects that offset pollution coming from the fuel. The oil giant is offering business customers in Europe a combination of gas and certificates that show emissions are offset with financing for carbon-reduction projects. It’s testing markets in ...
Read More »South Africa plans to add up to $4bn of renewables
Bloomberg South Africa plans to invite bidders for additional renewable power projects that may amount to as much as 50 billion rand ($4 billion) of investment and help stimulate local and black-owned business. The fifth bid window for 1,800 megawatts of renewable projects under the government’s independent power producers program will start in November, according to a copy of Energy ...
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