Dubai / Emirates Business The combined value of the 1,424 active transport projects in the GCC has exceeded $392.2 billion (AED1.4 trillion) at the end of 2017, according to latest GCC Construction Analytics report issued by BNC Network, the larg-est and most comprehensive project research and intelligence provider in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Of these, 139 ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE has been ranked the world’s largest donor of official development aid, relative to its national income, according to a data published on Saturday by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The official development aid provided by the UAE in the year 2016 reached AED15.57 billion, making up 1.21 percent of the country’s ...

Sharjah / WAM The Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA), signed a strategic partnership agreement with Gulf Publishing Company (GPC), the world’s largest independent media company devoted exclusively to the global energy industry for more than 100 years with a readership of over 100,000. World Oil, Hydrocarbon Processing, Pipeline & Gas Journal, Petroleum Economist and Gas Processing are the major publications ...

Dubai / WAM Etihad Energy Services Company (Etihad ESCO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), signed a service agreement with ENOC Group to retrofit ENOC service stations with improved air conditioning and lighting with automation and install solar photovoltaic (PV), systems. The agreement was signed by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Chairman of Etihad ESCO and MD ...

Dubai / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), said that Dubai is not only taking the lead in shaping the future, but its accomplishments in this domain are also enabling it to export its ...

Dubai / WAM Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), has launched the trial run of the first electric hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicle, Toyota Mirai, as part of the Dubai Taxi fleet, in collaboration with Al Futtaim Motors. The hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle has only water emissions. It is noiseless ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal Tax Authority (FTA), is providing businesses that commenced their registration after the timeframe specified by the authority, with provisional Tax Registration Numbers (TRNs), while completing tax registration requirements including any additional documents, information or amending any errors in their applications if needed. The FTA says it is keen to co-operate with all sectors and ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE), announced the launch of the UAE Green Jobs Programme at the first stakeholder workshop on the subject, convened at its headquarters in Dubai. Nurturing talent and employment for the prospective green industry is considered one of the prerequisites for the successful transformation toward a green economy in any ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The patients in the UAE with chronic diseases such as cancer that require long-term treatment will heave a sigh of relief as the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP), announced a reduction in the prices of a number of medicines. The decision which has been taken in co-operation with the international pharmaceutical company, Sanofi Aventis, is ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) organised a special event to honour the winners of the Hamdan Bin Mohammed International Photography Awards (HIPA), in line with its inauguration of the ‘Cube’ customer service centre to provide integrated services for real estate investors. DLD collaborated with the HIPA organising committee to acquire entries that focused on the technical aspects ...