Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) clarified that a natural person owning a number of sole establishments may only obtain one tax registration for all its sole establishments, and not a registration for each establishment separately. The FTA indicated that a sole establishment (also referred to as sole proprietorship) is a legal form of business which is ...
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Ajman / WAM The Ministry of Education, in cooperation with the Emergency, Crisis, and Disaster management team in the Emirate of Ajman, has decided to suspend the regular learning in all schools and nurseries and shift 100% to distance learning. The move came in response to the strategic requirements pursued by the UAE to ensure the health and safety of ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 165,796 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary ...
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DUBAI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan congratulated UAE citizens and residents and people of the wider region for the success of the UAE’s Hope Probe arrival to Mars in the first-ever Arab interplanetary mission that marks the Arab world’s entry in the global race of space exploration. The UAE made history on Tuesday ...
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While observing its Golden Jubilee, the UAE has carved itself an exceptional foothold in the “farthest point in the universe Arabs have ever reached” as His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai put it!. The Hope Probe’s long awaited rendezvous with the Red Planet is not just a ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM Noura Khalifa Al Suwaidi, Secretary-General of the General Women’s Union (GWU), received Arancha Gonzalez Laya, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, at the GWU’s headquarters. Also present were Antonio Ãlvarez Barthe, Ambassador of Spain to the UAE, along with a number of officials. The meeting touched upon means to further develop joint partnerships ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, (Seha), the largest healthcare network in the UAE, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with King Fahad Specialist Hospital (KFSH-D), Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Under the patronage of Dr Abdulaziz Al Ghamdi, Chief Executive Officer of the First Health Cluster in Eastern Region, KSA; SEHA’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Gareth ...
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BEIJING / WAM Dr Ali Obaid Al Dhaheri, UAE Ambassador to China, has said that with entering into the Chinese New Year, there is optimism on the horizon, with both the UAE and China achieving respective arrivals to the orbit of Mars. Al Dhaheri stated, “Spring Festival upon us as we enter into the Chinese New Year, many of us ...
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DUBAI / WAM DP World Limited has announced that it handled 19.1 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in Q4 2020, with gross container volumes increasing by 7.6 percent year-on-year on a reported basis and up 6.5% on a like-for-like basis. On a Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 basis, DP World handled 71.2 million TEU, ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM The increased issuance of Sole Establishment licences in the UAE continued in the first month of 2021, underscoring the robust activity of the sector, which recently attracted many investors from both inside the country and abroad. The National Economic Register’s recent figures show that relevant authorities issued over 4,000 new licences for Sole Establishment around the ...
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