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Ras Al-Khaimah / Emirates Business The RAK Finance Department signed a partnership with the Emirates Auction, a company in the field of management and organisation of public and online auctions in the Middle East, to organise auctions for selling all RAK Government-owned assets. The agreement was signed at the Department’s headquarters by His Excellency Youssef Ali Mohamed, Director General of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) hosted a forum for stakeholders and partners to share its industry outlook amid resurgence in the sector since Dubai’s reopening to international tourists on July 7. The meeting provided insights into the current tourism situation both in the UAE and worldwide and steps taken to accelerate growth ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Public Prosecution has clarified the penalties for the use of the Internet Protocol (IP) address for committing a crime. In a post on its social media accounts on Saturday, the Public Prosecution defined the IP address as the numerical label assigned to any information technology media participating in computer network which is used for ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi’s Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee for Covid-19 pandemic has approved special measures for participants in the Phase III clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine or the National Vaccination Programme for emergency use. The special measures apply to participants in the vaccine trial immediately after their first dose. They apply to participants in the National ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates has announced it completed an intensive programme to clear its backlog of refund requests which was caused by pandemic-related travel disruption. Over the seven-month period starting April, Emirates received, validated and processed nearly 1.7 million refund requests. This resulted in the airline returning AED6.3 billion refunds to its customers. Of this sum, AED4.7 billion was refunded ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority, ADAFSA, has launched the “Agricultural Registry” project to build an accurate and comprehensive database for the agricultural sector in the Abu Dhabi Emirate. It will help estimate local production, update farm and farm owners’ data, and link such data directly to the databases of Abu Dhabi Digital Authority ...

DUBAI / WAM As part of the economic stimulus package announced by the Government of Dubai to alleviate the burden on businesses and help them navigate the challenges of Covid-19 pandemic, Dubai Customs launched an initiative offering 80 percent discount on fines for customs cases and violations detected or committed before March 31, 2020. The decision applies to uncollected customs ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), has on Wednesday announced that Utico FZC is the Preferred Bidder to build and operate the 120 million gallons per day, MIGD, Hassyan Sea Water Reverse Osmosis, SWRO, Plant, under the IWP model. DEWA has achieved a new world record, for the lowest levelised water tariff of $0.277 per cubic metre. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Waste Management Center (Tadweer) on Wednesday announced the opening of its organic waste composting unit in Abu Dhabi as part of the Center’s plan to encourage both corporate and individual involvement in reducing organic waste. Opened in the presence of Dr Salem Al Kaabi, Director General of Tadweer, and senior officials from the relevant ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abdulhamid M Saeed Alahmadi, Governor of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), on Wednesday inaugurated the Government FinTech Forum which took place as part of the FinTech Abu Dhabi Festival 2020, held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, and co-hosted by CBUAE and ...