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ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) underlined the significant role played by its volunteering teams in supporting the national efforts taken at the country level to fight the Covid-19 in cooperation with other competent bodies. “HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region, Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent, is closely following ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business The Sharjah Broadcasting Authority (SBA) has lined up more than 90 programmes covering a range of topics to be broadcast on its radio and television channels during the holy month of Ramadan this year. The announcement came at a virtual press conference held on Tuesday. Aligning with the UAE’s directives for social distancing to combat the ...

DUBAI / WAM The National Central Cooling Company (Tabreed) acquired an 80 percent stake in Emaar Properties’ Downton Dubai district cooling business. The UAE-based district cooling developer announced the AED2.48 billion ($675 million) acquisition on Monday, noting that Emaar will retain a 20 percent stake as part of the long-term partnership. Downtown Dubai is Emaar’s flagship mega-development at the heart ...

Dubai / WAM Emirates Post has announced that it will reduce working hours on a temporary basis at all its Dubai-based Customer Happiness Centres. This decision is in line with the latest directives of Dubai’s Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management aimed at containing the spread of the Covid-19. Starting today, Emirates Post Customer Happiness Centres in Dubai will ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, will partner with Australian company Elenium Automation to trial new technology which allows self-service devices at airports to be used to help identify travellers with medical conditions, potentially including the early stages of Covid-19. Etihad will be the first airline to trial the technology, which can monitor ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Startup Hub, an entrepreneurship initiative of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, organised its first online event for its new members, within the framework of its plans to continue delivery of all programmes and activities digitally. This comes in line with its support of business continuity and commitments towards developing entrepreneurship in the emirate, it added. ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Al Ansari Exchange, the UAE-based foreign exchange and worldwide money transfer company, reported witnessing more than 40% increase in mobile transactions from UAE residents to home countries since the beginning of March (and the Covid-19 outbreak). Over 110,000 online transactions were registered through the company’s mobile application. This spike is due to many residents practicing physical ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Post announced that it will reduce working hours on a temporary basis at all its Dubai-based Customer Happiness Centres. This decision is in line with the latest directives of Dubai’s Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management aimed at containing the spread of the Covid-19. Starting April 6, Emirates Post Customer Happiness Centres in Dubai will ...

RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA) unveiled support measures that will be in place from mid-April aimed at helping tourism industry in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. It include a six-month waiver of all touristic licences; waiver of tourism dirhams from March to May; a complete exemption of tourism licencing fees for Q2 ...

ABU DHABI / WAM A United Arab Emirates aid plane carrying approximately 10 tonnes of medical supplies was dispatched to Italy to assist the country in combating the Covid-19 pandemic, benefitting over 10,000 healthcare professionals. This initiative is part of the UAE’s commitment to cooperating with countries affected by the Covid-19 outbreak in order to bolster global efforts to curb ...