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AJMAN / WAM Ajman Free Zone (AFZ) has recorded a surge in their e-commerce package where business owners can establish a digital platform to introduce their products online. The e-commerce package is suited to businesses in food and beverage, fashion and jewellery, automotive, media and entertainment, including events ticketing, industrial equipment and home, office and personal utilities trade, Ajman Free ...

Al Ain / WAM Al Ain Zoo has marked World Penguin Day by celebrating its efforts to protect penguin species and highlight that many are at risk of extinction. One such species, the zoo noted, is the Humboldt penguin, currently listed as ‘vulnerable’ on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. Declining Humboldt population numbers ...

DubaI / Emirates Business The Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (Dafza) has launched a set of economic incentive packages, which aim to support companies based in the free zone. This initiative will ensure business continuity across various sectors and will help them mitigate the severity of the economic impact and precautionary measures the world is facing during this time. This initiative ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi School of Government (ADSG) announced the launch of a new, specialised training programme entitled, “Risk Management in Organisations”, to equip senior Abu Dhabi government employees with advanced capabilities that enable them to adapt to a modern, rapidly changing work environment. The objectives of the course complement the UAE’s Future Foresight Strategy, which aims ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Investments said it will continue ongoing production of raw materials across its industrial manufacturing subsidiaries in steel, aluminium, glass and other building materials. The company said in a statement that it is committed to contributing to the UAE economy through this vital sector, which is “a crucial industry that is used as a means to achieve ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Under the slogan ‘Your Safety is our Priority’, Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) has developed an in-house Disinfection Tunnel to ensure the health and safety of its employees, customers, residents and the wider community at the hi-tech park. The initiative is in line with the National Sterilisation Program ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention, Abu Dhabi Health Authority and Dubai Health Authority have jointly launched an app named ALHOSN UAE for smart phones and devices. This new app, which can be downloaded on Android and IOS devices is free of cost, and will be an official digital platform for Covid-19 tests in the UAE. ...

SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah’s Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA) is to collaborate with the Emirates Marine Environment Group (EMEG) to establish a large-scale coral nursery off the coast of the island of Sir Bu Nair. The project, part of EPAA’s annual programme of conservation initiatives for the island, is designed to mitigate the impact of coral bleaching events that ...

DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has issued a ministerial circular reducing the working day by two hours for all employees working in the private sector in the country during the Holy Month of Ramadan 1441 Hijri, Nasser bin Thani Al Hamli, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, issued the circular in implementation to the Federal ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai continues efforts to contain Covid-19 with proactive measures, long lasting stock of strategic commodities Only 12 out of 1,200 frontline paramedics of Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services (DCAS) tested positive for coronavirus, five of them fully recovered and returned to perform their duties, said Khalifa Hassan Al Drai, the Corporation’s Executive Director. Al Dari made the ...