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DUBAI / WAM In a video message to the private sector, Hamad Buamim, President and CEO, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, called on Dubai’s business community to cooperate with the relevant government authorities in implementing preventive and precautionary measures to counter the spread of Covid-19. He urged the private sector to ensure the safety and health of its employees ...

SHARJAH / WAM HH Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has directed a 10 percent reduction in the Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (Sewa) bills in the Emirate of Sharjah for three months. The move is in line with the precautionary measures taken by the government and aimed at facilitating the customers ...

DUBAI / WAM Road and Transport Authority’s Rail Agency has introduced the Remote Asset Condition Monitoring System to capture data relating to the condition of railway switches without human intervention. By using a special algorithm, the system can predict potential faults of these vital switches before they develop, and accordingly enables taking proactive measures to avoid any major fault that ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced ‘Online Grocery’ that includes the purchasing application of 22 online stores in the UAE, noting that this is a preliminary list and will be subject to updates in the coming days. The online stores included in the list include large shopping centres and cooperatives, in addition to grocery stores, meat ...

DUBAI / WAM DP World UAE Region announced that Deli Foods Peru has joined the Latin American, (LatAm) Incubation Centre at Jafza One, the flagship commercial complex located at the heart of Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza). The agreement was signed at Gulfood 2020, and marks Deli Foods as the first Latin American company to join the incubation centre, a ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Police have started using drones to ensure full compliance with decisions and disseminate the critical message of avoiding public spaces and vacating shores as a precautionary measure to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus (Covid-19). Colonel Saeed Al Madhani, Director of Ports Police Station in Dubai, stressed the Dubai Police’s HQ keenness to utilise the ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) on Monday held its first video conference meeting, as part of the remote working system and the precautionary measures taken to maintain the health and safety of the employees and the customers. The meeting was also in line with the preventive measures adopted by the UAE government in light ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, on Monday participated in a virtual meeting with the G20 ministers of finance and central bank governors, to discuss ways to unite international efforts to address the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and lessen its economic and social impact on the region and the world. Al Tayer reiterated ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) announced that it has saved 326 million gallons of potable water in 2019, which is equivalent to the amount of water in 593 Olympic swimming pools. The announcement was made marking World Water Day, which is held on March 22 every year since 1993, to highlight the importance of fresh water ...

Dubai / WAM In a phone call to the Dubai Health Authority’s (DHA), Emergency Department, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, praised medical professionals for their dedication to ensure public safety and combat the coronavirus (Covid-19) spread. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid reviewed the precautionary ...