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ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Ports announced a long-term agreement with MSC Cruises, giving the world’s largest privately-owned cruise line berthing rights at the Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal and Sir Bani Yas Cruise Beach. The deal, signed by Director of Cruise Business at Abu Dhabi Ports, Noura Rashid Al Dhaheri, and MSC Cruise CEO, Gianni Onorato, at MSC’s headquarters ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abdul Rahman bin Mohammad bin Nasser Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention, has stressed that the UAE was among the first countries that stocked up sufficient quantities of materials required for state-of-the-art checkups to detect the new coronavirus. More than 500 staff members work round the clock on communication, medical investigations and logistical support related ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Investments Park (DIP), unveiled that the master-planned complex, designed and developed to provide immaculate facilities, setting new standards in the region, attracted investments in excess of AED42 billion over two decades, signifying the emergence of DIP as a successful business model, facilitating a conducive environment. Considered one among the largest integrated developments in the Middle East, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), an independent agency of the US Government. The areas of collaboration outlined by the MoU include the exchange of knowledge and expertise between the two parties especially in the field of financing private ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Importing any type of waterpipe tobacco or electrically heated cigarette plugs that are not marked with ‘Digital Tax Stamps’ will be prohibited across UAE as of March 1, asserted Federal Tax Authority (FTA). The ban is in keeping with the timeline set for launching phase two of ‘Marking Tobacco and Tobacco Products Scheme’, the FTA explained, ...

ABU DHABi / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (Adnic) on Tuesday reported its full year financial results for the year ended December 31, 2019, announcing a net profit up 20.7 percent year-on-year to AED284.3 million. According to Adnic’s press release, gross written premium increased by 29 percent year-on-year to AED3.76 billion and net technical profit increased by 1.6 ...

DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Community Development launched the “Taaluf Live” service during the UAE Innovation Month of February 2020, a social sustainable development channel that provides family consultations for the first time through the ministry’s Instagram account (mocduae), including regular weekly episodes aimed at promoting communication and direct interaction with the members of the community. The service is ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Follow-Up Committee of the Initiatives of the UAE President has completed the construction of the AED1.9 billion Mohamed bin Zayed City housing project in Fujairah. The city has been set up in line with the vision of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin ...

DUBAI / WAM Al Jalila Children’s Speciality Hospital, the first and only children’s hospital in the UAE, announced the launch of a new innovative and transparent rating system for all its working outpatient clinics, to allow its customers and patients to give their honest opinion about its services through a questionnaire, whilst publishing the ratings on its website. The hospital ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Importing any type of waterpipe tobacco (known in Arabic as ‘Mu’assel’) or electrically heated cigarette plugs that are not marked with ‘Digital Tax Stamps’ will be prohibited across the UAE as of 1st March 2020, asserted the Federal Tax Authority (FTA). The ban is in keeping with the timeline set for launching phase two of the ...