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DUBAI / WAM Smart Dubai has launched the ‘Dubai Registers’ initiative to build a network of accurate, reliable, and interconnected data registries for a sustainable and happy city. The project is part of the Government Development track — one of six development tracks announced by the Dubai Council in early 2020, said a Smart Dubai press release on Monday. The ...

ABU DHABI / WAM PayBy, an innovative fintech company, has officially launched its mobile payment services in the UAE on Monday. In partnership with the First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) PayBy offers a secure payment solution that is superior to cash and payment cards. The new payment solution will allow consumers to use their smartphones to make contactless and cashless ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Management consultancy Oliver Wyman expects the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic to have a lasting effect on the future of work, as remote working and virtual collaboration will increase in Dubai and the Gulf countries, following the crisis. According to Jeff Youssef, Partner – Public Sector at Oliver Wyman, remote working could be adopted more widely in the ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) shut down a number of pharmacies across the emirate for raising the price of goods, violating measures undertaken under adopted consumer laws. According to SEDD’s Commercial Control and Protection Department, the pharmacies were given violation notices are placed on warning, after the department had received complaints about price hikes on face ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has instructed the Department of Health- Abu Dhabi to set up drive-through centres across the UAE to test for Coronavirus (Covid-19) following the launch of the first such centre in Abu Dhabi. Over the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) has announced that the first remote litigation hearings using the video-conferencing technology took place on Monday, where the Commercial Summary Matters Court examined 4 urgent commercial cases in the presence of all parties. This move, the ADJD said, is part of the telecommuting and business continuity plan adopted by the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA), held a joint meeting with the Emirates Scientists Council, to discuss ways of employing scientific research to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). The meeting was attended by Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Sciences and President of the Emirates Scientists Council, Saif ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Chamber announced the addition of more e-services to its digital platform, including attesting documents electronically, and annulling e-services subscription fees in support of its digital approach. The new services come within the government’s campaign “Stay at Home”, a press release issued by Abu Dhabi Chamber said on Monday. The initiative is also in ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, reviewed the global fight against coronavirus (Covid-19) in a phone call with Egyptian President Abdulfattah El Sisi. The conversation covered the prospects of further consolidating the brotherly relations between the two sisterly countries in ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The total cumulative balance of letters of guarantee and other credit facilities provided by banks and other business entities in the UAE significantly grew to AED4.533 trillion in February, 2020, an increase of AED186 billion, or 4.3 percent approximately, from AED4.347 trillion in January, statistics by the Central bank of the United Arab Emirates have shown.