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ABU DHABI / WAM The Make-A-Wish Foundation on Sunday launched a childhood cancer awareness campaign that will also help realise the wishes of children with the disease by raising donations through SMS. The 30-day awareness campaign titled, ‘Cancer Steals Childhood and A Wish Returns it’, was fulfilled as per the directives of Shaikha Shaikha bint Saif Bin Mohammad Al Nahyan, Honorary ...

DUBAI / WAM Construction on the Warsan residential project is well underway for a timely delivery for Expo 2020 Dubai, the project’s developer wasl properties announced on Sunday. The Warsan project will comprise 35 buildings in a community-style layout that when completed will provide – 3,866 residential units, 3,380 shared units, 360 studio units, and 126 one-bedroom apartments – spread ...

DUBAI / WAM Enoc Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IMS Oil Trading, an international trading operator in Greece to exclusively supply lubricants for up to 16 product tankers at IMS Oil’s Fujairah and Singapore ports. The partnership also expands Enoc’s marine lubricants supply network to over 110 ports in 23 countries across the world. Saif Humaid ...

ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, has sent a message of support to Emirati women reinforcing their critical role in enabling the growth and progress for the UAE. Addressing employees of the Abu Dhabi ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business As part of celebrations for Emirati Women’s Day, Etihad Airways has launched the ‘Her Abaya, My Gift’ project, in which traditional Emirati abayas, bridal outfits and amenity kits were distributed to Syrian refugee women in the Mrajeeb Al Fhood Camp in Jordan. The gifts were delivered by a delegation of female Emirati employees from Etihad ...

RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) announced the launch of its BusinessWomen Package, a ‘first-of-its-kind’ product in the UAE designed exclusively to encourage more women into business. The plan, which starts from AED6,200, with installment plan options, includes a free zone licence, a shared workstation and various support services in a one-stop-shop, RAKEZ said in ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirati women account for 60 percent of workers at the Expo 2020 Dubai, reflecting the UAE’s vision of women’s empowerment. The expo provides an attractive working environment for innovative Emirati women, empowering them and enabling them to benefit from their creativity, reflecting the slogan, “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future.” Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Coinciding with the celebrations of Emirati Women’s Day, the Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development (MCKD) and Khalaf Al Habtoor, Founding Chairman of Al Habtoor Group, launched an award for Nabati poetry, which will recognise the role of Emirati women in the UAE’s cultural and literary scene. Nabati poetry has a long heritage in the Arabian ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The National Election Committee (NEC) revealed the eighth Political Awareness Forum agenda, organised in collaboration with the Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs (MFNCA) and United Arab Emirates University (UAEU). The event aims to encourage the active participation of young people in the upcoming fourth cycle of FNC elections through highlighting their influential role ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA) welcomed 80 students to its 2019 orientation, the largest cohort since its inception. During its orientation week, the EDA received its fifth cohort of students for the Postgraduate Diploma in UAE Diplomacy and International Relations programme, and its third cohort for the Master of Arts in Diplomacy and International Relations programme. ...