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ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM) launched a new service, as part of the Unified Portal Services App of the Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities, named RASID. The service aims to engage community members in identifying eyesores that detract from the appearance of public facilities, cities, and streets, as well as public and private facilities. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The capital value of local public shareholding companies registered at the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) reached AED410.36 billion at the end of 2017, according to the SCA’s latest statistics. In 2017, the SCA registered five public shareholding companies, including two public companies and three private companies, with their total capital value reaching AED74.4 billion. Abu ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) received its first shipment of bauxite ore in preparation for the commissioning of its under-construction Al Taweelah alumina refinery. The 61,450-tonne shipment of bauxite from Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee sailed to the UAE from Republic of Guinea in West Africa in 33 days. Once Al Taweelah alumina refinery is at full production, ...

MORONI / WAM Comoros President Azali Assoumani received His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, who is currently on an official visit to the country. The meeting was attended by Comoros’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and the Francophonie, Mohamed El Amine Souef and the country’s Minister of State for Foreign ...

NEW DELHI / WAM India on Sunday expressed confidence that the upcoming visit of His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, “would provide the two sides with an opportunity to further strengthen their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.” Raveesh Kumar, Joint Secretary and Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, warmly recalled Sheikh Abdullah’s ...

New York / WAM UN Women and the UAE-based non-profit NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New York, to consolidate their efforts in implementing the UN Women Flagship Programme “Stimulating Equal Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs” in South Africa, the UAE and the region, with support from UN Women headquarters. To be implemented in a ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, issued Cabinet Resolutions Nos. 29 and 30 on the UAE regulatory system for the monitoring of milk and dairy products and another on the monitoring of juice and beverages. The two resolutions have been published in the ...

Emirates Business Al Farwaniya Property Developments, the developer behind Reem Mall, Abu Dhabi’s up and coming retail, dining and leisure destination, on Sunday showcased the construction progress of the $1.2bn project. Construction of the mall commenced in late 2017, and within the first few months, 13 tower cranes have been erected and raft foundation works are well advanced with over ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and President of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), said that DIFC has helped cement Dubai’s position as one of the major financial hubs not only in the region but also the world, guided by the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid ...

DUBAI / WAM NASA Space and Rocketry Summer Camp 2018 will come to the UAE next month for the first time for UAE students who dream of traveling to space, engineering rockets, or delving into the depths of designing a mission to Mars. Open to all students aged from 9 to 14 years, the camp will be led by NASA ...