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Abu Dhabi / WAM A permanent tribute to the nation’s founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, has been named, ‘The Founder’s Memorial’ by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. Set to be inaugurated in early 2018 to coincide with the Year of Zayed and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), praised the generous support of HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, for its development programmes and projects. The ERC affirmed that Sheikh Mohamed’s initiatives have promoted its capacities as one of the most efficient, influential regional ...

Sharjah / WAM His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, has said that His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, follows the same approach as the founder of the country, the late Sheikh Zayed bin ...

Sharjah / WAM His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah said that His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, is a distinguished leader who studied at the Zayed School, which teaches love, loyalty and belonging to the homeland. His Highness ...

Sharjah / WAM After eight months of launching its data and information sharing platform, ‘Tabadol’ (exchange) to enhance communication and statistical gathering systems in the emirate, the Sharjah Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD), announced the successful completion of the project’s preparatory phase. The initiative was rolled out in collaboration with six local government departments to design an intelligent ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Etisalat on Wednesday clarified that it had not increased the prices of prepaid recharge cards after the implementation of VAT in the UAE. “Etisalat has introduced five denominations of recharge cards sold at AED30, AED55, AED110, AED210 and AED525 to ensure customers have sufficient credit to subscribe to existing data and combo packages after adding 5% ...

Dubai / WAM Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation, Empower, the world’s largest district cooling services provider, has revealed that it currently supplies its highly efficient district cooling services to 17 percent of the 674 hotels located in the emirate of Dubai. The total number of hotels was recently released by the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), the principal ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates is extending its popular My Emirates Pass programme to customers visiting Dubai this winter season. The programme gives Emirates customers exclusive offers and discounts across the city by turning the Emirates boarding pass into an exclusive membership card. Those flying to or through Dubai between January 1 and March 31 can take advantage of a ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) hosted a Youth Circle entitled ‘Youth & Sustainability in Aviation’ in conjunction with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Emirates Engineering at Dubai International Airport. Attended by around 70 young people representing a range of technical and managerial backgrounds in the aviation sector, the meeting discussed issues that young Emiratis ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) has announced a year-long programme of activities and humanitarian initiatives to mark 2018 as the Year of Zayed. Etihad’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi inaugurated its Year of Zayed activities by holding a flag-raising ceremony attended by employees. The aviation group’s offices and buildings around the world are now adorned with Sheikh ...