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ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) launched the ‘Art for Health’ competition to raise awareness on lifestyle-related medical conditions and tap into young people’s creativity and innovativeness, to help address the growing health issues in the country. The competition seeks to help realise objective of UAE Vision 2021 aimed at building a world-class health sector with ...

SHENZHEN / WAM A UAE student team won the Excellence Prize in Huawei’s initiative ‘ICT Skill Competition.’ Al Bayt Mitwahid Association has joined hands with Huawei, in order to facilitate the UAE students’ participation in the competition, the final stage of which took place this week in Shenzhen in China, and the UAE team won the award. The competition was ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The success of the recent Dubai Fitness Challenge (DFC), launched by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, has been reinforced, with research showing its transformative impact on habits and the extent to which the city and the wider UAE embraced ...

DUBAI / WAM The Hatta solar project has enabled building owners to install solar panels on their rooftops to generate electricity from solar power as part of the Shams Dubai initiative. Implemented by Etihad ESCO, it is the largest residential rooftop solar PV project in the region. The Hatta solar project consists of 640 solar powered villas, supporting the Hatta ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) will publish and ‘go live’ with a number of enhancements to its “Prudential – Investment, Insurance Intermediation and Banking” (PRU) Rulebook. This follows a successful public consultation which was completed on December 7, 2017. The new enhancements cover the prudential supervision of banks, insurance ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, finished the year with 37.6 percent Emiratisation, exceeding its 2017 target and reaching the highest level of Emiratisation at the company since its formation in 2014 through the merger of DUBAL and EMAL. EGA is targeting 40 per cent Emiratisation ...

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 ...