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  Dubai / WAM The Products Conformity Assessment Section at Dubai Central Laboratory, DCL, an affiliate of Dubai Municipality, has underwent a routine external audit by the Emirates Global Accreditation Centre in order to ensure the sustainability of its commitment to act in accordance with ISO 17020 for inspection bodies. ISO 17020 specifies requirements for the competence of bodies performing inspection ...

  Shabwa / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent is planning more projects to improve healthcare services and infrastructure, address acute shortage in medical supplies, and provide more humanitarian aid in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa, the UAE’s humanitarian arm announced on Tuesday. More projects will be carried out in the coming period to improve the situation in Shabwa, said Abdullah ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced that it has completed 53% of the M-Station expansion project. The M-Station is the newest and largest power production and water desalination plant in the UAE. DEWA completed 3.9 million safe man-hours without any injuries. DEWA is set to inaugurate two gas turbine generators on May 31, 2017, ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Courts has launched ‘Rased,’ a judicial work indicator, as a major leap in its smart transformation efforts and a boost to its ongoing initiatives to achieve leadership in the judiciary sector. The smart technical system provides a unified tool to enhance corporate governance, effectively attain strategic goals, and promote high excellence in its main ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) announced the arrival of three of the largest ship-to-shore quay cranes in the world to accommodate growing volumes and demand at Khalifa Port Container Terminal (KPCT). Transported from China on specially-built vessels, the latest additions complement the current 9 STS cranes already operational at the facility. The Super Post Panamax ...

  Dubai / WAM In an effort to involve the youth in development initiatives, Shamma bint Sohail Faris AlMazrui, Minister of State for Youth Affairs, launched the title and logo of “Oil Ambassadors” under the Youth Councils’ initiative in local and federal areas. During a meeting with the members of the UAE Youth Council for Oil in Dubai, she said such ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Members of the UAE’s Japanese community were recently treated to a sold-out showing of one of their country’s most highly regarded films. The festive screening of ‘Spirited Away’ at Al Qasba, Sharjah’s premier leisure, tourism and family destination, had been sold out weeks in advance, with expatriates from Japan keen to use the occasion as ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE leadership is looking forward to a national media industry that lives up to the standards of achievements and rises to the challenges while keeping pace with modern technology to strengthen its mission, reflect the image of the country’s progress, and project and support the UAE’s regional and international causes, said His Highness Sheikh ...

  DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, has directed the Dubai Industrial Strategy to be implemented expeditiously in order to ensure that Dubai becomes the main axis of the global economy. Sheikh Hamdan instructed that implementation of strategy should begin with the advent of ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The financial markets nationwide will remain closed on Sunday, January 1, 2017 for New Year. The work will resume on Monday, January 2, according to the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA). The announcement follows the circular issued by the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources No. (42) of 2016 on New Year holiday, after coordination ...