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  DUBAI / WAM The Emirates Literature Foundation has unveiled its education programme for the upcoming Emirates LitFest Students Edition and begun ticket sales. Building on the success of the virtual programme in 2021, the schedule for 2022 will feature a great line-up of virtual sessions made available to schools for one month, from February 10 to March 10. There ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (Adafsa), Adio Catalyst and Wageningen University and Research, saw the successful completion of the first edition of its ‘Level Up’ project that enables SMEs and startups to scale and reach new heights. The first version of the programme saw ...

  Dubai / WAM The Bus-on-Demand service of Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority recorded huge growth in the number of commuters on board these buses. Statistics reveal that 603,052 riders used this service from the time of launch in February 2020 until the end of 2021. The service recorded a significant increase in ridership numbers, where 428,377 riders have used ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Reach Campaign announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UAE’s leading health insurer, the National Health Insurance Company – Daman. As a founding partner, Daman pledged support over a three-year period, joining Reach’s strategic partner, the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), in an effort to eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has directed to arrange medical treatment for Muhammad Aamir Dawood, a 3-year-old Afghan boy who is suffering from cancer. In a prompt move to help the child’s family, currently residing at the Emirates ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Alpha Dhabi Holding (ADH) announced the acquisition of an additional 17 percent shareholding of Aldar Properties. The acquisition will increase Alpha Dhabi Holding’s shares in Aldar Properties to 29.8 percent, making it one of the largest shareholders, said an ADH statement on Monday. Commenting on the announcement, Hamad Salem Mohamed Al Ameri, Managing Director and ...

  RIYADH / WAM The terrorist Houthi militias hijacked a UAE-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Al Hudaydah Governorate on Sunday, Official Spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, Brigadier General Turki Al Malki, announced. “At (23:57) on Sunday (January 2), the Cargo Ship (Rwabee) sailing under the flag of the United Arab Emirates was targeted through ...

  Ajman / WAM The growth rate of the number of economic licences issued by the Department of Economic Development in Ajman (Ajman DED) during the 2021 reached 41 percent, while the number of establishments reached 27,913, and the Labour Resilience Index reached 17 percent. The efforts and initiatives launched by Ajman DED during 2021 resulted in a high growth ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has held a series of workshops over three days for 100 service beneficiaries under the theme: Identifying Future Expectations of RTA’s Customers. The workshops were part of a brainstorming programme to screen the current and future needs of customers to uplift the level of services and configure them to meet ...

  Bloomberg Oil rises as Libyan supply tightened ahead of an Opec+ meeting on Tuesday to discuss production policy for February. Futures in New York gained above $76 a barrel in European trading after a 2.3% decline. Libya’s crude output is expected to fall to the lowest in more than a year as workers try and fix a damaged pipeline. ...