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Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates has ramped up its capability to process refunds, reaffirming its commitment to customers and travel trade partners impacted by travel disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. With nearly half a million refund requests pending to manage, the airline has taken proactive steps to restructure its backend procedures and boost resourcing to accelerate the processing of ...

HADRAMAUT / WAM A total of 360,000 Yemenis in Hadramaut, Shabwa, and Al Hodeidah have benefited from the Ramadan food parcels deployed by the Emirates Red Crescent under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and the follow-up of HH Sheikh Hamdan ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, had separate virtual meetings with the ministers of culture in a number of countries to discuss the global fight against Covid-19. She spoke to Dr Bassem Al-Toisi, Minister of Culture in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Shafqat Mahmoud, Minister of Education and Culture in the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar and the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education (AGFE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on using their respective youth platforms to advance the development of young people in the UAE. The objective of the MoU is to provide access to students engaged in Masdar’s Youth 4 Sustainability (Y4S) programmes to the ...

AJMAN / WAM Ajman Free Zone (AFZ) has recorded a surge in their e-commerce package where business owners can establish a digital platform to introduce their products online. The e-commerce package is suited to businesses in food and beverage, fashion and jewellery, automotive, media and entertainment, including events ticketing, industrial equipment and home, office and personal utilities trade, Ajman Free ...

Al Ain / WAM Al Ain Zoo has marked World Penguin Day by celebrating its efforts to protect penguin species and highlight that many are at risk of extinction. One such species, the zoo noted, is the Humboldt penguin, currently listed as ‘vulnerable’ on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. Declining Humboldt population numbers ...

DubaI / Emirates Business The Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (Dafza) has launched a set of economic incentive packages, which aim to support companies based in the free zone. This initiative will ensure business continuity across various sectors and will help them mitigate the severity of the economic impact and precautionary measures the world is facing during this time. This initiative ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi School of Government (ADSG) announced the launch of a new, specialised training programme entitled, “Risk Management in Organisations”, to equip senior Abu Dhabi government employees with advanced capabilities that enable them to adapt to a modern, rapidly changing work environment. The objectives of the course complement the UAE’s Future Foresight Strategy, which aims ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Investments said it will continue ongoing production of raw materials across its industrial manufacturing subsidiaries in steel, aluminium, glass and other building materials. The company said in a statement that it is committed to contributing to the UAE economy through this vital sector, which is “a crucial industry that is used as a means to achieve ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Under the slogan ‘Your Safety is our Priority’, Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) has developed an in-house Disinfection Tunnel to ensure the health and safety of its employees, customers, residents and the wider community at the hi-tech park. The initiative is in line with the National Sterilisation Program ...