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Bloomberg Boeing Co. is edging closer to winning a government bailout as the once-mighty company races to secure a lifeline amid the aviation industry’s worst crisis in decades. Backstop financing would start to slide into place next week if the US Congress approves a Senate Republican proposal to provide as much as $208 billion in collateralised loans and loan guarantees ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (Adek) has been working closely with private schools and technology partners in the past two weeks in an effort to prepare Abu Dhabi schools for the kick-off of distance learning, starting March 22. This follows the UAE Ministry of Education’s decision to temporarily suspend schools as a preventative ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business “Water security is a priority for Abu Dhabi and the emirate is committed to determining the best ways to make optimal use of natural and desalinated water resources, as part of an ambitious plan to develop projects that ensure sustainable water supply for future generations,” said His Excellency Eng. Mohammed bin Jarsh Al Falasi, Undersecretary ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The General Headquarters of Abu Dhabi Police announced a three-month extension of the 50 per cent discount on traffic violations committed in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, except those categorized as ‘dangerous’, to Junes 22. All black points and vehicle impoundments due before June 22 will also be cancelled. The Abu Dhabi Police called on all ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Autoterminal Khalifa Port, a joint venture between Abu Dhabi Ports and Autoterminal Barcelona, the operator of the advanced RoRo terminal at Khalifa Port, has unveiled an all-new technical centre aimed at diversifying the portfolio of services on offer to customers. As the first facility of its kind in the region, the centre provides a wide range ...

Dubai / WAM Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Dubai banks have come together to offer a comprehensive relief package to help their customers ease financial pressures in the current economic environment caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. The measures announced by the ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Through animated characters and engaging digital content, Madrasa e-learning platform aims to promote and encourage Arabic language use among young students. Since December 2019, Madrasa.org added Arabic language video lessons to its library of over 5,000 Arabized educational videos in math and science to students from kindergarten to grade 12. In collaboration with children books’ publishing ...

DUBAI / emirates business du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has announced the availability of new services to provide customers with reliable and unlimited access to everything they require in the world of communication from the comfort of their homes. This is part of du’s ongoing commitment to provide all forms of support for residents in the UAE, enabling ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority (ECA) has issued guidance manual regulating the formulation of early childhood-related polices by the government departments and entities in Abu Dhabi. The move comes within ECA’s efforts to create an integrated high-quality early childhood development system in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and to set out a sustainable plan to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has partnered with the Ministry of Education to support its distance learning platform. The bank will provide laptops worth AED 5 million to students in the UAE, in line with FAB’s commitment to support the communities in which it operates and to support the education sector; one of the UAE’s key ...