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ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Community Development (MOCD) announced that as of the end of 2018, there were 223 associations, non-profit organisations (NGOs) and social Takaful funds managed and supervised by the ministry. The list comprises 185 associations, 17 Takaful funds and 21 NGOs registered in the ministry’s database. According to MOCD, the associations were divided across various ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s International Humanitarian City (IHC) embraced World Humanitarian Day celebrations on Monday, welcoming more than 100 human- itarian workers and partners to spotlight the achievements and attributes women bring to global humanitarian action. Every day, more than half a million humanitarians — 40 percent of which are women — work on the frontline of war and disaster ...

ABU DHABI / WAM A higher committee has been set up in Abu Dhabi to implement the Human Fraternity Document signed by His Holiness Pope Francis of the Catholic Church and His Eminence the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, Dr Ahmed el-Tayyeb, in the UAE capital last February. The committee includes Bishop Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, President of the Pontifical ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (Dewa’s) Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (Wetex) 2019 is an opportunity for green solution suppliers and providers, investors, and decision-makers — from private and public sectors that helps nurture international interest in green innovations — supports a sustainable environment and shift to a green economy. Wetex 2019 offers companies, decision-makers, invest-ors, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The third edition of the Aqdar World Summit is set to kick-off this month in the Russian capital Moscow, featuring a high-profile UAE delegation taking part to discuss the global empowerment of communities. Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of ...

Bloomberg South Sudan has made a new crude find in the northern oilfields of Adar and plans production by the end of the year, Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth said. The oil will be linked to the nearby Paloch oilfields that are managed by Dar Petroleum Operating Co., Lueth said on Monday by phone from the capital, Juba. Petroleum Minister ...

Bloomberg Businesses located in some of Manila’s offices, hotels and casinos could lose their investment incentives over the next five years as the Philippines looks to overhaul its corporate taxation. Under a new bill, the government wants to phase out its current set of tax perks, among Southeast Asia’s most generous, and businesses will have to reapply for incentives that ...

Bloomberg Buyers are circling Axiata Group Bhd.’s wireless tower business, even as the Southeast Asia telecom giant presses ahead with plans for a broader merger with Telenor ASA’s Asian operations, people with knowledge of the matter said. Axiata has received preliminary expressions of interest in recent months about a potential takeover of its Edotco Group Sdn. unit, according to the ...

Bloomberg The UK will have the opportunity to make a trade deal with Southeast Asian nations, including the world’s top palm oil producers, once it leaves the European Union, and to steer clear of getting entangled in any potential trade war, according to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. “The key is to rethink the European Union’s misguided policy on palm ...

Bloomberg Thailand’s economy grew at the slowest pace in almost five years in the second quarter as exports and tourism were buffeted by US-China trade tensions and a strong local currency. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose 2.3% from a year ago, down from 2.8% in the first quarter, the National Economic and Social Development Council said on Monday. That’s the ...