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DUBAI / WAM Dubai Municipality announced that it will participate in the Global Conservation Coalition on December 31, which will host a New Year celebration in Los Angeles, California to launch its worldwide ocean protection initiative called, ‘Our Big Blue Expedition.’ The Coalition is comprised of several non-profit conservation organisations and several international organisations such as the International Union for ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Industrial Park (DIP), a designated district within Dubai Wholesale City and one of the largest industrial hubs in the emirate, announced on Tuesday that it would implement Wi-Fi connectivity across all its labor accommodation at highly affordable rates. This new initiative will benefit more than 14,000 residents across its labor village, offering them access to ...

Ras Al Khaimah / WAM Government-owned RAK Gas is currently undertaking an offshore seismic survey, it has been announced. The 70-day survey, being carried out by the survey vessel Polarcus Alima, began earlier this month and is due to be completed in February. RAK Gas holds licences for oil and gas exploration over the whole of Ra’s al-Khaimah’s onshore and ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Customs smart innovations have helped increase number of customs transactions in general and in Port Rashid in particular. Port Rashid has dealt with 606,922 transactions in the first nine months of 2017. Electronic clearance had the lion’s share of these transactions with 438,220 transactions (72%), and insurance registration with 98,236 transactions (16%). The new smart customs ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, received the ‘Informatics Medal’, in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, said that the Star Rating programme for Customer Happiness Centres reflects the directives of the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to achieve a qualitative leap in ...

Dubai / WAM The Federal Authority for Human Resources (FAHR), has briefed an official delegation representing five ministries and government institutions from Saudi Arabia about the UAE’s federal-level human resources (HR), policies, legislation and systems, during its visit to the authority’s headquarters in Dubai. The delegation was received by Dr Abdulrahman Al Awar, Director-General of the FAHR; Aisha Al Suwaidi, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Business Centre of the Department of Economic Development (DED), launched the ‘Electronic Trading’ licence initiative, in cooperation with the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). The initiative aims to reinforce Abu Dhabi government’s trends toward providing smarter electronic services and activate the E-Commerce aspect in the business sector Emirate-wide by taking advantage of internet websites ...

Islamabad / WAM HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Adviser to the UAE President, has met with Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri, Chief Minister of Balochistan in Pakistan to discuss bilateral cooperation. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed means of developing common interests, as well as reviewing views on issues of common concern and the latest regional and ...

Dubai / WAM Parker Aerospace, global leader in motion and control technologies, on Tuesday announced a pump call-out agreement with Emirates for its 777X aircraft. Emirates Airline is the launch customer of the new Boeing aircraft with an order book of 150 777X, one of the single largest aircraft orders by value in the history of US commercial aviation. Parker ...