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DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) organised a meeting to recognise the institutional and award winners of the 20th Dubai Government Excellence Programme (DGEP), and encourage future participants in 21st DGEP. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA, Dr Ahmed Al Nusairat, Coordinator General of Dubai Government Excellence Programme, Executive Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, and ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council has attended the launch of the second edition of the Dubai Pulse Report. The report titled ‘Competitiveness and Resilience in a Changing World’ was prepared by the Executive Council of Dubai. HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al ...

Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Finance (MoF), organised an introductory workshop on the ministry’s automated revenue matching system for employees from ministries and federal entities in Dubai. The workshop, which was attended by representatives of ministries and federal entities as well as a number of officials and directors of the departments in the ministry, aimed to explain the mechanism ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai SME, the agency of Dubai Economy mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, and International House for Real Estate Project Management (IHRPM), have named the winners of the ‘Unleash Your Inner Entrepreneur’ campaign, held as part of their strategic partnership to drive entrepreneurship in the region. Saeed Matar Al Marri, Deputy CEO ...

Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), and Dubai Police GHQ have endorsed the general framework of the ‘5-Year Executive Plan of Traffic Safety Strategy’. The strategy comprises 4 key drivers, namely, monitoring and traffic control, roads engineering and vehicles, traffic awareness, systems improvement and management. The two parties have also endorsed the strategic performance indicators, and the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS), has urged motorists to be cautious, reduce speed and leave enough distance between vehicles because of a dust storm caused by winds. NMCS said in a statement on Monday that the weather will be hot in general, partly cloudy and hazy at times. Some clouds may appear over ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The spirit of giving across different generations and pillars was celebrated at the NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA)’s Ramadan gathering, which was held under the theme ‘The good begins and ends with you’ at Al Jawaher Reception and Convention Centre in Sharjah. Grandmothers, mothers and daughters took part in the event, which paid tribute to the ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The UAE has the second highest net perception of service improvement over the past two years globally and ranks first in terms of the highest levels of satisfaction for services in comparison to the private sector, with 39.5% more UAE citizens using these services more often according to The Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) 2016 Digital Government ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Hilton on Monday announced that Hilton Abu Dhabi Yas Island Resort will be part of the AED12 billion development plan announced by Miral for the southern end of Yas Island, in efforts to further position the island among the world’s most sought-after destinations by 2022. B.R. Kiran, Chief Portfolio Officer of Miral said: “We are ...

Dubai / Emirates Business UAE-based Transguard Group on Monday released its annual figures for the financial year ending March 31, which was another record year for the business support services provider, with a set of exceptional financial figures and operational milestones. According to the figures audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Transguard Group, generated revenue in excess of AED1.9 billion a 33% increase ...