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  Dubai / WAM The Products Conformity Assessment Section at Dubai Central Laboratory, DCL, an affiliate of Dubai Municipality, has underwent a routine external audit by the Emirates Global Accreditation Centre in order to ensure the sustainability of its commitment to act in accordance with ISO 17020 for inspection bodies. ISO 17020 specifies requirements for the competence of bodies performing inspection ...

  Shabwa / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent is planning more projects to improve healthcare services and infrastructure, address acute shortage in medical supplies, and provide more humanitarian aid in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa, the UAE’s humanitarian arm announced on Tuesday. More projects will be carried out in the coming period to improve the situation in Shabwa, said Abdullah ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced that it has completed 53% of the M-Station expansion project. The M-Station is the newest and largest power production and water desalination plant in the UAE. DEWA completed 3.9 million safe man-hours without any injuries. DEWA is set to inaugurate two gas turbine generators on May 31, 2017, ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Courts has launched ‘Rased,’ a judicial work indicator, as a major leap in its smart transformation efforts and a boost to its ongoing initiatives to achieve leadership in the judiciary sector. The smart technical system provides a unified tool to enhance corporate governance, effectively attain strategic goals, and promote high excellence in its main ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) announced the arrival of three of the largest ship-to-shore quay cranes in the world to accommodate growing volumes and demand at Khalifa Port Container Terminal (KPCT). Transported from China on specially-built vessels, the latest additions complement the current 9 STS cranes already operational at the facility. The Super Post Panamax ...

  Dubai / WAM In an effort to involve the youth in development initiatives, Shamma bint Sohail Faris AlMazrui, Minister of State for Youth Affairs, launched the title and logo of “Oil Ambassadors” under the Youth Councils’ initiative in local and federal areas. During a meeting with the members of the UAE Youth Council for Oil in Dubai, she said such ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Members of the UAE’s Japanese community were recently treated to a sold-out showing of one of their country’s most highly regarded films. The festive screening of ‘Spirited Away’ at Al Qasba, Sharjah’s premier leisure, tourism and family destination, had been sold out weeks in advance, with expatriates from Japan keen to use the occasion as ...

  Bloomberg The purchase of 55,000 tonnes of sugar by Egypt’s state commodity buyer GASC on Monday was a direct, non-tender deal, traders said on Tuesday. GASC, the General Authority for Supply Commodities, said on Monday had bought the white sugar for delivery between Jan. 7 and Jan. 20. Dealers said on Tuesday the purchase was made in Egyptian pounds ...

  Bloomberg Toshiba Corp. can’t get past its accounting problems. The Japanese company, which paid a record fine a year ago for its bookkeeping practices, warned that it may now have to take another charge of several billion dollars related to an acquisition made by US unit Westinghouse Electric. The company’s shares fell 12 percent to 392 yen at the ...

  Bloomberg Profits at industrial firms in China accelerated in November, with raw material producers leading gains, as prices of products such as coal and metals continued to advance. Industrial profits rose 14.5 percent from a year earlier to 774.6 billion yuan ($111 billion), the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday. That compared with the 9.8 percent increase in ...