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  Dubai / WAM Passengers using the Dubai’s public transport system rose in 2016 to nearly 543.6 million as compared to 539.5 million in 2015, according to figures released by the RTA’s Statistics Section, Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), revealed. The average daily passengers last year on Dubai’s ...

  Dubai / WAM The meeting of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel (HLP) on Women’s Economic Empowerment will officially open on Monday, February 6, at the Four Seasons Resort, Jumeirah, in Dubai. The UAE Gender Balance Council will host the two-day event, which is taking place for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The High-Level ...

  Sharjah / WAM Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD) shared the benefits of its pioneering models, its forecasting for future processes and the essential part a census plays in community planning, to some of the most influential census and surveys organisations in the Arab world. Held up as a prime example of modern population censuses, the DSCD informed participants ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM 61 percent of the AED678 million upgraded road network and interchange project at Abu Dhabi International Airport has been completed, according to Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada). The project will connect the new terminal of the airport to the Abu Dhabi-Shahama (E10) highway, and will provide a direct access to and from the terminal towards ...

  Sharjah/ Emirates Business Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) took another significant step to enhance Arab cultural dialogue at the 48th edition of Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF), which runs until February 10. Two events, a seminar titled ‘The Emirati Novel in the Past and the Present’, and a poetry reading session, ‘Voices from the UAE’, were organised by SBA on ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As part of its ongoing expansion strategy aimed at keeping pace with the UAE’s rapid urban and economic growth, ADNOC Distribution recently announced the opening of Al Dar Service Station located near Bawabat Al Sharq Mall and Bani Yas Football Club, in Abu Dhabi’s Bani Yas area. Saeed Mubarak Al Rashdi, Acting Chief Executive ...

  Sharjah/ Emirates Business As part of its theme ‘A World as Big as Your Imagination’, Sharjah Children Biennial (SCB) is hosting a series of artistic workshops in the emirates of Sharjah, Dubai, and Ajman, outside of its main exhibition space at the Sharjah Art Museum. The workshops are aimed at inspiring children across the Emirates to express themselves through ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Cares, part of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, has successfully completed the first edition of its Volunteer Emirates 2017 initiative, which took place at Al Manama Private Charity School in Ajman. The popular initiative, which supports the UAE non-profit education sector, saw more than 100 volunteers from across the UAE come together ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB), created history and set a new standard for digital banking in the UAE with the opening of its first uBank – ADCB’s digital banking centre. uBank at Yas Mall Level 1, Abu Dhabi, is a first of its kind digital banking centre which delivers a transition from conventional banking ...

  Bloomberg Axeon Specialty Products LLC is shuttering the US largest asphalt refinery when the country might need it the most. The Stamford, Connecticut-based company announced last month it plans to close its Paulsboro, New Jersey, refinery, and convert it into a terminal. The planned shutdown comes as President Donald Trump has pledged to build new roads, highways and bridges ...