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SHARJAH / WAM HH Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has approved the Kalba public park project at Al Ghail district in Sharjah. The project will include shaded rest houses, BBQ areas, sports facilities and public services utilities. Ali bin Shaeen, Chairman of Sharjah Public Works Department, told the Sharjah Radio that ...

ABU DHABI / WAM An advanced light-emitting diode (LED) technology will replace the conventional incandescent light sources in the 710 kilometre-long federal road network as part of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development’s strategic plan to deliver the UAE Vision 2021 and advance the UAE’s ranking in global competitiveness indices, a source at the Ministry of Infrastructure Development has revealed. LEDs ...

Dubai / Emirates Business In the presence of HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy (DSCE), MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), and Chairman of the World Green Economy Summit (WGES), DEWA organized, in collaboration with Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence (DCCE) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a ...

Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Emirates most popular entertainment and leisure destination, Yas Island, is now transforming its growth by developing the most luxurious residential destination. This would act as a key component of the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council’s (UPC) Plan Capital 2030. The global and local economic transformations taking place in the present time, the capital’s real estate ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business The health insurance department of Sharjah Health Authority (SHA) conducted an exhaustive training session for all the human resource and finance heads of various departments to further educate them on health insurance policies. The authority has already streamlined the health insurance policies of over 57,200 government employees including their dependents. Under the directive of His Highness ...

RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Apart from their refined sense of style, Emirati women are known worldwide for their penchant for shopping. Testimony to this conception, a recent poll-survey conducted among women living in the UAE has revealed that one-third of Emirati women spend nearly 60 percent or more of their income on general shopping each month The poll results ...

Dubai / Emirates Business For the first time in the region, dubizzle, the UAE’s leading classifieds platform, has launched a video job application feature allowing job seekers to submit their job applications via a video recording for free. The revolutionary new tool will reinvent the application process for candidates, whilst creating a fast and useful screening filter for recruiters. With ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, is introducing three additional passenger flights per week between Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi during the months of July until September (inclusive) to cater for the increased demand on this busy route over the summer. Complementing the airline’s existing daily service between the two cities, the new ...

RITIKA SHARMA / Abu Dhabi It has been nearly half a decade of Abu Dhabi-based International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) efforts towards a sustainable and green planet. As this global bodymarks the fifth anniversary of its formal creation on Monday, it looks forward to expanding its role as the universal voice of renewables. Adnan Z. Amin IRENA Director-General, said, “The ...

SUNAINA RANA / Bloomberg Considering the rapid expansion of e-commerce in the Emirates and mounting need of constant vigilance, Department of Economic Development (DED) has signed a deal with Souq.com to protect the customer rights. According to the pact, which was signed between Mohammad Lootah, CEO of Commercial Compliance and Consumer Protection (CCCP) sector in DED, and Ronaldo Mouchawar, CEO ...