DUBAI / WAM On the announcement of the biannual results, His Excellency Ali Bin Harmel Al Dhaheri, Chairman of the Board of Directors of National Takaful Company (Watania), emphasized that in the year 2016, the company’s performance received support and reinforcement. Watania stopped some of its operations that caused it to incur loss in some sectors, and also developed a …

DUBAI / WAM The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced the completion the Federal Network (FEDNet) security systems upgrade in a step aimed at protecting more than 35 federal entities against ‘advanced persistent threats’ in their various forms, whether through e-mail or internet browsing. This step comes in line with TRA’s efforts to enhance protection against cyber-breaches, as well as protecting …

DUBAI / WAM The Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), chaired by Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board, has endorsed the awarding of a contract for procuring 125 new school buses. The new buses will add to the fleet of the Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) to cope with the growing school transport activity. …