ABU DHABI / WAM Emirati women make up over 55 percent of the total workforce at the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 37.5 percent of the banking sector’s manpower and 66 percent of total government jobs, according to Mohammed Thani Murshed Al Rumaithi, Chairman of the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry. In statements marking the ...

DUBAI / WAM Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy, received Mohamed Hamed Kawa, Minister of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Chad, and his delegation at the headquarters of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), in Dubai. The two sides discussed ways to strengthen economic relations, the importance of co-ordination in the field of civil aviation, the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered the release of 803 prisoners on the occasion of Eid Al Adha. The pardoned prisoners had been sentenced to jail terms for a variety of offenses. Sheikh Khalifa pledged to settle the financial obligations of the released prisoners. The pardon comes within the framework of ...