DUBAI / WAM In cooperation with the Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence (DCCE) Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA launched the Carbon Neutral initiative to neutralise all carbon emissions during Earth Hour. This will be achieved by adopting the Clean Development Mechanism(CDM) across all DEWA projects based on the Kyoto protocol, which is directly linked to the United Nations Framework ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources & Emiratisation (MoHRE) has issued over 252,000 new work permits in 2016. Humaid bin Deemas Al Suwaidi, Assistant Under-Secretary for Labour Affairs, said, “All permits are based on a transparent relation between employers and workers.”

DUBAI / WAM Monthly inflation rate of Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Goods and Services group has recorded a mild 0.22 percent drop in Dubai last February, as compared to January 2016. A report issued by Dubai Statistics Center (DSC) on Tuesday showed that this drop was due to a decrease of 2.79 percent in the Transport group, 0.68 percent ...