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Bolivian reform could extend leftist president’s record rule

La Paz / AFP Bolivians vote Sunday on a constitutional reform that would allow Evo Morales to seek a fourth term as president, potentially extending his stay in office until 2025. Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous president, was first elected to office in 2006 and re-elected twice. His current term ends in 2020. The 56 year-old leader is the longest-serving president ...

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VP meets Chairman of Nobel Foundation

DUBAI / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on Sunday received Professor Carl-Henrik Heldin, Chairman of the Board of the Nobel Foundation, who took part in the opening ceremony of the second edition of the Nobel Museum Exhibition 2016, in Children’s City at Dubai Creek Park. The exhibition ...

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Dubai’s financial system electronically linked to federal govt

DUBAI / EMIRATES BUSINESS In a bid to meet the requirement of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and complete the linking of the federal government financial system to that of all emirates; the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has announced that Dubai’s financial system has been electronically linked to that of the federal government. The announcement was ...

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