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 ...

SHARJAH / WAM A thirty-member trade delegation, under the umbrella of Calicut Chamber of Commerce and Industry from the South Indian state of Kerala, visited the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) to explore the trade and investment opportunities in HFZA. The team, headed by Calicut Chamber President Gangadharan Punathil, met Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, Director of HFZA and SAIF Zone.

DUBAI / WAM Under patronage of HH Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, HH Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, on Tuesday opened the Seventh International Exhibition for National Security and Resilience (ISNR Abu Dhabi 2016). The event, organised by the Ministry of ...

Dubai / WAM HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, has received Rajeev Suri, President and Chief Executive of Nokia, and his accompanying delegation, at the Executive Council of Dubai. HH Sheikh Maktoum welcomed the CEO of the company and the accompanying delegation, drawing attention to the constructive efforts to achieve the vision of ...

SHARJAH / WAM A thirty-member trade delegation, under the umbrella of Calicut Chamber of Commerce and Industry from the South Indian state of Kerala, visited the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) to explore the trade and investment opportunities in HFZA. The team, headed by Calicut Chamber President Gangadharan Punathil, met Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, Director of HFZA and Sharjah Airport ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The volume of non-oil foreign trade of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi across the different customs points over the past year stood at AED 169.11 billion, up by 11 per cent compared to 2014. Mohammed Khadim Al Hameli, Acting Director-General of the General Directorate of Customs in Abu Dhabi, said the directorate adopts a strategy to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The External Relations and Collaborations Department at the Petroleum Institute (PI) recently hosted a group of twenty Japanese delegates on the institute’s premises to assess the achievements, challenges and way forward for 2016 with PI’s Japanese counterparts. Dr. Thomas Hochstettler, Petroleum Institute’s President, and Ebrahim Al Hajri, Director of External Relations and Collaborations, welcomed the delegation. ...

DUBAI / WAM Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and President of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qatami, Chairman of the Board of DHA, inaugurated the 21st edition of the International Pharmaceuticals & Technologies Conference & Exhibition – (DUPHAT), held at the Dubai International ...

Dubai / WAM Leading mobile satellite services operator Thuraya Telecommunications Company today launched a dedicated M2M service and terminal that is available across its extensive coverage area and for the first time over North America. The new Thuraya FT2225 Medium Data Rate (MDR) fixed terminal works on ViaSat’s mobile satellite services network, using ViaSat’s L-band high capacity satellite system. It ...