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May, 2016

  • 2 May

    Dubai Cares rolls out ECD programmes in Tanzania

      Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Cares, part of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, announced two new education programmes in Tanzania. A Dubai Cares delegation, led by Chief Executive Officer Tariq Al Gurg and consisting of UAE-based media and Dubai Cares employees, visited the country to officially launch the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes in mainland Tanzania and ...

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  • 2 May

    Dubai Tourism drives desert tour and camp regulation

      Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) unveiled new Desert Tour & Camp Regulations aimed at further elevating the popular Dubai desert experience to best-in-class standards. As part of the initiative, Dubai Tourism has established quality benchmarks for all desert tour operators, including those managing outdoor, cultural and hospitality activities. Operators will be ...

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  • 2 May

    DGCX crosses 6mn contracts

      DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) crossed 6 million contracts in April, growing 45% over the same period last year whilst maintaining a steady Average Daily Open Interest of 109,487 contracts. Growth was primarily driven by DGCX’s currency segment, which saw a substantial increase of 43% compared to the same period last year trading 5,740,764 ...

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  • 2 May

    Ammar Al Nuaimi opens Ajman Career Fair

      AJMAN / WAM HH Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman, Chairman of the Ajman Executive Council, inaugurated the two-day long third edition of Ajman Career Fair 2016, organised by the Central Department for Human Resources Development in Ajman. Held at the Emirates hall of the Emirates Hospitality centre in Ajman, over 47 exhibitors representing different ...

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  • 2 May

    AMLSCU, FSRA sign MoU to combat money laundering

      ABU DHABI / WAM The Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit (AMLSCU) at the Central Bank of the UAE and the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) and related matters. Both parties are committed to continuing ...

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  • 2 May

    Proper planning can develop labour productivity in UAE

      DUBAI / WAM The National Productivity Forum discussed priorities, actions and policies required to enhance productivity on the macroeconomic and economic levels, as well as facilities and employment activities in the UAE labour market. The platform aimed to establish a new norm in the business sector to consolidate innovation and employ new technologies so as to contribute to consolidating ...

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  • 2 May

    UAE takes part in agriculture show in Morocco

      MEKNES / WAM The United Arab Emirates has concluded its participation as Guest of Honour at the 11th International Agriculture Show in Morocco (SIAM) which was being held in Meknes. Ali Yousef Al Saad, Acting Director of Communication and Community Services at Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority, said that the UAE Pavilion, which won the Best International Pavilion award ...

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  • 2 May

    FNC to hold tenth meet of first ordinary session

      Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal National Council (FNC) will hold its tenth meeting of the first ordinary session of the 16th legislative chapter on May 10 in Abu Dhabi under the chairmanship of Dr. Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, FNC Speaker. During the session, in the presence of H.H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime ...

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  • 2 May

    UAE military team prepare to climb Mount Everest

      KATHMANDU / WAM Sixteen climbers from the UAE Armed Forces set up camp in the Khumbu valley, 5,364 metres above sea level in the Himalayas in Nepal, as they prepare to climb Mount Everest. The UAE military team will camp there for several weeks in preparation for the main adventure, which is attempting to climb the world’s highest peak ...

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  • 2 May

    Dubai mission to USA spurs interest among innovators

      DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s ambitious growth plans as well as policy focus on competitiveness and innovation have been explained to US investors and businesses during a series of ‘Doing Business in Dubai’ seminars hosted recently across Orlando, Dallas, Denver and San Francisco, by a delegation led by Dubai Investment Development Agency, Dubai FDI, an agency of the Department of ...

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