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February, 2017

  • 6 February

    Sheikha Fatima calls for safe internet environment

      Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF) and President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, has stressed the need to establish an effective mechanism to develop sustainable means of communication, while maintaining a safe internet environment. The changes that occurred in ...

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  • 6 February

    Year of Giving will provide opportunities for public-private sector partnerships, say ministers

      Abu Dhabi / WAM The ‘Year of Giving’ will provide opportunities to build strong long-term partnerships between the public and private sectors through various programmes and agreements, according to ministers and officials. They stated that government support for both sectors will promote the likelihood of success for private sector initiatives, as well as transform limited community programmes to more comprehensive ...

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  • 6 February

    UAEBBY commences biblio-therapy workshops

      Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY) begun series of biblio-therapy workshops to train a selection of those working in the field of children’s literature. The workshops, which will train participants in both theory and application, will pioneer the first team of capable biblio-therapists in the UAE. The course is being organised by the ...

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  • 6 February

    Sharjah first candidate city for UNICEF’s ‘Child Friendly Cities’ initiative

      Sharjah / WAM Sharjah has been announced as region’s first candidate city for UNICEF’s ‘Child Friendly City’ initiative, which is aimed to guide cities and other systems of local governance in the inclusion of children’s rights as a key component of their goals, policies, programmes and structures. The announcement was made at a press conference in the presence of Sheikha ...

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  • 6 February

    Meet on women’s economic empowerment held in Dubai

      Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, attended on Monday the official opening of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High Level Panel ‘HLP’ meeting on Women’s Economic Empowerment at the Four Seasons Resort, Dubai. Convening for the first time in MENA region, the High Level ...

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  • 6 February

    Hamdan approves AED35mn project for maritime facilities

      Dubai / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance and Chairman of Dubai Municipality, approved a AED35 million project for periodical maintenance of marine facilities and coastal protection for the next two years. Hussein Nasser Lootah, Director-General of Dubai Municipality, said that the approval comes as part of the special attention ...

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  • 6 February

    SEWA, India’s L&T discuss cooperation

      Sharjah / WAM Dr Rashid Al Leem, Chairman of Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) met on Monday a delegation from India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and discussed co-operation between the two parties in project development. Al Leem and Praveen Gopal, Sales Manager at Larsen & Toubro, who also led the delegation, discussed the major strategic plans of SEWA for 2020 ...

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  • 6 February

    MBRF throws open Nobel Museum exhibition in Dubai

      Dubai / WAM Lieutenant-General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Deputy Chairman of Dubai Police and Public Security, launched the third annual Nobel Museum at Children’s City in Dubai Creek Park on Monday. The 2017 edition of the Museum – organised by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF) – bears the theme “The Nobel Prize in Physics: Understanding Matter”, and will ...

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  • 6 February

    Allowing Trump travel ban would ‘unleash chaos again’

      WASHINGTON / AP Lawyers for Washington state and Minnesota have told a federal appellate court that restoring President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries would “unleash chaos again.” The filing with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco came early Monday after the White House said it expected the federal ...

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  • 6 February

    ASSENT announces AED175mn expansion at Dubai Industrial Park

      Dubai / Emirates Business Al Shafar Steel Engineering LLC (ASSENT), a leading company in the field of structural steel design and manufacturing and a member of the UAE-based Al Shafar Group of Companies, announced the expansion of its facilities located at Dubai Industrial Park. The expansion, which will result in one of the largest steel manufacturing companies in the ...

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