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ABU DHABI / WAM The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), announced the suspension of all inbound and outbound flights with Lebanon, Turkey, Syria and Iraq, with effect from March 17, and until further notice. The move is part of the country’s proactive precautionary and preventive health measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), said the GCAA in a ...

Bloomberg Nizana Brautmann found out her 6-year-old son had been exposed to coronavirus via a note on the locked door of his Berlin daycare center. It told parents to take their kids home and wait. As the focus of the new pandemic shifts to Europe, authorities there have been slower to embrace the aggressive testing credited with helping to curb ...

Bloomberg The economic fallout from the coronavirus could be more serious than the damage done by the 2008 global financial crisis for Singapore, according to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. “We can’t tell when the pandemic will end, but it will likely last at least this year, and quite possibly longer,” Lee said in a Facebook post. “The economic hit ...

Dubai / Emirates Business At the International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators (IMCA) held in Rio de Janeiro, Dubai was announced as the next city to host this prestigious biennial event in 2022/2023. In showcasing the benefits of the UAE as a preferred jurisdiction for alternative dispute resolution, The Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre (EMAC) presented Dubai’s bid with the UAE to ...

AJMAN / Emirates Business Ajman Free Zone signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Saudi German Hospital Ajman with the aim of providing health services to customers, investors, and employees. This step came as part of Ajman Free Zone’s efforts to provide services of various levels to customers and investors, to enable them to run their business easily and ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE government will be activating remote work for a segment of federal government employees, effective from March 15 to March 26, and subject to renewal. The decision comes as a precautionary measure to the novel coronavirus and to safeguard the wellbeing of the community. Employees will be able to utilise the government’s technological systems and platforms ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Health Authority (DHA) to enhance academic cooperation and the exchange of knowledge with regards to policies, strategies, and management consulting. The agreement also seeks to train employees, hone their skills, develop research and studies, and organise discussion panels and workshops. ...

Bloomberg PG&E Corp said it largely supports a proposal from California’s top that would allow for greater oversight of the power giant if it fails to reform itself and causes another catastrophic fire after exiting bankruptcy. The company said it agrees with the establishment of a six-step enforcement process proposed by California Public Utilities Commission President Marybel Batjer. That would ...

Bloomberg New infections of the coronavirus in China dropped to single digits for the first time since the country began reporting daily numbers in mid-January. As of March 12, China has eight new cases and seven additional deaths, said the National Health Commission on on March 13. The dramatic plunge to a single-digit increase — from the height of nearly ...

Bloomberg Indonesia unveiled an emergency fiscal stimulus plan worth 22.92 trillion rupiah ($1.55 billion) as it seeks to protect Southeast Asia’s largest economy from the coronavirus crisis. The package which includes a raft of tax breaks, would help push the budget deficit to 2.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), from an initial target of 1.76%, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati ...