Police Arrested Parents of a Boy who forced to beg as a Blind
Dubai Police have arrested the parents of a boy who was forced to pose as a blind child and beg in the street for up to six hours a day during Ramadan, an official has said.
Brigadier Jamal Salem A...
June 12, 20190656Category: UAE Local News
Mentally Unstable Woman Missing
An elderly Indian man on Tuesday said that his mentally unstable wife, a Sri Lankan, has been missing from their Sharjah home since Sunday morning.
M.P. Madhusoothanan, 63, told Gulf News his wife ...
June 12, 20190725Category: UAE Local News
Campaign On Child Rights Launched In Dubai
An educational campaign on the UAE’s Child Rights Law was launched on Tuesday targeting the entire social workers and teachers to equip them on what they should do if they notice any any abuse o...
June 12, 20190817Category: UAE Local News
Dubai Airports To Ban Single-use Plastics From Next Year
Dubai Airports (DXB) on Monday announced that it will ban single-use plastics from its consumer spaces with effect from January 1, 2020.
That may seem like a tall order, but as some businesses oper...
June 11, 20190753Category: Environment
Dubai Ferry Starts New Tourism Marine Line
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched a new marine line served by Dubai Ferry starting from Shaikh Zayed Road Station on Dubai Water Canal.
The service, which will first ru...
June 11, 20190732Category: Transport
Three Burglars Arrested With Items Worth Millions
Dubai Police nabbed a gang of thieves less than 24 hours after they stole valuable items worth millions of dirhams, including 100-year-old banknotes of Indian rupees from a Dubai villa, a court heard....
June 11, 20190700Category: Crime News
Filipina Prison Inmate Meets Parents After 14 Years
A Filipina inmate in a Dubai jail received a pleasant surprise recently when she got to meet her parents — after 14 years.
The 33-year-old is an inmate of the Dubai Women Prison at the Genera...
June 11, 20190747Category: UAE Local News
Driver Accused Of Raping Housemaid
A Pakistani driver went on trial at the Dubai Court of First Instance on Sunday after he was accused of raping a housemaid in their employer’s house.
The 26-year-old Filipina maid was working...
June 11, 20190892Category: Crime News
Remains Of Filipina Who Died In Dubai Bus Crash Identified
The Filipino expatriate who was among the 17 passengers who died in the horrific bus crash in Rashidiya during the Eid holidays left behind two children, an official said on Monday.
The remains of ...
June 11, 201902976Category: Transport
Dubai Bus Crash Weighs On Mind Of Passengers
The mood was glum on Sunday as holidayers returning home after the long Eid break boarded the 3.30pm Muscat-bound bus from the Rashidya Metro Station — not far from the spot where a Mwasalat bus...
June 11, 20190959Category: Crime News
Man On Trial For Threatening To Blow Up House With Gas Cylinder
A man went on trial before the Dubai Court of First Instance after he was accused of threatening to blow up his family’s house with a gas cylinder when his mother asked his friend to leave the h...
June 11, 20190711Category: Crime News
Dubai Teacher’s Cocaine Death In UK Puts Screening Of Educators
The case of a Dubai-based British teacher who died after ingesting a pouch of cocaine at Manchester Airport while waiting to board a flight back to the UAE, has left parents asking if background check...
June 11, 20190671Category: UAE Local News
Dubai-Muscat Bus Services Resume
The Dubai-Muscat bus services that were temporarily suspended following the horrific road accident on Thursday, have resumed, transport operator Muwasalat Oman announced on Saturday.
According to a...
June 10, 20190786Category: UAE Local News
Bus Catches Fire On Dubai Road
A bus caught fire on Dubai’s Shaikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road near The Global Village. Smoke could be seen curling over the area of the accident and ambulances were seen rushing to the scene.
M...
June 10, 20190835Category: Transport
Dubai Cares Supports 3-year Teacher Training Program In Ghana
Dubai Cares, has announced its support to a three-year teacher training program in Ghana to upgrade kindergarten (KG) education and enable KG schoolchildren to flourish in primary school. The Dh1,722,...
June 10, 20190597Category: Education
Sharjah Records Seven Accidents During Eid Break
As many as seven accidents were recorded during the Eid holidays and resulted in serious and moderate injuries to several people, police said on Sunday.
Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Alai Al Naqbi, D...
June 10, 20190758Category: Transport
Bittersweet Moment For Many UAE Students
It was a bittersweet moment for many UAE students as they started their final term exams on Sunday right after the nine-day Eid Al Fitr holiday.
Families celebrated an extra-long Eid holiday this y...
June 10, 20190584Category: Education
Mum Who Collected Dh183,500 By Begging Online Arrested
A woman who conned people into giving her $50,000 (Dh183,500) by asking for money to support her children on social media platforms has been arrested in Dubai, officials said on Sunday.
The woman, ...
June 10, 20190671Category: UAE Local News
Dubai Bus Crash Victims Entitled To Compensation, Say Experts
Families of road crash victims are entitled to get compensation from the insurer of the vehicle involved, but only after the Dubai Traffic Court issues a verdict based on Prosecution evidence, accordi...
June 10, 20190902Category: UAE Local News
