Man Gets 15 Years For Forcing Girl Into Prostitution
A man has been sentenced to 15 years in jail followed by deportation for raping and forcing a teen into prostitution after he brought her into the country claiming she was his daughter, a Dubai Court ...
March 07, 20190833Category: Crime News
National Plan Launched To Conserve Fish Stocks
A national framework for sustainable fisheries, which was launched on Wednesday, envisages several measures to conserve and replenish fish stock, including rehabilitation of marine habitats through th...
March 07, 20190750Category: Government
Dh5.8b For Water, Power Projects In Northern Emirates
The UAE has allocated Dh5.8 billion for water and electricity projects in the northern emirates, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ru...
March 07, 20190778Category: Government
Encouragement To Join Private Sector
The decision to unify public and private sector holidays in the UAE will make employees more productive and provide a major impetus to the country’s economic growth, according to Nasser Bin Than...
March 07, 20190726Category: UAE Local News
Exam Stress Affects Everyone In The House
Second-hand stress can be just as bad as first-hand worrying. In the case of parents dealing with exam-taking kids, both emotions compete for attention. Often, it’s the tension that wins.
Fir...
March 07, 20190719Category: Education
Dubai Welcomes Special Olympics Athletes
Athletes of Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019 were welcomed in Dubai under the Hosting Town Programme.
The delegations were welcomed by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, C...
March 07, 20190859Category: Sports
Unifying Holidays Is Great News For Business
The announcement by the government to unify holidays of the private and the public sector will boost Emiratisation in the private sector and will improve the quality of living, business groups in the ...
March 07, 20190734Category: UAE Local News
UAE Committed To Sustainability
Energy plays a key role in enabling economic progress and high quality of life. The UAE’s energy sector is evolving from being hydrocarbon-based towards a more diversified mix to respond to grow...
March 07, 20190794Category: Environment
Verdict Upheld In Trespassing And Attempted Rape Case In UAE
Dubai Court of Appeal upheld a verdict against a man convicted of trespassing into a woman’s room and attempting to rape her, on Tuesday.
The 46-year-old Indian was sentenced by the Dubai Cou...
March 06, 20190801Category: Crime News
Road Deaths Fall 21 Per Cent In Sharjah In 2018
Road deaths fell in 2018, but work remains to be done to reduce traffic fatalities even further, said senior police officers on Tuesday.
Major General Saif Mohammad Al Zari Al Shamsi, Commander-in-...
March 06, 20190787Category: Traffic Department and Driving License
Authors Celebrated At Literature Festival Official Ceremony
Several authors paid tribute to the written word in the official ceremony of the annual Emirates Airline Festival of Literature on Tuesday.
Emirati Dana Al Beloushi, who at 12 years old is the youn...
March 06, 20190732Category: Government
Delhi Society Claims Right Over Use Of DPS Name
The chairman of Delhi Public School Society (DPS Society) on Tuesday said in Dubai that no school in the UAE, or elsewhere, should be allowed to use the short-form “DPS” without its permis...
March 06, 20190975Category: Education
Walkathon For Autism In Design District This Friday
A 2-km walkathon called WeWalk by Tecom Group will be held in collaboration with Dubai Autism Centre this Friday at Dubai Design District.
The walk will start from 7.30am at The Block in D3 and cos...
March 06, 20190737Category: UAE Local News
Arab Media Forum To Focus On Future
The 18th edition of the Arab Media Forum (AMF) being held from March 27-28 at the Dubai World Trade Centre will have a theme: “From now to the future’, announced Mona Ganem Al Merri, Presi...
March 06, 20190790Category: UAE Local News
Matching Public, Private Sector Will Attract Emirati Talent
The government has moved to improve working conditions in the private sector to attract more Emirati talent because the public sector is teetering at saturation point unable to absorb the increasing n...
March 06, 20190787Category: Government
Indian Man's Suicide In Dubai School; Colleagues, Family React
Family and colleagues of an Indian man, who committed suicide on Monday inside a Dubai school where he worked, are still in shock and disbelief.
GEMS Jumeirah College on Monday announced the death ...
March 06, 20190697Category: UAE Local News
Three-day World Ocean Summit Begins In Abu Dhabi
The Middle Eastern economies are coming to the fore of global sustainability dialogue as experts and leaders from across the world gather at the World Ocean Summit in Abu Dhabi, a top UAE official sai...
March 06, 20190837Category: UAE Local News
Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Receives UAE Astronauts
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, yesterday received the UAE's first astronauts Sultan Al Neyadi and Hazza Al Man...
March 06, 20190691Category: space
Women Shaping The UAE’s Future
Responsibility is trust, principles and values. To carry out these responsibilities, sincerity is key, but devotion and creativity is important too. As women who are part of the workforce, we need to ...
March 06, 20190731Category: UAE Local News
Medcare Opens A New Medical Centre In Al Barsha
A new medical centre from Medcare was recently launched at Al Barsha by Dr Marwan Al Mulla, CEO of the Health Regulation Sector at the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) formally in the presence of Andre Da...
March 05, 20190934Category: Health
