Long-term Residency Visas In UAE For Expatriates In Five New Categories
Five new categories of expatriates will be granted long-term residency visas in the country for a stay of up to 10 years, which will be renewable as well, a top officiaĺ of the Federal Authority for ...
May 01, 20190610Category: Travel
ATC Gets Its First Emirati Woman Duty Manager
The Air Traffic Control Tower in Dubai now has a female duty manager.
The first Emirati woman to hold the challenging post, Marwa Al Matrooshi joined the organisation in 2004 as an Air Traffic Cont...
May 01, 20190667Category: UAE Local News
Worker Who Strangled Masseuse With Towel Gets 10 Years
A worker was sentenced to 10 years in jail for killing his former girlfriend after she refused a reconciliation, a Dubai Court of First Instance heard on Tuesday.
The 30-year-old Bangladeshi defend...
May 01, 20190644Category: Crime News
Abu Dhabi Government Launches Online Job Portal
Job seekers in the UAE will now be able to search for work through a new and free online job portal that was launched on Tuesday, as the Abu Dhabi Government looks to digitise the recruitment process ...
May 01, 20190644Category: Government
Woman Drives Away With Valet Worker Still On Bonnet In Dubai
A woman who had a dispute with a valet parking worker drove off with the man still sitting on the car’s bonnet, Dubai Police said on Tuesday. Colonel Faisal Al Qasim, Director of Security Media ...
May 01, 20190964Category: UAE Local News
Public Trust In Tech Giants Shattered, AI Event In Dubai Hears
Public trust in online companies using people’s data has been shattered by recent scandals and will be very difficult to regain, the first ‘AI Everything’ conference heard in Dubai o...
May 01, 20190575Category: UAE Local News
Indian Student, 21, Wins 1 Million Dollars At Dubai Duty Free Raffle
An Indian national living in Bahrain on Tuesday won $1 million at the Dubai Duty Free raffle.
Sara Elrayah Ahmed, a 21-year-old medical student, had purchased ticket no. 2790 in series 299 on her w...
May 01, 20190806Category: UAE Local News
Young Arabs Want Reforms In Religious Bodies, Better Governance And Education
Young Arabs feel religion plays a very big a role in the Middle East and believe that it is time for religious institutions to be reformed, even as they have higher expectations from their governments...
May 01, 20190531Category: UAE Local News
Book A Flight To Venus For Dh100 And Help A Child Learn
Fasten your seatbelts, a flight to Venus is getting ready to take off.
Forget Mars, you can now book tickets to Venus, Jupiter and Neptune, though we are still not sure if these planets are inhabit...
May 01, 20190561Category: Government
Two Emiratis Killed In Accident On Khor Fakkan Road
Two Emirati men were killed and another injured in a car accident on Khor Fakkan Road on Monday morning.
The tragedy occurred when the driver, who was travelling in the direction of Sharjah, lost c...
April 30, 20190860Category: Crime News
VFS Website Slowdown Irks Visa Applicants
UAE residents seeking to travel to several countries have faced roadblocks with their visa applications as the sole website processing appointments has been down for some time due to “heavy traf...
April 30, 20190681Category: UAE Local News
Model UAE Government Employees Honoured
Ten UAE Government employees on Monday received the Happiness and Positivity Medal for going the extra mile in customer service.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President a...
April 30, 20190749Category: Government
One Tasheel Centre Shut, 10 Punished For Violations
The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has shut down one and imposed “penalties” on 10 Tasheel service centres for low quality of services, consumers complaints and long waiting...
April 30, 20190620Category: UAE Local News
Dubai Ready To Cope With Growing Demand For Power And Water
Dubai is ready to cope with a growing demand for power and water after the UAE’s largest desalination plant was expanded by 700 megawatts (MW) on Monday.
Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ...
April 30, 20190525Category: Government
Abu Dhabi Court Upholds 10 Year Jail For Two In Terrorism Case
The State Security Court of the Federal Supreme Court on Monday upheld 10-year jail sentence of two men found guilty in terrorism cases.
The Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeals condemned the first d...
April 30, 20190545Category: UAE Local News
Mafraq Hospital Opens Smoking Cessation Clinic
Mafraq Hospital, owned and operated by the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC (SEHA), has opened a smoking cessation clinic to raise public awareness on the health benefits of quitting smoking and...
April 30, 20190598Category: Health
One-month To Close Of Zayed Sustainability Prize Submissions
With exactly one month to go until the May 30 submissions deadline, the Zayed Sustainability Prize has issued a final call to small-to-medium sized enterprises, non-profit organisations and high schoo...
April 30, 20190615Category: UAE Local News
Innovative Education For The Future Job Market
In 2017, the UK’s IPPR thinktank estimated that 44 per cent of jobs could be lost to automation.
In such unprecedented times for the job market, how can you ensure that you are adequately qua...
April 30, 20190557Category: Education
Dubai Denies Rumour Of Dangerous Chinese Garlic
The municipality of Dubai has responded to the newest food rumour circulating across social networking sites in the UAE, denying all the allegations made against white Chinese garlic.
The rumours a...
April 30, 20190591Category: Health
Health Ministry Raises Lupus Alert
In a workshop organised for health professionals on Saturday, the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) raised awareness on the importance of early detection of the disease called Systemic Lupus E...
April 29, 20190523Category: Health
