Dubai: A tiny, filthy, badly ventilated room with dirty mattresses on the floor is the last place those infected with contagious diseases will see before they are deported. Rubbish litters the small room, where two cell-like compartments hold men and women. “Guards standing at the door do not seem to fit in any picture envisaged [...]
Al Ain: Al Qattara Fort took on a new role on Tuesday with the opening of a centre for artists in the city. The fort has been restored, designed and funded entirely by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (Adach). Al Qattara Arts Centre will have extensive arts and culture programmes with a [...]
Abu Dhabi: Building integrity is a positive approach to reduce and eventually eliminate corruption, said experts at an international audit conference in Abu Dhabi yesterday. “All organisations in the public sector should have a risk based integrity policy to prevent corruption, which is a more positive approach than fighting graft,” said Saskia J. Stuiveling, president [...]
DUBAI: With its central location, competitive rents and spacious homes, Business Bay is on its way to being the Destination of the Future. A residential cum commercial community, the area, which runs alongside Al Khail Road, has more and more people calling it home. And why not? “One bedrooms go in the range of Dh50,000 [...]
Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates will host the historic first General Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena), between 4-5 April here in Abu Dhabi. The Assembly is expected to attract more than 90 senior ministers, 800 delegates, business leaders and non-governmental organisations from more than 150 nations. Dr Sultan Ahmad Al Jaber, UAE [...]
Dubai: Misconceptions that sustainable development works best in the West or that it is poorly suited for the arid Middle East environment, are just that: mistaken beliefs. Several initiatives already in existence for four to five years in Dubai have shown that sustainable development works here and “works very well”, according to Sougata Nandi, executive [...]
Abu Dhabi: A temporary detour that includes a U-turn closure on 10th Street, in the area near Mina Road, will be implemented in the capital from Friday onwards for the completion of construction and utility works, the Municipality of Abu Dhabi City said Thursday. While the detour is in place, the municipality urged motorists to [...]
Abu Dhabi: Despite the World Health Organisation (WHO) predicting a rise in road deaths internationally by 67 per cent by 2020, the UAE Ministry of Interior (MoI) remains optimistic, and predicts a reduction in UAE road deaths in the next three years, affecting as little as one per 100,000 residents. The MoI’s three-year strategy plan, [...]
Abu Dhabi: While conducting regular inspections, officials from the Municipality of Abu Dhabi City discovered and confiscated nearly 35,000 kilogrammes of tobacco in a tyre selling and repair shop on Al Diffaa Road in the capital. The discovery was made on Wednesday and a municipal official told Daily UAE that the matter would be referred [...]
Dubai: Two Somali men have been jailed for stabbing their compatriot to death using a knife and a broken liquor bottle. The Dubai Court of First Instance jailed the men, 24-year-old A.O. and 26-year-old A.M., to seven years each for killing their compatriot A.S. after stabbing him in the chest and stomach. The defendants will [...]
