Dubai Informer

A UPS cargo plane has crashed at an air force base in Dubai, killing two crew-members. Officials said the plane had suffered technical difficulties and that emergency services are on the scene, close to the Emirates Road. The air was engulfed in smoke and a fire raged at a distance in what appeared to be [...]

A Filipina housemaid is to serve three months in jail after she admitted in court that she stole 600 euros, which is roughly 2,600 AED, from her sponsor. The Dubai Court of First Instance convicted the 25-year-old Filipina housemaid of the charge of stealing money from her Belgian sponsor at her house in Emirates Hills. [...]

If you are caught driving a vehicle whose records have been removed from the Roads and Transport Authority’s (RTA) system, you will face serious legal consequences, a senior official warned on Monday. The RTA announced that it will start writing-off vehicles whose registrations have expired two or more years ago, effective by the end of [...]

A deadly car accident has claimed the life of 33-year-old car driver Monday night on Emirates road. The car accident that occurred on the Global Village intersection on Emirates Road heading to Abu Dhabi occurred because of the driver’s excessive speed. The driver, who is from one of the Asian countries, lost control of the [...]

The Dubai Events and Promotions Establishment (Depe) has unveiled the main attractions of “Eid in Dubai” to mark festivities coinciding with Eid Al Fitr. “Eid in Dubai” will feature entertainment destinations, spectacular concerts, international character shows, fireworks, and shopping deals across the city. Being organized for the third consecutive year, “Eid in Dubai” aims to [...]

The Disbursement Committee of Zakat Fund has decided to grant AED 1 million to 100 people who newly embraced Islam to encourage them learn more about the religion and start their new lives as Muslims. The newly Islam converts are one of eight categories specified by the Holy Quran and the Islamic Shari’ah to deserve [...]

A new branch center of Dubai Municipality is coming up on Sheikh Zayed Road in Al Safa area. With this the Municipality will have five branch centers, the other four being Umm Suqeim, Hatta, Karama and Al Tawar. The project, with an excellent architectural style, is located in a strategic area on Sheikh Zayed Road [...]

Remember the times when Dubai announced “the longest”, “the tallest”, “the deepest”, “the highest”, “the most expensive”, and so on…? Dubai is securing another landmark that comes with “the tallest” tag, and this time it is not a tower. At 118 feet (approximately 36 meters), the local Hard Rock Cafe is building the world’s tallest [...]

Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, inaugurated The Farjam Collection’s latest exhibition The Story of Islamic Art in 99 Objects. Present were Humaid Mohamed Al Qutami, Minister of Education, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, and Dr Rashid Ahmad bin Fahad, Minister of [...]

The Emirates Authority for Standardization & Metrology is bracing to implement a new system for length and distance measurement units in all official transactions in the UAE. Mohammad Saleh Badri, Acting Director General of ESMA, Saturday announced the shift of length measurement units from feet and yard to the meter, to be used in official [...]

Ramadan is coming to the UAE soon. In case you are not a Muslim and not yet aware of the way you should deal with the Ramadan 2010, here a few tips for non-Muslims. What to-do and what not-to-do during Ramadan 2010: Eating and drinking in public is banned across the UAE during Ramadan, and [...]

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Dubai World has been held responsible for the collapse of Dubai’s finances for a long time. Now Dubai World warned that lenders, aside from the government’s own support fund, would face a “significantly” worse deal if its debt restructuring plan fails and it is forced to seek liquidation, according to the debt restructuring plan outlined [...]

The statistics produced by Dubai Customs last May showed a growth of 16% in non-oil trade between Dubai and outside world amounting AED 228.2 billion during the first 5 months of the current year as compared to AED 197 billion in the same period last year. The data issued by the Statistics department at Dubai [...]

The UAE came 19th on the world’s list of exports in 2009 with exports totaling Dh664 billion, according to a report by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The UAE’s global ranking according to the WTO has advanced to the 19th place in 2009 on the list of the most important countries in commodity exports, moving [...]

Spain’s victory in the 2010 Fifa World Cup will heighten interest in Emirates’ next route into Europe, the airline said. Commenting on Spain’s triumph in South Africa, Salem Obaidullah, Emirates’ senior vice-president of commercial operations, Europe and Russian Federation, said: “Madrid has already turned out to be a fast-selling destination with very healthy forward bookings [...]

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) stated that it has signed Dh522.5 million worth of contracts with suppliers for system upgrades and maintenance. The investment is in step with Dewa’s plans to upgrade and overhaul its capabilities in efforts to meet growing utilities demand, it said in a statement. Contracts signed with different suppliers aimed [...]

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) mystery shopper survey recorded an increase of 91 per cent in the quality of services and transactions offered to the public last May in comparison with April, while the efficiency and speed of transactions increased by 84 per cent. The employee behavior and customers’ interaction showed an increase [...]

Committed to providing its customers with high-quality, competitive data services, Du today launched the Micro Data SIM, a new smaller version of Data SIM which allows high-speed data connectivity. The new SIM is available for both its Pay as you Go, and Monthly Plan mobile customers and comes in a variety of attractive and unbeatable [...]

The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), the UAE’s independent regulator for the nuclear sector, has issued two licences to the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec). The issued licences are titled: “Licence for Preparation of a Site for the Construction of a Nuclear Facility” and “Limited Licence for the Construction of a Nuclear Facility”. The [...]