Dubai Informer

Dubai International started the second half of the year on a positive note as Dubai Airports reported monthly passenger numbers that eclipsed the elusive four-million mark for the first time. Dubai International handled a total of 4,307,926 passengers in July compared to 3,768,965 in July 2009, a year on year increase of 14.3 per cent. [...]

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced that some provisions of the Cabinet resolution number 7 of year 2008, on the medical check up of expatriates, have been amended, following the endorsement of the cabinet as per the resolution number 28 of year 2010. Dr Hanif Hassan, Minister of Health said at a press conference [...]

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 [...]

The Emirates Foundation for Philanthropy, one of the UAE’s leading philanthropic institutions, is bringing the legendary Sesame Street children’s show concept to the UAE. Sesame Workshop, USA, together with Emirates Foundation, will produce ‘Reach for the Sky’, an event Mubadala Aerospace is sponsoring and supported by Marina Mall, Abu Dhabi. Emirates Foundation’s Science Technology and [...]

BlackBerry users in the United Arab Emirates should not throw away their BlackBerry smart-phones just yet. Research In Motion has a solution for the security concerns behind the TRA’s decision to ban the BlackBerry Services. There are reports that Research In Motion (RIM), the company producing the BlackBerry devices, has agreed to share the technical [...]

Director General of Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), Mohammed Nasser Al Ghanim, confirmed that the suspension of some of the “BlackBerry” services is a sovereign issue concerning the right of the State to preserve the confidentiality of information and correspondence, commercial, official and personal data, and to protect the national economy and companies from any threats. [...]

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) confirmed today that Blackberry Messenger, Blackberry E-mail and Blackberry Web-browsing services in the UAE will be suspended as of October 11th 2010. The suspension is a result of the failure of ongoing attempts, dating back to 2007, to bring Blackberry services in the UAE in line with UAE telecommunications regulations. [...]

World number one Tiger Woods has confirmed that he will be returning to Dubai to compete in the 2011 Omega Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates Golf Club, the promoters and organizers of the event have announced. The 14-time Major Champion underlined his fondness for the city he calls “an extremely hospitable place where the [...]

Dubai Metro service hours during the holy month of Ramadan will start from 06.00 am and continue until 01.00 am (after midnight) during weekdays, and from 02.00 pm to 01.00 am on Fridays, announced Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board & Executive Director of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA). Al Tayer also announced [...]

Are you sick of all those iPhone news coming out every day? Are you a business user and are looking for a new smart-phone to buy? You want a business tool like one of those shiny Blackberry’s! Research In Motion (RIM), the Blackberry maker, makes pretty decent business smart-phones which can do a lot more [...]

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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 [...]

Traffic mortality in Dubai dropped to 90 cases in the first half of the current year from 120 cases in the corresponding half of 2009. The traffic deaths index in Dubai fell from 7,11 per 100,000 people to less than 1 per 100,000. Dubai is hoping to have a zero target in the next ten [...]

The countdown has started and in 100 days, at noon on 28 October 2010, the world’s first Ferrari theme park, and the largest of its kind, will open its doors to the public. Today Ferrari World Abu Dhabi unveils its exciting and unique attractions, designed to tell the Ferrari passion, excellence, performance and technical innovation [...]

flydubai, Dubai’s first low cost airline, is giving all passengers a 100% reimbursement of their fare if they travel between 15th August and 6th September 2010 during the holy month of Ramadan. A first of its kind, no other airline in the region has offered all its passengers traveling within specific dates the full fare [...]

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 [...]

Is this the BP effect in the United Arab Emirates? Local petroleum products distributors have decided to hike the price of a liter of benzene by 20 fils as of next Thursday, 15th July 2010, at all fueling stations across the nation. A statement issued today by the distributing companies said the increase is part [...]

The General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Endowments (GAIAE) affirmed today that reports run by a section of local media that it has prohibited the public use of vuvuzelas, horns used by spectators in stadiums, are ”inaccurate”. In a clarification statement it issued today, the GAIAE said the published reports and quotes on the issue [...]

Emirates flight 901 from Dubai (DXB) to Amman (AMM) returned to Dubai this morning when the first officer was unwell, a responsible source said. The flight landed in Dubai at 10:15 and re-departed for AMM at 11:15. It is scheduled to arrive AMM at 13:23 local time. EK 901 operated an A330 with 12 passengers [...]