Dubai Informer

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 Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) signed today a memorandum of understanding with the National Bureau of Statistic (NBS) to enhance cooperation in the area of data collection, management and analysis with aims to establish a national data base. Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim, TRA Director General and Rashed Khamis Al Suwaidi, Director General of the National [...]

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered release of 724 of prisoners, of whom 426 are in Abu Dhabi prisons and 298 in other prisons across the country. The prison inmates had been serving the jail terms on different cases. Sheikh Khalifa’s gesture comes ahead of the Holy Month of Ramadan. [...]

Gulf states have become increasingly concerned that encryption technology used by BlackBerry devices makes it difficult to monitor them

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. [...]

Major General Ali Mohammed Subaih Al Ka’abi, Deputy Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, received today visiting Rear Adm. William Shannon, program executive officer for unmanned aviation and strike weapons, US Navy. They explored mechanisms of enhancing joint military cooperation. Wondering what they talked…

In response to the invitation of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh will pay State Visit to the United Arab Emirates during this Autumn. According to the statement issued by the British Embassy in Abu Dhabi [...]

Every project that Dubai has started, Dubai will finish. That is the strong message sent out to the world by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Shaikh Mohammad’s comments come as Dubai opens the first phase of Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International [...]

General H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the UAE Armed Forces received here today German Chancellor Angela Merkel who is leading a high level delegation on a visit to the UAE. Sheikh Mohammed said the UAE, under the wise leadership of President His Highness [...]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Abu Dhabi today on an official visit to the UAE during which she will hold talks with a number of senior officials on bilateral relations. Merkel is accompanied by a high-level delegation in her tour of the region. Upon arrival she was received by Minister of Economy Sultan Saeed [...]

A new resolution announced by the UAE Labor Ministry on Sunday has extended the summer midday working ban by one month. According to a ministry statement the midday working ban, which prevents laborers from working outside between the hours of 12.30pm and 3pm, will be enforced from June 15 until September 15, compared to previous [...]

The Ministry of Interior has said that ID cards will be required to access any traffic and licensing services throughout the country starting from May 2, according to a report. Head of Traffic Coordination at the Ministry Brig. Ghaith Al-Zaabi said according to Federal Law No. 9/ 2006 and Cabinet Resolution No. 201/1/ 2007, producing [...]

Dubai’s oldest private schools may close soon. Yes, we talk about the GEMS schools in Dubai. The Chairman of those GEMS schools mentioned that he will shut down some of it’s schools if the Dubai Government is not reversing the decision to freeze tuition fees. Sunny Varkey, Chairman of GEMS, said in a letter to [...]

Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, a UAE royal, died on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi. The Presidential Affairs Ministry has declared three days for official mourning starting on Wednesday. “The ministry expressed profound sorrow over the demise of Sheikh Mubarak and extended solace to the bereaved family. May Almighty God rest his soul in peace,” [...]

Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in his capacity as the ruler of Dubai, has ordered the release of 427 prisoners serving terms at the correctional and punitive institutions in the emirate. The amnesty is granted to mark the Eid Al Adha and [...]

The United Arab Emirates ambassador to Thailand was Monday informed of Thai government’s concern over fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s use of Dubai to launch attacks against the government.  Phanich Wikitset, an assistant to the foreign minister, said he summoned the UAE ambassador, Ali Omran Al Shamisi, to a meeting at the Foreign Ministry [...]

Dubai’s New Code of Conduct – this is the full text version. The “Rules of Conduct in Dubai” were prepared by the Executive Council under the direction of HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid al Maktoom, Crown Prince and Chairman of the Council. The aim of this document: This guide aims at setting the standards [...]

Dubai Municipality has launched a campaign called “Let us protect our residential environment…together.” It is the culmination of a campaign it started in February 2006 to implement classification and codification of land use in the emirate of Dubai in order to prohibit labour and bachelor accommodation as well as multi-family housing in the residential districts. [...]

All expats living in the UAE have a stark choice: obtain a national Identity Card or face deportation. GulfNews Residents living in the UAE who don’t have the new cards by the end of 2010 will be considered illegal. And their employers will be penalised. “Without the cards, expats will face difficulties dealing with all [...]

Payments towards ‘off plan’ property purchases in Dubai will be protected in specially managed accounts after a law was issued this week by Dubai Government. The eagerly-awaited ‘Law No. 8 concerning Guarantee Accounts of Real Estate Development in the Emirate of Dubai’ has now come into effect after being published in the Official Gazette. The [...]