Dubai Informer

Herve Jaubert, a French spy who left espionage to make leisure submarines for the wealthy, was riding high. bankrolled by Dubai World, a government-owned conglomerate, he built a submarine workshop on the Persian Gulf, lived rent-free in a villa with a pool and tooled around town in a red Lamborghini. He had two Hummers. He vacationed [...]

A new resolution issued by Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan states that foreign

If you have invested in a development in Dubai that has since been cancelled by the emirate’s property regulators, don’t despair – new rules have been announced that will ensure investors receive a full refund. All cash paid by buyers on property development projects that are officially cancelled by The Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) will [...]

The office of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, is to impose new minimum standards across all labour camp accommodation in the Emirate, Construction Week can reveal. The move was revealed by UAE Minister of Labour HE Saqr Ghobash during an impromptu speech at [...]

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 [...]

The UAE government is thinking about (or has already put in place?) a law that will prohibit private companies from firing UAE nationals from their jobs. Of course this does not count if the employee does something wrong and that’s the reason for him being sacked. But what in an economic downturn? You cant fire people [...]

A 13ft whale shark that has spent weeks as the star attraction in a huge tank in the lobby of a luxury hotel is to be freed after a campaign that included protest songs and the setting up of a “Free Sammy” page on Facebook. Since the £950 million Atlantis hotel opened in Dubai last [...]

Nakheel, a Dubai World company and one of the world’s largest and most innovative real estate developers, today announced that 2008 sales to date are showing a threefold increase on 2007′s full-year figures. Nakheel’s portfolio, conservatively valued at US$80 billion. Till date, more than 6,100 Nakheel units in Dubai have been sold (97%) or reserved [...]

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 [...]

New Zealand has won the opening round of the International Rugby Board’s World Series Sevens in Dubai. The defending champions beat Fiji 31-21 in the final early this morning (NZ time), making the most of a period when Fiji’s Emosi Vucago was yellow-carded. While Vucago was in the bin, New Zealand scored twice to race [...]

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 [...]

Dubai Land Department reports that land prices went up by nearly 64 per cent, the department’s price index reveals that 2006 was a bumper year for land purchases in Dubai. However all may not be what it seems with analysts suggesting that land bought in prime areas may be responsible for the huge leap in [...]

The Dubai government has capped the annual rent increase at a maximum of seven per cent on all rental properties as of January 1. His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, issued a decree yesterday saying the rent increase will not exceed seven [...]

(click here for all the updated Ramadan 2010 News) (Information courtesy: Gulf News – reported today) 2008 Abu Dhabi: The Ramadan Crescent Sighting Committee announced that today is the first day of Ramadan. This announcement came in a communiqué released by the committee after its meeting yesterday in the Sharia Judicial Department in Abu Dhabi, [...]