Dubai Informer

Residents of Al Qusais were in shock over the gruesome rape and murder of a four-year-old Pakistani boy inside the toilet of a mosque where his father prays regularly. The parents of Mousa – who was found dead on November 27 – said they do not want “diya” or blood money. The father, Mukhtiar Ahmad [...]

The defense apparatus in the United Arab Emirates arrested 45 suspects, most of them Palestinian and Lebanese, after the plot to blow up Burj Dubai (Dubai Tower) was uncovered. Dubai Tower, currently under construction, is the tallest building in the world. The current wave of arrests adds to the eight other suspects detained immediately after the [...]

More than 800 police personnel were deployed to arrest a gang that stole Dh4 million last week from a vehicle belonging to a security company which provides cash management services, a senior police official said. Brigadier Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, head of Dubai Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), said the culprit, an Asian driver, was arrested [...]

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 [...]

The second phase of a Dh4.5 billion light rail project for some of Dubai’s most congested areas has been postponed, according to a senior official. Abdul Redha abu al Hassan, director of planning and development at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), said yesterday that the second phase of the Al Sufouh tram system had been [...]

A Chechen man was shot dead in Dubai on Saturday, in what police said appeared to be an assassination.”It looks like an assassination,” Dubai police Chief Dhahi Khalfan told the state news agency WAM. Suleyman Madov, born in 1973, had been “subjected to close monitoring” before being shot in the parking lot of the building where [...]

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 average household spends nearly 40 per cent of its income on housing and utilities and 14 per cent on food and drink, a new Ministry of Economy survey has revealed. The results of the first nationwide expenditure and income survey were released yesterday, compiling data from 15,000 families from the second quarter of 2007 to [...]

Residents of Dubai can now see Dubai Metro trains running on an 11-kilometre test track on Shaikh Zayed Road. The trial run was launched yesterday by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. He along with senior officials witnessed the test run on [...]

Severe tremors were felt in Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman and other parts of the emirates at around 3.08pm local time forcing people to flee from homes and office. First tremor reports were received from people located in parts of Deira and Bur Dubai, Captain Sultan Al Merri, Dubai Police Operations Room, Duty Officer told Gulf News. [...]

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) recently unveiled the new Addressing and Directional Signs System in Dubai, which adopts building numbers, and road and zone names as a base rather than district names. The overall objective of the new system is to ease the movement of motorists and road users and give them easy access [...]

Motorists had another agonising day on the roads as heavy rains flooded most of the busy streets while some areas became small ponds trapping drivers who drove through. Most arterial roads were clogged with vehicles, which moved bumper to bumper. “I got stranded on Al Seef Road and water started seeping into my car. I [...]

Abu Dhabi Police will auction the most sought-after vehicle number plate, No 1, soon, a senior official told Gulf News. “This is the first time Abu Dhabi Police are auctioning No 1 and preparations are on with the cooperation of the Emirates Auction Company to make it a success,” said Lt Col Abdul Rahman M. [...]

DUBAI — The country was lashed by strong winds and heavy rains yesterday. The heaviest showers of this winter flooded roads, houses, shops and uprooted trees in many areas. Hundreds of minor road accidents were also reported across the country. While, traffic came to a standstill in several parts of Dubai and Sharjah and the [...]