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Dubai Metro – Our First Ride

Dubai Metro – Our First Ride

After Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum officially opened the Dubai Metro on the 9th of September 2009 the Dubai Informer team was excited to test it on its own. We decided Friday would be a good day. Friday morning, everything prepared and the videocamera fully charged we headed to Deira City Center, parked the car [...]

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Flydubai Arrives In Dubai

Flydubai Arrives In Dubai

His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of flydubai, unveiled a new era in Middle East aviation today when he revealed the first of flydubai’s 50 Boeing 737-800 Next-Generation aircraft. flydubai is Dubai’s first low cost carrier and aims to make travel a little less complex, a little less stressful and a little [...]

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Minimum Standards For Labour Camps In Dubai

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 [...]

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Ask Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has announced he will be holding an online question and answer session with residents and the media in a week’s time. The online ‘town hall’ meeting, as the event is being dubbed, will take place on Sheikh Mohammed’s official [...]

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Shaikh Ahmad Bin Juma Al Maktoum Died

Shaikh Ahmad Bin Juma Al Maktoum passed away on Monday. The palace of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, is mourning the death of Shaikh Ahmad, WAM reported. Local radio stations are playing the Quranic verses as a sign of mourning. The body of the [...]

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Dubai Cancel’s New Year Celebrations

In his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai has ordered the cancellation of all forms of celeberations marking the new year in Dubai emirate. According to Sheikh Mohammed’s order, Dubai emirate will mark the New Year with a sombre tone [...]

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19 Pedestrian Bridges For Dubai Metro

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 [...]

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In Dubai You Can Buy A Shirt For $4.3 Million

A jersey worn by United Arab Emirates Vice-President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum at a world endurance championship fetched 16 million dirham at an auction on Thursday. The auction was to raise funds for Dubai Cares, an initiative to help educate needy children worldwide. The initiative launched by [...]

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Dubai Cares

Dubai is contributing more than its fair share to overcoming illiteracy problem in the world. His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, launched the Dubai Cares project in the first week of the fasting month of Ramadan. The project aims at educating one [...]

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Now You Can Get It In Dubai

Now You Can Get It In Dubai

Visitors and residents to the UAE will soon be able to take home an exciting memento of Dubai that is representative of the visionary leadership of the emirate. Dubai’s first souvenir gold coin ‘Visions of Dubai’ will be available from September. The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) announced that it has appointed Jumeirah Retail, part [...]

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Dubai Has The Tallest Building

At 512.1 metres (1,680 feet), Burj Dubai has become the world’s tallest tower. Burj Dubai, being developed by Emaar Properties, is now taller than Taipei 101 in Taiwan, which at 508 metres had been the tallest building in the world since it opened in 2004. Burj Dubai has now reached 141 levels – more storeys [...]

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World’s Biggest Shopping Complex in Dubai

Dubai is to have the world’s biggest shopping complex in the world, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Al Maktoum said. The launch of the world’s largest shopping area in Bawadi, will provide support to the tourism and hospitality industry, in which will also play a major rolre in the diversification and [...]

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3rd Dubai International Horse Fair

The 3rd Dubai International Horse Fair (DIHF) will be opening tomorrow on 1 April 2007, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance and Industry. To experience the four-day Dubai International Horse Fair, visit Hall 1 and Zabeel Hall at the Dubai International [...]

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Marvel Theme Park In Dubai

United Arab Emirate-based Al Ahli Group and Marvel Entertainment, Inc. announced today a partnership that will bring Marvel’s full library of Super Heroes – including Spider-Man, Iron Man, The X-Men, Incredible Hulk, The Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer – to Dubai for a major new theme park destination being developed by AAG. The development is [...]

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UAE Vs. Oman – How Did This Go?

UAE football finally came of age on a cool, crisp evening in the capital. And our dreams are finally coming true. Watched by The President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and [...]

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Arab Health Opens In Dubai

The UAE Minister of Health Humaid Mohammed Obeid Al Qutami today inaugurated the region’s largest healthcare and related services exhibition, Arab Health 2007, at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre. The 32nd Arab Health Exhibition and Congress 2007, organised by IIR Middle East, under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of [...]

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Allstars Enjoying Five-Star Treatment In Dubai

The five star Le Royal Meridien Hotel in Dubai in January sounds great – and believe me it is great! Never mind Ali Baba and the 40 thieves. We’re here with Nickey Brennan and the Vodafone GAA Allstars. It’s the annual trip which has seen us in the past go to places like San Diego, [...]

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Dubai Rents Capped

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 [...]

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H.H. Sheikh Mohammad Honours Award

H.H. Sheikh Mohammad Honours Award

His Highness Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai yesterday honoured the winners of the prestigious Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Arab Management 2006. Held during the 4th Arab Strategy Forum, underway in Dubai, the awards’ ceremony was attended by VIPs, distinguished local and [...]

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Ramadan Begins Today

Ramadan Begins Today

(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, [...]

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