Dubai Informer

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 [...]

Interiors of the Dubai Metro stations feature themes adopted from the four elements of nature: water, air, fire and earth. The design of the exterior of the elevated stations is a unique shell-shaped roof which invokes the heritage of pearl diving – an integral part of Dubai’s history. Key objectives of the stations’ architectural design are [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Preparations to start constructing the most crucial part of the Dubai Creek extension – from Business Bay off Shaikh Zayed Road to the Arabian Gulf – are in the final stages, Gulf News has learnt. Major diversions on Shaikh Zayed Road will be in place in few weeks. The bridge on Shaikh Zayed Road will be [...]

Work has begun on Dubai’s first tram project on Al Sufouh Road, said a senior official at the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). “Work on the first phase of the Al Sufouh Tram project is progressing according to the schedule and the consortium of the French Alstom, the Belgian Besix, the American Parsons and the [...]

With the rent increases in Dubai over the past few months, is now receding. Comparing two advertisements, first published in early January 2009 against the August 2008 ad, reveals a drop in by 17% among several districts : International City, Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT), Dubai Marina, Discovery Gardens, Bur Dubai, Deira, Al Qusais, Al Nahda and [...]

Dubai’s government plans to increase public expenditure by around 20 per cent in 2009 to stimulate the service-based economy, the Financial Times quoted a senior policy-maker as saying on Saturday. Nasser Al-Shaikh, director-general of Dubai’s finance department said it would

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 [...]

Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport (DIA), which will more than double the current passenger handling capacity, will open for exclusive use by Emirates on October 14, Dubai Airports said yesterday. Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport (DIA), which will more than double the current passenger handling capacity, will open for exclusive use by Emirates [...]

Dubai achieved another milestone as the first Metro train was successfully tested on Monday on part of the Red Line on Shaikh Zayed Road. Motorists on the busy highway were amazed to see the train running on the track between Jebel Ali Industrial Area Station and the Jebel Ali Free Zone Station at the end [...]

First two trains for Dubai Metro have arrived in Dubai from Japan, Gulf News has learntThe trains have been off-loaded from the ship at Dubai’s Port Rashid and have been moved to storage areas. “We have achieved a crucial milestone for Dubai Metro Project with the arrival of first two trains on schedule,” said Adnan [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Motorists intending to leave their cars to use Dubai Metro will have three major car parking lots reserved for them.According to the Dubai Roads and Transport official, although every metro station will have facilities for parking, taxi and bus stands, there will be three main car parking lots for metro users. The biggest one will [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]