ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, February 12th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Lieutenant General Saif Abdullah Al Sha’far, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior, attended on Thursday the graduation ceremony of the 68th Basic Training Course for police recruits. The course was attended by 220 recruits at the Federal Police School in Sharjah.

In his speech at the ceremony, the Undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior emphasized that the UAE enjoys enviable stability, safety and security, which constitute the key strategic components of development and progress, and the main pillar to building the nation and ensuring happiness among the people.   He said: “The wise leadership of the United Arab Emirates has placed security and safety at the heart of its strategy, towards achieving nation-wide stability and prosperity for each and every society segment. In this day and age, police forces undertake greater responsibilities; the country’s le ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, February 14th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

The Abu Dhabi Police arrested an inspector working for a governmental entity in Al Ain who, with the assistance of his brother (middleman), was receiving bribes to illegally complete governmental transactions.

Lt. Colonel Matar Mu'ded Al Muhairi, Head of the Anti-Corruption Department at the Abu Dhabi Police, said that the two (Arab national) brothers’ arrest took place after performing the required legal procedures. He noted that a precise tip-off was received, after which classified investigations were performed which revealed that the first individual (the government employee) was involved in financial and administrative corruption with the assistance of his brother, who works as a truck driver in the private sector.

He mentioned that the government employee (S.F. – 38 years), who has completed less than 8 months of service at the governmental department, was arreste ... Read more »

Expansion at Leverkusen plant to double current NXT availability

WATERFORD, N.Y. - Tuesday, February 16th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (“Momentive” or the “Company”) announced a strategic expansion of its Leverkusen, Germany site as part of its global initiative to expand production capabilities serving the automotive markets. The Company will invest approximately $30 million to expand its NXT* silane manufacturing capacity at Leverkusen. This expansion will enhance our capability for meeting the growing demand for innovative products that help global tire producers improve product performance. The NXT silane manufacturing facility is expected to begin production in late 2017.

“The expanded capacity will enable us to better serve our customers as Momentive continues to make strategic capital investments in our specialty technologies,” said Jack Boss, President and CEO. “The ... Read more »

Security Policy Orchestration and Analytics to be showcased at #MWC16 in Demonstration Involving Check Point Virtual Firewalls and Wind River Titanium Server

OTTAWA, Ontario - Tuesday, February 16th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nakina, a leader in identity access and configuration management solutions, today announced enhancements to its award-winning cybersecurity solution. NI-DEFENDER combines identity access, configuration management and analytics. It allows service providers to prevent, pin-point, and neutralize network security threats.

New enhancements include security policy orchestration across physical and virtual, multi-vendor and multi-technology networks, enhanced analytics, trending and reporting. Automated identity access and configuration management improves network security, accelerates detection and remediation of vulnerabilities, and proactively pin-points misconfigured or compromised network assets. The solution enables Chief Inform ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, February 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Visitors to the Qasr Al Hosn Festival 2016 were acquainted with Abu Dhabi Police’s various stages of establishment, and with the tasks and duties of the police officers and guards during that period. The festival’s organizers set up a replica of the first Police Station that was established in 1957, north of the Qasr Al Hosn, where the station was originally located.

Colonel Saif Al Shamesi, Chief of the Cultural and Sporting Activity Section at the Clubs Department, and the Officer supervising the Abu Dhabi Police’s participation in the festival, pointed out that old photographs were exhibited at the station, showcasing the history and evolution of the police force; while a police unit wearing the old style uniform and logo showed off in daily rounds during the festival.

Adding further, he said: “Police officers dressed in the 1957 old style uniform entertain ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, February 14th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Dr. Michael’s Dental Clinic, the leading and most advanced dental health care provider in the region, is proud to welcome Dr. Walter Goriwoda, MD, DMD to its team of dental experts.

Dr. Walter Goriwoda is a well-published Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon who brings to Dr. Michael’s his many years of specialized training in Germany, Austria, South Africa, Switzerland, the UK and the US.

His major fields of clinical interests include oral and dentoalveolar surgery (including complex dental rehabilitation via augmentation/distraction procedures), maxillofacial traumatology (experiences in 3-D navigated surgery), orthognathic surgery (surgical correction of skeletal jaw discrepancies) and facial aesthetic surgical procedures (blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty, genioplasty, facial implants).

“Maxillofacial surgery is a very delicate and precise type of surgery, which I find ve ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, February 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

61 players under the age of 18 along with their coaching staff in Al Ain Sports Club attended an awareness lecture titled “The Law Respect Culture and Sports Ethics” organized by the Law Respect Culture Bureau, at the General Secretariat of the Office of H.H Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior.

First Lieutenant Abdullah Mohammed Al Muhairi of the Law Respect Culture Bureau said that the office seeks to strengthen the aspects of cooperation and community partnership with the various institutions of society in a way that reflects the spirit of cooperation. He continued that this aims to benefit young generation and promote their positive perceptions and their sense of belonging to homeland.

Al Muhairi shed light on the importance and benefits of sports for humans, in terms of self-discipline and acquiring perfect sportive health, as well the role of sports in ins ... Read more »

The Company Reinforces Its Growth Strategy in Developing Markets

LUXEMBOURG - Tuesday, February 16th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), one of the world’s leading satellite operators, announced today the appointment of a new Vice President, Commercial, for Latin America/North.

Clemente Cabello will be based in Mexico City and will be responsible for leading SES’s commercial activities in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. He comes to SES with more than fifteen years of experience in the satellite industry, during which he has held strategic planning, marketing, sales, and business development roles. Clemente holds a BS in Actuarial Science from ITAM in Mexico, and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Before joining SES, Clemente was Corporate Director at Grupo Autofin Mexico, a major diversified group with investments in Mexico’s automotive, tourism and financia ... Read more »

Under the Patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, February 15th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, attended the graduation ceremony of the 26th batch of cadets and university graduates, the 10th batch of female university graduates, and the 3rd batch of master degree holders. The ceremony took place on Monday at the Police College Headquarters in Abu Dhabi under the patronage of General HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.

The number of male and female graduates was 223. 161 were male cadets, 60 were male university students, and 2 were female university students. He also explained that 12 of the male cadets were from 7 other Arab countries; one student from Kuwait, two from Qatar; two from Bahrain, two from Jordan, two from Yemen, two from Palestin ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, February 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

The Emirates Women Police Association (EWPA) recently organized the second winter camp initiative in the Winter Camps Region in the emirate of Dubai. Female staff members of the MoI and female employees of other entities took part in the camp, in addition to a number of female students.

Lamya Al Zaabi, the Association’s coordinator in the emirate of Sharjah and the Eastern Region and founder of the initiative, explained that organizing the camp aims to enhance the spirit of cooperation and harmony among the participants and to motivate them to show their talents and various skills such as photography, poetry, and other hobbies.

The winter camp program included a number of activities and events. Awareness lectures were held and tackled topics such as the importance of monitoring children while using social media, raising mothers’ awareness of the role of domestic workers, ... Read more »

Expert briefings targeted toward senior procurement leaders in the region

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, February 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Strategic procurement company Tejari, together with CIPS MENA are back with the launch of their 2016 Real World Procurement series. Now entering its fourth year, the Real World Procurement Series is designed to provide procurement professionals with essential real world insight into procurement practices - the people skills, process efficiencies and empowering technologies needed to drive a successful procurement function.

A total of 8 events will be delivered across the year in Dubai and Abu Dhabi by procurement experts Peter Smith of Spend Matters UK/Europe and Guy Allen of Real World Sourcing who both have over 25 years’ experience in the  Procurement and Supply chain industry. Tejari will also offer a number of online webinars this year for those that are unable to make the live briefings.

Th ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, February 10th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

A new Middle East & North Africa (MENA) ‘Women in Finance’ award has been launched at an event in Dubai which looked at how businesses can encourage greater diversity and benefit in the process.

The award initiative was announced by event host ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) at their recent event with the theme "Lead the change – increasing gender diversity to boost performance.”  Launched in partnership with business information company Naseba, the award will be presented by ACCA at Naseba’s 10th CFO MENA Strategies Forum in October 2016 and will recognize the contributions made by women finance professionals to successful businesses.

Commenting on the award, Sophie Le Ray, CEO for Naseba said “Despite the massive strides that have been in the realm of diversity, women still only represent 22 percent of corpora ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, February 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

The Security Media Department extends its warmest greetings and thanks for your unrelenting cooperation. We highly value your partnership aimed at boosting security and safety system in the UAE.

In line with our ongoing effort to shed the light on the positive and negative behaviors that are captured by the Security Media patrols’ cameras, we will keep providing you with a reality photo and caption that reflect the various behaviors and incidents taking place in society; in order to promote security awareness and improve the sense of security and community responsibility. We hope that you would kindly dedicate the appropriate space to these photos and captions.

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“Transferring gas cylinders unsafely is an objectionable dangerous behavior that is contrary to public safety requirements and instructions, and misrepresents the cultural image.”

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