ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, May 3rd 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Interior, the “UAE Reads” cultural initiative, which was organized by the UAE University, managed to set a new Guinness World Record title for the UAE with the ‘Largest Reading Lesson’. The event was attended by Her Highness Dr. Sheikha Shamma bint Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan.

A total of 2,604 women, including female staff members from the Ministry of Interior, gathered to listen to Her Highness Dr. Sheikha Shamma bint Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan, as she read a number of selected texts in the ‘world’s largest reading hour’. This falls in line with the UAE’s ‘Year of Reading 2016’ initiative launched by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE.

Colonel Waleed Salem Al Shamesi, Director General of the Police College, said: “Setting this new record and making ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, May 2nd 2016 [ME NewsWire]

The General Directorate of Central Operations at the Abu Dhabi Police launched a program titled ‘The Path towards the realization of the Vision’, which aims to enhance communication between the Director General and staff members. This approach provides a positive environment that motivates teamwork between staff members, in a bid to offer high quality services to customers, boost customers’ satisfaction, and maintain police-related gains.

Brigadier Eng. Hussein Ahmed Al Harithi, Director General of Central Operations, explained that the program is based on 3 main themes, which enhance institutional work; notably promoting effective communication through direct and open meetings with staff members; instilling values that positively influence staff members’ behavior and improve performance; and encouraging positive patriotism, which in turn would develop work processes for the ... Read more »

 Company showcases award-winning devices in 14 cities across five countries

BEIJING - Tuesday, May 3rd 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZTE Mobile Devices, a leading global mobile device maker, today announced that following its success in European countries and the United States, its traveling roadshow for consumers to experience ZTE devices is expanding to Spain. The Europe tour kicked off in Barcelona during Mobile World Congress on February 21st, and passed through Germany, Poland, Italy and France, and concluded the first leg on April 16th. After a short break, the tour, which has a bus that showcases ZTE devices and related fun activities, will travel through 16 additional Spanish cities from May 3 to June 21, including Madrid, Valencia and Seville. Through the tour, visitors will get to try out smartphones and smart projectors from the AXON, Blade and Spro series and see how each of these can make an impact in their daily lives.

“So far, ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, April 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

The Al Ain Social Support Center, affiliated to the Social Support Centers Department at the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, recently organized a book fair under the theme “Friends of Reading”. The event is in response to the initiative of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, who has declared 2016 as the “Year of Reading.”

The book fair was inaugurated by Colonel Ali Al Badi, Director of the Social Support Center in Al Ain, in the presence of Colonel Hadef Al Shamesi, Head of the Social Support Centers Department in Abu Dhabi, along with a number of officers and the center’s employees.

A substantial number of publishing houses took part in the fair, which included a variety of family and society books; in addition to Arabic novels and publications related to the proper upbringing of children. The wide variety of books was highly accl ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, April 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

The Ministry of Interior, represented by the General Directorate of Naturalization, launched a new initiative under the theme "My Documents, My Responsibility". The initiative, organized in collaboration with the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), at its Abu Dhabi headquarters, aims to spread awareness among community members, and promote the culture of preserving the national identity, by emphasizing the importance of official documents in the United Arab Emirates.

Brigadier Saeed Rakan Al Rashedi, Head of Naturalization Department, delivered a speech by which he conveyed the greetings of the police leadership to the officials at the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), wishing them the best of luck and success for the service of the country. Brigadier Al Rashedi pointed out that launching the initiative stems from the firm belief in the importance of communication and sustainable ... Read more »

The way ahead points to innovative approaches to learning, creating professional accountants with 21st century skills

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, May 3rd 2016 [ME NewsWire]

The first ever ACCA Middle East Educators’ Conference took place in Dubai recently, bringing together key global and regional players in the accountancy profession.

The theme of the conference was ACCA: Heading into the Future, linking into ACCA’s commitment to defining the trajectory of the profession during a time of change.

Lindsay Degouve De Nuncques, Head of Middle East at ACCA said: “This was a great opportunity for learning providers and other specialists to share ideas about the outlook for professional accounting education in the Middle East. There is clearly a demand for finance professionals across this wide geographic area, with their expertise needed to drive developments such as the 2020 World Expo in Dubai.”

At the conferenc ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, April 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

On the directives of Her Highness Dr. Sheikha Shamma bint Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan, the “UAE Reads” initiative will be launched this upcoming Monday. This cultural initiative is organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Interior, in partnership with the UAE University and the Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan Cultural Center. It also coincides with the Abu Dhabi Book Fair and the “Abu Dhabi Reads” initiative.

This event falls within the framework of the UAE’s ‘Year of Reading 2016’ initiative launched by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE.  Her Highness Dr. Sheikha Shamma bint Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan will be taking part in the “World’s Largest Reading Hour”, along with more than 2500 ladies, female officials, decision-makers and students, at the UAE University’s main theater in ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, May 1st 2016 [ME NewsWire]

SCITRA (Soaps and Chemical Industries Trading Company), a part of the Albatha Home & Personal Care Group of Albatha Holding, was recently awarded with the Emirates Quality trophy and awarded the Emirates QUALITY MARK from Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA). Albatha Group is one of the largest private business Group in the UAE, consisting of more than 25 autonomous companies in diversified sectors and has combined staff strength of over 6,000.
SCITRA is the first company to use the Emirates Quality Mark on all detergent powders manufactured and packed at SCITRA’s factory in Sharjah.

The Emirates Quality Mark are granted to the products that demonstrate compliance with the relevant ESMA Standards and that are manufactured by an organization implementing an effective Quality Management System to ensure continuous product compliance.

After comprehensive evalu ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, May 2nd 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, visited on Monday the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, where he attended the launch of more than 50 books authored by Emirati students and teachers, as a part of the ‘Aqdar’ Writing Initiative. His Highness Sheikh Saif also witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Khalifa Student Empowerment Program and the Emirates Writers Union, which aims to initiate the ‘Aqdar’ Writing Initiative and encourage students’ creative work.

 The MoU was signed by Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Mohammed Al Marar, from H.H Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Diwan, and Habib Al Sayegh, Secretary General of the Arab Writers' Union, and chairman of the Emirates Writers Union.

Sheikh Saif attended the signing of a number of books authored by Em ... Read more »

Doha, Qatar - Monday, May 2nd 2016 [ME NewsWire]

The EuroMena Funds, is pleased to announce the acquisition of minority stakes in the capital of BS Invest in Tunisia, Cap Retail in Morocco, and Investex Algérie in Algeria (the “Group”).  EuroMena III, the latest of The EuroMena Funds, alongside Mediterrania Capital Partners, a private equity fund investing in the Maghreb and Africa regions, have invested in the Group.

Founded in 1997 by Koraich Ben Salem, the Group distributes 11 leading apparel brands including Zara, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Celio, Jennyfer, Mango, and LC Waikiki from six major international groups (Inditex, Celio International, Benetton Group, Punta Fa, Etam Development and LC Waikiki Mağazacılık). The Ben Salem Group operates through a network of 76 sales outlets in the key cities of Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria and employs over 1,400 people over the three countries.

The Group plans to open more than 100 stores in the comin ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, April 29th 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 the security and safety system in the UAE.

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

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“Failure to abide by legal cargo size and/or weight is a violation of safety and security regulations and may cause serious accidents to both motorists and road users.”

 

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, April 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

The Abu Dhabi Police GHQ called for enhancing the culture of prevention in occupational safety and health among police staff members during the celebration to mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, which was held on Thursday at the Forensic Evidence Hall, at the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters.

Major General Mohammed Khalfan Al Rumaithi, Commander-in-Chief of Abu Dhabi Police, who attended the celebration, stressed the importance of promoting the culture of prevention and the positive impacts of implementing occupational health and safety regulations amongst police staff members. He pointed out that the UAE is at the forefront of countries in the region that dedicated significant attention to developing and spreading the health and occupational safety culture through various legislations and laws that are completely aligned with the strategic objectives aimed at achieving the UAE ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, April 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners’ Affairs in Abu Dhabi organized the first Customer Service Forum for 2016 under the slogan “Your Happiness is Our Goal.” The Forum that was held at the Emirates Institute of Naturalization and Residency was attended by Colonel Salem Al Ameri, Deputy Director of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Abu Dhabi, and a number of officers and customers.

The Forum aims at enhancing the directorate’s social partnership with customers and listening to their comments and suggestions to develop the services offered to the public. It also aims to acquaint customers with the variety of services provided by the directorate and the latest developments related to its work processes.

Colonel Al Ameri assured that customers’ satisfaction is a strategic goal that the directorate seeks to achieve by implementing the best practic ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, April 28th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

On Wednesday, Major General Staff Dr. Obeid Al Ketbi, Chairman of the ISNR’s Higher Organizing Committee organized a ceremony at Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi, to honor entities who took part in ISNR 2016, which was held in Abu Dhabi between 15-17 March.

The honoring ceremony was attended by Major General Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, Inspector General of the Ministry of Interior and Deputy Chairman of the Higher Organizing Committee of the exhibition; retired Major General Saif Bakhit Al Falasi, Chairman of the First ISNR’s Higher Organizing Committee; in addition to representatives of Police General Headquarters, chairmen and members of the organizing committees.

In his speech on the occasion, Major General Staff Dr. Obeid Al Ketbi welcomed the chairmen and members of the organizing committees and the audience, and conveyed the regards of Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al ... Read more »