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 »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, April 27th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Major General Mohammed Khalfan Matar Al Rumaithi, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Abu Dhabi Police, attended on Wednesday a security drill at the Force 7 Department’s headquarters. The drill was organized by the General Directorate of Guards and Special Tasks at the Abu Dhabi Police, in cooperation with the Korean Police Department.

The drill included a number of mock operations, which highlight the field duties undertaken by the General Directorate of Guards and Special Tasks’ various departments; as well as training exercises aimed at maintaining staff members’ readiness and fitness and reflecting staff members’ skills and competence.

Major General Al Rumaithi praised the participants’ abilities in implementing the established security scenario and contributing to its success. He also commended their unrelenting dedication, competence and efficiency, as wel ... Read more »

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

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior gave instructions to launch the Ministry of Interior Youth Council with the aim to support distinguished young competencies at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and empower them in line with the future approaches. The council’s outcomes would be utilized in identifying key challenges, providing solutions and programs to address them, as well as launching initiatives that support the MoI and its objectives.

The MoI set transparent and objective steps for choosing the members of the Council of 20-30 years-old age category from all sectors of the Ministry.

The launch of the MoI Youth Council comes in parallel with the Emirates Youth Council the was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. The Emirates Youth Council aims t ... Read more »

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

The Ministry of Interior’s Executive Council discussed the most important development projects and strategic initiatives for the Ministry of Interior. The meeting, the fourth for 2016, was headed by Major General Dr. Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Secretary General of the Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and was held in Al Ittihad Hall at the Ministry’s headquarters.

The council tackled various topics related to the development of police work, and issued a number of relevant recommendations.

The meeting was attended by Major General Khalifa Hareb Al Khaiaili, Acting Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior for Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs; Major General Mohammed bin Al Awadhi Al Menhali, Assistant Undersecretary of Resources and Support Services; Major General Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, Inspector General of the Ministry of Int ... Read more »