In recognition for their efforts to receive ISO certificate

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, December 14th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Major General Khalil Dawood Badran, Director General of Finance and Services at the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters, honored the Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) team, in recognition of their efforts in implementing international environmental standards in accordance with the ISO 14001 for environmental management systems and the OHSAS 18001 for best practices in occupational health and safety- both of which the General Directorate of Finance and Services has received.  

Major General Badran expressed his gratitude for the efforts of the team and encouraged them to continue to excel and pursue innovation “in ways that serve the developmental plans and programs for the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, and thus allow us to achieve the strategic objectives regarding EHS regulations.”

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, December 11th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

UK Prime Minister David Cameron extended his heartfelt thanks to the United Arab Emirates, represented by the Ministry of Interior; for its kind initiative to host the upcoming global summit on ending online child sexual exploitation.

Prime Minister Cameron had inaugurated this year’s edition of the Global Summit on Ending Online Child Sexual Exploitation, which was held in London from 9-11December, with representatives from 60 countries, including 30 ministers from around the world. He pointed out that the summit aims at bringing together various international governments to galvanize support in the battle against online child sexual exploitation, by developing mechanisms for joint and concrete action to identify and protect victims; arrest offenders and bring them to justice by preventing the continued abuse of the internet to exploit children for sexual gratification.

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New Guinness Record

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, December 10th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The General Directorate of Civil Defense achieved a new Guinness World Record, by forming the world’s largest flag made of pencils. Coinciding with the celebrations of the 43rd UAE National Day, the UAE flag was displayed in the courtyard of the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.

The ceremony held on Tuesday was attended by Major General Rashid Thani Al Matroushi, Civil Defense Acting General Commander-in-Chief and Major General Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, Director General of Central Operations at the Abu Dhabi Police.

The General Directorate of Civil Defense shattered the previous record by constructing a national flag that stretched over 1,000 square meters with 1 million pencils, using 250,000 for each color. The General Directorate of Civil Defense received the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Record Holder certificate for the World’s Largest National Fla ... Read more »

Partnership Between Pharma CRM Market Leader and Actionable Analytics Provider Enables Increases in Life Sciences Sales Performance

PARIS - Tuesday, December 9th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cegedim Relationship Management today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Aktana, a pioneer in decision support for global life science sales teams, to complement Cegedim's Mobile Intelligence Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution. To better empower Life Sciences commercial teams through Cegedim's end-to-end CRM platform, Aktana provides Mobile Intelligence customers with real-time, in-context, and in-workflow decision-making support that is shown to boost a sales representative's performance.

Decision-Making Insights + CRM Available On-the-Go for Commercial Teams Today’s environment requires that commercial teams leverage more data and anticipate more frequent changes in strategy, all to deliver upon higher ... Read more »

Jumeirah Golf Estates comes out on top at the International Property Awards – Best Golf Development Dubai, Best Residential Development Dubai, Best Golf Development Arabia & Best Residential Development Arabia.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, December 11th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Jumeirah Golf Estates continues to gather accolades as one of the Middle East’s top residential golf resorts scooping four awards at the recent International Property Awards held at Madinat Jumeirah Hotel, Dubai.

The residential community received both Best Golf Development Dubai and Best Residential Dubai and then went on to land the regional awards with both Best Golf Development Arabia and Best Residential Development Arabia at the awards ceremony attended by leading executives within the worldwide real estate industry.

His Excellency Abdulrahman Al Saleh, Chairman, Jumeirah Golf Estates stated “These awards are important and recognise the levels o ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, December 11th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Directorate General of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Abu Dhabi organized visits for its employees and their families to the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival 2014, which is held in the Al Wathba area in Abu Dhabi and scheduled to conclude tomorrow.

Colonel Salim Ali Al Qattam Al Zaabi, Director General of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Abu Dhabi, indicate that the directorate has organized the Festival visits out of its keenness to spread and reinforce the national identity. He explained that this year’s edition of the festival allowed employees and their families to experience the spirit of the UAE national heritage. The festival was also the perfect opportunity for them to socialize; enjoy the several interactive activities and live attractions; and get acquainted with the diverse environments that shaped early life in the UAE, through replicas of old villages and settlem ... Read more »

First of its kind event brings together key industries, academia, and government to discuss the need for a skilled workforce to support the growth of the UAE economy

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, December 10th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Dubai International Academic City (DIAC) and Dubai Knowledge Village (DKV), members of TECOM Investments’ Education Cluster, hosted the first Industry and University Partnerships Forum (I-UP) at Dubai Knowledge Village, bringing together professionals from universities, industry, government departments, and education consultants to discuss potential collaborations, partnerships, research, and business development in an effort to further develop the regional education sector.

The forum featured a series of panel discussions that includes representatives from academic institutions in Dubai as well as leaders from industry sectors, including: Hospitality & Tourism, Islamic Finance, Education, Transport & Logistic ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, December 9th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Saudi Arabia provinces leaders & respective infrastructure developers are transforming smart cities to Kingdom-wide smart provinces with the vision to enable all participating stakeholders in developing & deploying Inter-Operable & secure infrastructure frameworks. The resounding commitment and support of the Saudi Arabia province leaders, their governments and infrastructure developers is to provide the Kingdom’s citizens with more convenient and comfortable style of living.

Nispana proudly announces The Smart Provinces Summit scheduled on the 28th & 29th January, 2015 Riyadh Saudi Arabia in association with the ITS Arab, Riyadh Techno Valley and Saudi Tabreed as the principal supporting partners. This will ensure,enable and equip the Kingdom’s Stakeholders such as province authorities, infrastructure project developers, public safety authorities and emergency response ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, December 12th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

During a preparatory meeting, the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ discussed the sports activities to be held during the 2015 upcoming sports season, in the presence of liaison officers from 18 departments at Abu Dhabi Police.

The meeting was chaired by Captain Jamal Essa Al Sa’adi, Manager of the Teams and Championships Branch at the Strategy and Performance Development Department. Attendees discussed several topics on the agenda, notably the 2014 sports season’s championships; in addition to the obstacles, proposals, constraints, and the results achieved. They also tackled the upcoming sports season’s program for the year 2015 and the championships that have been approved and introduced for the new season.    

 Captain Al Sa’adi noted that a number of championships for Women Police have been added to the program; other championships for people with spe ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, December 10th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at Abu Dhabi Police, managed to arrest a two-member gang trying to hide small electronic devices in ATMs. The two men intended to use the devices to spy on cardholders to steal their debit card numbers, capture the PIN numbers as they are keyed in, and – ultimately – steal their money.  The police managed to promptly arrest the suspects and to save the community from their evil actions.

The Abu Dhabi Police had learned about the intentions of two Eastern European tourists in their thirties, identified as “F” and “M.A”, to carry out ATM-based thefts. Both men were placed under close surveillance and were arrested prying around an ATM, with four small devices “skimmers” in their possession. A set of different other devices were also seized at their hotel room in Abu Dhabi.

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