Author: Victoria Dickinson

Emirates Foundation has signed a year-long deal with General Motors (GM) Middle East through which the latter is to provide a US$ 200000 grant for increasing support to the foundation’s community development programs across the country. This was done in the recent past through engaging in active and constructive volunteerism such as; GM Middle East joined the other participants in the Ideathon with the Emirates Foundation – reflecting on the Volunteering for Sustainability theme. Special Unified champion schools, the Dawamee Programme, and the more recently launched Ideathon at the COP28 are among the main programmes that will be supported by…

Abdulla Balalaa is UAE’s Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability Affairs; he attended the United Nations’ Critical Energy Transition Minerals (CETM) Panel in Copenhagen. It was attended by participants from the governments, organizations, and specialists to focus on the extremely important topic for the world – the critical minerals for renewable energy transition. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres also chaired the talks. Presided over by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in the UAE at COP28, the CETM Panel whose key area of concern are the transitional energy minerals. The body gives members an opportunity to express themselves regarding several…

The cars are commonly left in the sun for hours especially during the day hence the free car inspections that Dubai Police has recently availed. This service is available till August 31 as part of the ‘Summer Without Accidents’ initiative designed to increase awareness of safe driving, specifically for all private car owners in the UAE. Motorists can visit any AutoPro center throughout the Emirates to get a comprehensive 10-point vehicle health check, which includes:Motorists can visit any AutoPro center throughout the Emirates to get a comprehensive 10-point vehicle health check, which includes: Belts condition AC and air filter Windshield…

Head of State His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has received congratulation messages from the kings, presidents, and princes of Arab and Muslim countries on the start of new HIjri year. Likewise, the dashing His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, was not left out of such messages as he, too, received best wishes for the new year from his well wishers.

Recent cases of people falling prey to con artists on the Internet have raised concern in Dubai to the level that a senior prosecutor has asked for the setting up of a cyber crime court for handling such cases. Dubai Prosecution’s First Chief Prosecutor Dr. Khalid Ali Al Junaibi also insisted on the necessity to establish an appropriate judicial system for digital crimes like hacking and fraud. The speaker described his experience during a senate symposium on Thursday, in which the current judiciary has significant difficulties in comprehending the legislation of cybercrime. He also expressed that legal system and hacking…

UAE authorities have asked the employees of the government offices to observe one day paid holiday on the occasion of Islamic New Year. The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources stated that Monday this year will be Muharram 1 on the Islamic lunar calendar, expected to be July 7, a day off from work depending on moon sighting. The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (Mohre) followed suit on Tuesday and said the private sector will also get July 7 off. This is the holiday for the beginning of the Islamic New Year; meanwhile, the following are the public holidays…

In the context of the leadership of H. H. Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammed Al Qasimi, a Member of the Supreme Council and the Ruler of Sharjah, the Emirate has found itself in a leadership position in terms of actions addressing individuals of different age status with special regard to the elders and seeking to provide necessary conditions for their comfortable and worth living life to the last day. Sharjah has recently embraced the elderly further as on the 13th of September, 2016, it became the first Arab city to be admitted into the World Health Organisation’s Global Network of…

DEWA’s Accommodation Complex in Warsan latest building project as reportedly earned the Platinum rating in the international LEED Rating System for Buildings and the rating was issued by the USGBC. This attestation make it the first multifamily project in the world to have achieved this status with 80 points in the LEED Homes v4. 1. This achievement takes the number of building with LEED ratings to ten within the DEWA buildings and points to the commitment of DEWA to cutting down carbon emissions in Dubai and realising the net zero agenda. The focus is in the implementation of the wise…

The Sophisticated Performance in Financial Competency and Creative Problem Solving of Dubai’s Private School Students, Rankings by The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022 by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Regarding financial literacy, Dubai’s schools performed second in their first attempt, while in creative thinking, they secured the sixth position. PISA is conducted every three years and focuses on testing students’ performance as they demonstrate real-life use of reading, mathematics and science competencies in solving various problems. In 2022, Dubai extended its involvement to have more featuring the assessments in financial literacy and creative thinking. CFTDA,…

A children’s Polish book of fantasy is shown to have wowed the global viewership after being transpired on Netflix. The very children’s film, ‘Kleks Academy’ (Akademia Pana Kleksa) mesmerized the viewers when based on a story written by Jan Brzechwa in 1946. When launched in English on the platform, at one point the film received 3. 7 million views in a week being the third non-English movie in the global rating. The plot of the show is built around the search of the missing father by a little girl which results in her joining the colorful magic school under the…