Dubai: Dubai Statistics Center (DSC) has revealed that Dubai’s real gross domestic product (GDP) reached Dh389 billion in 2017 compared to Dh379 billion in 2016, an increase of 2.6 per cent. According to DSC, the growth was fuelled by the performance of …
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Dubai winter camp tents must be removed by May 7
Dubai: Dubai Municipality has appealed to all the owners of the winter camps in Al Aweer to remove their tents by May 7. Layali Abdulrahman Al Mulla, Director, Buildings Department, issued this order since the winter camping season is ending on April 30 …
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Upskilling the UAE’s healthcare industry
The CEO of King’s College Hospital London in the UAE, Neil Buckley, spoke with Gulf Business about what the partnership hopes to achieve, and why upskilling is so important for the region’s healthcare professionals. How did the partnership between King …
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Expanded French cultural centre opened in Dubai
and the partnership between us,” Gourdault- Montagne told Gulf News in an interview. For 35 years, the Alliance Française in Dubai has been a hub where students, teachers, trainers, and important personalities of the cultural, educational and economic …
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UAE’s first global figure skater makes her mark
Dubai: Zahra Lari was only 12 when she took up figure skating as a hobby she enjoyed practising once a week. Little did she know, she would become the first Emirati figure skater to compete internationally, and the first woman to take part in an …
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Divorced in the UAE but not in the Philippines
Here in the UAE, couples undergo a session at St Mary’s and St Francis [churches] as well as in all other Catholic churches called the Marriage Preparation Course,” Los Banos told Gulf News. He said differences and misunderstandings can be resolved if …
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Defying image problems, start-up offers three-hour hotel stays in the UAE
Dubai: A new app has launched in the UAE that offers users a ‘microstay’ of three, six, or 12 hours in a hotel room, hoping to capture business travellers in transit, and families tired after long days of shopping. Spaniards Christian Rodriguez and …
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Battle against obesity in UAE starts with slashing sugar in food products
told Gulf News in the capital on Thursday. “Our records showed a concerning increase in childhood obesity in the emirate of Abu Dhabi between 2010 and 2015. In fact, the proportion of children carrying excess weight increases steadily through the grades …
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Bridal clothes donated in Dubai will help educate Ethiopian girls
Dubai: Bridal clothes donated by humanitarians in Dubai will soon help educate underprivileged girls in Ethiopia. Shaikha Manal Bint Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, president of the Dubai Women Establishment and wife of Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan …
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Dubai’s Deyaar starts handover of Mont Rose project
Listed on the Dubai Financial Market, Deyaar is majority-owned by Dubai Islamic Bank. Subscribe to Arabian Business’ newsletter to receive the latest breaking news and business stories in Dubai,the UAE and the GCC straight to your inbox.
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Dubai film festival to become biennial, skipping this year
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The Dubai International Film Festival says it will skip holding the event this year, instead becoming biennial and reconvening in 2019. The film festival made the announcement late on Wednesday night, saying the decision …
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UK judge grants billionaire’s former wife ownership of $540m yacht impounded in Dubai
There is, conversely, a possibility, that if no such order is made, {Ms Akhmedov’s] efforts to enforce the judgement in Dubai could fail altogether.” In a statement from London provided to Gulf News on Thursday by Akhmedova’s legal team, her lawyers …
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Boy honoured for alerting Dubai Police on cash found under ATM
The boy refused to leave the spot and pointed to the money under the ATM,” Brig Bin Galita told Gulf News. The father used the flashlight on his phone to look what was under the ATM and saw the cash. He called Dubai Police who arrived and collected the …
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British judge orders $540m yacht in Dubai ‘vested’ with ex-wife
There is, conversely, a possibility, that if no such order is made, {Ms Akhmedov’s] efforts to enforce the judgement in Dubai could fail altogether.” In a statement from London provided to Gulf News on Thursday by Akhmedova’s legal team, her lawyers …
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Dubai Tourism launches blockchain-enabled marketplace
and will further the department’s mission to establish Dubai as the leading destination for global travel, business and events by 2020. According to a statement from DTCM, Tourism 2.0 will “bring Dubai another step closer to achieving the Vision 2020 …
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UAE vendors hope for tax relief on gold following drop in sales
Vendors are hoping for the removal of the tax on business to business transactions, and a ‘designated free zone’ for VAT. Jewelry demand in the UAE fell to a 20-year low according to the World Gold Council, while sales jumped significantly in December …
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3 industries with highest turnover rates in UAE, rest of Mena region
Dubai: There are more employees quitting their jobs in tech … According to LinkedIn, employers in the technology sector, particularly those in the software business, saw the most number of professionals leaving their companies in 2017.
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