Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, June 16th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The Ministry of Interior discussed ways to activate the agreement signed between the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of India on exchanging prisoners. Discussions focused on overcoming obstacles facing the enactment of this agreement and the effective means of transferring the largest possible number of convicted persons wishing to continue their prison sentences in India as per the agreement’s applicable terms.  

Brigadier Hamad Adil Al Shamsi, Director General of the Punitive Reformatory Establishments at the Ministry of Interior, met Anand Bardhan, Counselor- Community Programs, Embassy of India to the UAE, and his accompanying delegation in his office. The meeting was attended by department heads at the Directorate General of Punitive Reformatory Establishments and a representative from the International Cooperation Department at the Directorate General of the Undersecretary Diwan at the ... Read more »

Gang Members in Long-Term Plan to Steal from Companies

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, June 16th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The Abu Dhabi Police arrested the remaining suspects in the seven-member gang called the "Nocturnal Bandits.” The other five members were arrested at the beginning of last week. The two new members, 26-year-old I.A. and 22-year-old Sh. B., both truck drivers, confessed their involvement in the gang. Theft operations carried out by the gang over the past two months amounted to AED 2 million in stolen items.

Interrogations with the Pakistani gang revealed that its members had a long-term plan to target a long list of companies. They made the list based on information they received while dealing with these companies. According to Colonel Dr. Rashed Mohammed Borshid, Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the gang members would sell these companies copper and diesel and later steal these same items after locating where they wer ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, June 15th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

As of tomorrow, Sunday, the Abu Dhabi Police Traffic and Patrols Directorate will begin implementing penalties to motorcycles wrong overtaking in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.  The penalties include a week-long impounding of the motorbike; a fine of Dh200, and adding 3 black points to the driving license. This measure comes in line with the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ priority to make roads safer, and in keeping with the Directorate’s road safety strategy and procedures to reduce traffic accidents causes.

Brigadier Eng. Hussein Ahmed Al Harthi, Director of Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police indicated that penalizing motorcycle overtaking aims to curb violations made by some motorcyclists, such as dangerous overtaking vehicles at stop lights and intersections, overtaking between vehicles during traffic accidents or any other reasons, posing a serious hazard to motorcyclists and all road use ... Read more »

Enables Layout without Multi-Layer PCB for Cost Saving

TOKYO - Saturday, June 15th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that it has expanded its package line-up of interface-converter bridge LSIs for high resolution LCD display that are used in tablet PC, Ultrabooks™ and other applications. Mass production of "TC358778XBG" is scheduled to start in June, followed by "TC358777XBG" in July.

The ball pitch of the original product is 0.4mm, and fine pitch assembly equipment is required for production. Expanding the ball pitch from 0.4mm to 0.65mm achieves assembly with no need for such equipment. Toshiba has also optimized the pin assignment for layout without high cost PCB with more than 4 layers.

Those new package products reduce the set makers' cost of assembly and materials.
 

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, June 15th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The Al Ain Civil Defense teams managed to put out a fire that broke out in three warehouses at a business compound in Al Khrair area. The fire completely engulfed the warehouses and their contents to ashes. Yet, no injuries or casualties were reported.

In detail, Lt. Col. Rashid Hamar Ain Al Darmaki, Director of Al Ain Civil Defense Department in Al Ain stated that the Operations Room received notification at around 2:48 pm. Firefighting and rescue vehicles rushed from the Civil Defense and rapid Intervention Centers at Al Zahira, Al Sinaiya, Zakher Station, and Al Aqabiyah Station to the site of the incident. Firefighting teams began working to contain the blaze, with the support of firefighters from the various Civil Defense Centers in the City of Al Ain. More firefighters were called to help from the external civil defense centers.

Lt. Colonel Al Darmaki explained that it took around three ... Read more »

Permet un affichage économique sans carte PCB multicouche

TOKYO - Dimanche 16 Juin 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO : 6502) a annoncé aujourd'hui l'élargissement de sa gamme de boîtiers de bridges convertisseurs d'interface LSI pour des écrans LCD à haute résolution utilisés dans des tablettes PC, Ultrabooks™ et dans d’autres applications. Le début de la production en masse des « TC358778XBG » est prévu pour juin, celui des « TC358777XBG» suivra en juillet.

Le pas entre billes du produit d'origine est de 0,4 mm, et un équipement d'assemblage de pas fins est requis pour sa production. L'augmentation du pas entre billes de 0,4 à 0,65 mm permet le montage sans utiliser ce type d'équipement. Toshiba a également optimisé l’affectation des broches pour une disposition ne nécessitant pas de carte PCB très coûteuse à plus de 4 couches.

Les nouvel ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, June 14th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The Electronics and Telecommunications Services Department at the Ministry of Interior celebrated the graduation of 4 specialized technical and administrative training courses with the participation of 58 members from the various departments and directorates at the Ministry. The courses, organized by the Technical Training Department at the Electronics and Telecommunications Services, included  the 15th course on "Operations Rooms Communications Management;  the 2nd course for Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNP)   the  Presentation Skills course; the third course on Speech Communication and Rhetoric; and the 2nd course on Successful Management Basics. Also graduating were six female HCT students, who completed the Special Practical Training course for the Higher Colleges of Technology female students.

In his speech on the occasion, Colonel Salah Ahmad Mireich, Director ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, June 13th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Major General Khalifa Hareb Al Khaili, Acting Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior for Naturalization, Residency and Port Affairs, delivered a lecture on instilling the concept of genuine social values to the employees of the Naturalization, Residency and Ports sector. He explained how these values, which should stem from Emirati and Islamic traditions, support the strategic values of the Ministry of Interior that represent justice, human rights, creativity and excellence. He urged employees to translate these values on the ground in order to improve public satisfaction and trust, and deliver high-quality services to customers.

General directors, heads of departments, and a large number of officers, non-commissioned officers, and individuals working as trainees at the Naturalization, Residency and Ports sector attended the lecture. The lecture aims to instill concepts of leadershi ... Read more »

SAN DIEGO - Dimanche 16 Juin 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pathway Genomics, un laboratoire de tests génétiques d’avant-garde qui permet aux médecins de bénéficier d’un large portefeuille de tests génétiques couvrant un vaste éventail de maladies, annonce le lancement prochain de son panel relatif au cancer héréditaire, incluant le gène BRCA1 et le gène BRCA2.

Le test de Pathway Genomics Hereditary Cancer DNA InsightSM utilise la technologie de séquençage de nouvelle génération (NGS) et analysera les gènes liés à une sélection de cancers héréditaires, parmi lesquels les cancers du sein, de l’ovaire et colorectaux, entre autres. La société souligne qu’elle a l’intention de présenter l’ensemble du panel en cancérologie au mois d’août 2013.

« Je suis ravie de voir que des laboratoires comme Pathway proposent des tests ... Read more »

Al Suwaidi: Loyalty to the homeland and Commitment to Work


ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, June 14th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Major General Khalifa Hareb Al Khaili, Deputy Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior for Naturalization, Residency and Ports attended the lecture organized by the Emirates Institute of Naturalization, Residency and Ports under the theme "Commitment to Work is Loyalty to the Homeland... How to Deal with Work Pressures?” The lecture, which was held at the Police officers Club in Abu Dhabi, was delivered by Dr. Khalifa Ali Al Suwaidi, Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Learning Methods, the Faculty of Education at the U.A.E. University. .

This lecture comes in line with the Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs Sector’s Plan to promote the culture of excellence, established by the Strategy and Performance Development Department, in cooperation with the Emirates Institute for Naturalization, Residency a ... Read more »

SAN DIEGO - Saturday, June 15th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Pathway Genomics, a genetic testing laboratory on the forefront of bringing physicians a broad genetic testing portfolio covering a wide range of diseases, announces the pending launch of its inherited cancer panel with BRCA1 and BRCA2.

Pathway Genomics’ Hereditary Cancer DNA InsightSM test utilizes next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology and will analyze genes related to a selection of hereditary cancers including breast, ovarian, colorectal and others. The company notes that it intends to introduce all their cancer panels in August 2013.

"I am delighted to see laboratories like Pathway offering genetic tests for inherited cancers,” said Linda Wasserman, M.D., Ph.D., former Director of the Clinical Cancer Genetics Care Unit at Moores UCSD Cancer Center. "Next-generation sequencing is a critical step in making actionable genetic information more accessible to the physician, ultimately benefitt ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, June 14th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

In its periodic meeting held at the meetings hall at the directorate’s headquarters, the Complaints and Proposals Work Teams at the Ajman Residency and Foreigners’ Affairs Directorate General discussed the Complaints and Proposals’ first quarter’s reports within the Naturalization, residency, and ports sectors.

During the meeting, which was attended by Captain Mohammad Saif Al Raisi, Chairman of the Complaints and Proposals Committee, the participants emphasized the need to educate coordinators on the importance of positively handling complaints and proposals, within the specified time limits in handling external customers’ complaints and proposals, creativity, and innovation sections. This will contribute to achieve high rates of satisfaction among customers and human resources, through the Complaints and Proposals Department, with a high level of professionalism that reflects the level of institution ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, June 14th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, represented by the Directorate General of Central Operations, has sent 12 officers and non-commissioned officers from the training section at the Emergency and Public Safety Department to undergo training in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on a new system called the Crash Recovery System (CRS).  The new system aims to raise the trainees’ efficiency and enhance traditional ways of response to cases of emergency associated with hybrid cars which operate on alternative sources of energy by using state-of-the-art techniques and available electronic methods via smart devices.  This is pursuant the implementation of the Smart Government initiative, and consistent with the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ’s strategy that aims to optimize the use of human resources.

"These courses embody  the Abu Dhabi Police’s strategic plan, related to the strategic priority (a police organization effici ... Read more »

Trained on Stabilizing Vehicles and Handling Accidents

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, June 15th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Five ADP Women Officers completed a first time training course on rescuing individuals trapped in vehicles, using the latest means and equipment to handle such accidents.

As part of the course, the five police women were trained on rescuing skills, to free individuals trapped in vehicles particularly in severe car accidents. They were also trained to use an advanced program to locate airbags and identify the detailed technical electric specifications in the vehicle using an iPad. This new system facilitates the rescue team members’ mission and helps them avoid the associated risks.

Major General Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, Director General of Central Operations indicated that the police institution is keen to advance the female staff and qualify them in several areas.  "For this end, five police women officers took part for the very ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, June 13th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

A delegation from the Norwegian Police recently visited the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ to review the workflow of the Capital Police Department. The delegation included Major General Ron Karlsen, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Norway Police and Brigadier General Jan M. Gutermann, Director of the Mobile Unit at the Traffic and Patrols Directorate.

Colonel Rashid Mubarak Al Mesmari, Deputy Director of the Capital Police Directorate had met the delegation in his office, and gave them an overview of the Directorate’s various tasks and duties. Discussion also tackled ways of strengthening cooperation between both parties in exchanging experiences and areas of mutual interest. .

Moreover, Colonel Al Mesmari listened to a presentation by Major General Ron Karlsen on organizational structures, as well as on the work methodology of the search and investigation departments. It is noteworthy that both parties di ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, June 14th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The Federal Crime Scene Department at the MoI’s General Directorate of Criminal Police celebrated the graduation of the 3rd specialized course for "Crime Scene Chief Examiners”. The three-week course was held at the Crime Scene Village Section in Ajman, with the participation of 7 officers and non-commissioned officers from the various police GHQs affiliated to the Ministry of Interior.

Lieutenant Colonel Salem Khalifa Al Dir’e, Acting Director of the Crime Scene Department, stressed the attention dedicated by the ministry to develop police personnel’s potentials and acquaint them with the latest developments in police and security fields.  Moreover, he underscored the importance of such courses, which enhance participants’ sense of accuracy, field expertise, and knowledge in the various security aspects.

In his address to the graduates during the ceremony, Al Dir’e reiterated the police le ... Read more »

Dubaï, Émirats Arabes Unis - Dimanche 16 Juin 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Le groupe Rolman, une société dont le siège se trouve à Dubaï, révèle que 55% de ses recettes régionales provient du secteur secondaire de l’automobile. Étant un des plus grands et  plus reconnus distributeurs de roulements et des services techniques  spécialisés au Moyen Orient et en Afrique, la compagnie est en cours d’ouvrir des installations à travers les marchés émergents et en expansion avec plus de la moitié de sa part de recettes résultante de l’industrie du marché secondaire de l’automobiles en expansion.

Un récent rapport sur Automechanika Dubaï, qui a lieu durant ce mois, indique que Dubaï est devenue un centre de commerce régional d’automobiles grâce à sa location stratégique. L'exposition attirera des principaux acteurs mondiaux avec le secteur secondaire de l’automobile, un ... Read more »