ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, November 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

To mark the 42nd UAE National Day, the December 2nd Convoy, organized by the Naturalization, Residency and Ports Sector at the Ministry of Interior started its tour this morning in front of the Directorate General of Residency and Foreigners Affairs Headquarters in Fujairah.

The event was attended by Brigadier Mubarak Rabi bin Sinan, Director General of the Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Fujairah, along with a number of officials at the Emirate’s departments and institutions, and officers and employees of the Directorate General. The convoy included a number of vehicles belonging to the Naturalization, Residency and Ports Sector, bearing the Ministry of Interior’s logo along with the logo of the community services provided by the sector, such as the Amer service.

On the side lines of the convoy, numerous activities were organized including a traditional Souq (market) supervised by the ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, November 23rd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The United Arab Emirates, represented by the Higher Committee for Child Protection at the Ministry of Interior, stressed its support to the recommendations of the Virtual Global Task Force (VGT) to develop new strategies for child protection against risks.

The VGT had recently discussed in a meeting, held in Wellington, New Zealand, the development of new strategies to protect children across the globe against abuse, and find ways to allow law enforcement agencies to improve identification and locating techniques of children who suffered sexual abuse, and protect them.

The meeting resulted in many recommendations related to child protection. The main recommendation urged all countries to use tools compatible with the open data protocols when managing child abuse items that were seized or when receiving information on such items. The recommendation also urged countries to establish national ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, November 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]
To mark the UAE’s 42nd National Day, the Legal Affairs Department at Abu Dhabi Police GHQ has launched an initiative pertaining to drafting, finalizing and approving 42 special contracts on behalf of the Abu Dhabi Police. It also undertook a thorough follow-up of the implementation procedures of the said 42 contracts to be carried out by the competent departments, within 42 hours of non-stop concerted work.
According to Colonel Dr. Salim Al Yamahi, Head of the Legal Affairs Department at Abu Dhabi Police, the department, represented by the Contracts Section, has started implementing the "Initiative” as of yesterday (Monday), at 6:00 pm. It will continue until 12:00 pm on Wednesday. Employees have started executing the "initiative” in shifts, each according to his/her competence.
Colonel Al Yamahi indicated that this first-of-its-kind initiative was launched upon the directives of Major General Staff Dr ... Read more »

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Wednesday, November 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host a leading international forum, on brain research and personalized healthcare: The Brain Forum- Challenging the Future. The forum is the first-of-its-kind in the Middle East; KSA will welcome some of the world’s most progressive thought leaders in the field of brain research and the technology associated with this field of neuroscience. The event, which will cover Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s, and epilepsy among others, will take place from the 3rd – 4th of December at the Laylati Hall in Jeddah. Created by founder of W Science Dr. Walid Juffali, this forum will bring together 16 speakers discussing the topic of brain technology, diseases, and personalized healthcare.  

Commenting on the event, Dr. Walid Juffali stated: "This event convenes some of neuroscience’s greatest minds under one roof. It creates the opportunity for intellectual dialogue and insights th ... Read more »

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, November 24th 2013

The Al Ain Police Directorate, represented by the Community Police and the "Hemma” community media team, participated in the "Yalssat Al Freej Program,” which was held recently at the Al Tawya Park. The event was organized by the Family Development Foundation in Al Ain. The event will continue until November 28th.

The program included a religious awareness-raising lecture at the park for children and their parents. Senior Preacher Dr. Mohammed Yassin from the Awareness and Protection teams in the Community Police addressed different topics in his lecture including: the efforts of the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ in spreading awareness among society through the Community Police; the value of love and loyalty to the country through hard work, offering all one can for it, and the importance of celebrating the Day of the Flag. He also stressed the importance for parents to keep an eye on their children r ... Read more »

G-STAR 2013

SEOUL, South Korea - Wednesday, November 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) ‘G-STAR 2013’, which was attended by 512 game-related enterprises from 32 countries in the world, ended in great success after 4 days of ‘dreamful game culture festival’ with 188,707 visitors, a record number of actual people viewing the exhibition.

This year is the second year the K-IDEA(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Association’) sponsored the G-STAR event since it was transferred to a private organization, and it is considered that the Association has developed G-Star 2013 into the game business market of the largest scale in Asia and laid the foundation for the leap toward the globally leading exhibition event. It has also provided many diverse exhibition contents in addition to B2B and B2C Halls by starting the G-STAR Conference and through the expansion of G-STAR investment market.

This year, B2B Hall used the entire exhibition area of the new BEXCO building, ... Read more »

Reduction in Number of Signals Contributing to Simplification of Systems

TOKYO - Wednesday, November 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced the launch of the latest addition to its lineup of high voltage and high current stepping motor driver "TB67S10xA” series, the "TB67S103A” which can drive motors by signals through a serial interface. Mass production shipments of devices in QFN48 packages will start today, followed by shipments in HTSSOP48 packages scheduled to start in February 2014.

The reduction of power consumption for applications, such as office automation equipment, banking terminals, amusement equipment and home appliances, needs optimized control of motor drives. This requires independent control signals for torque, rotation speed and rotation direction, for each individual motors, which increases the number of signals for applications with multiple motors and makes the system complicated.

The ... Read more »

65 Participating Countries

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, November 24th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Under the patronage of Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, the 2nd Regional Conference of Women Police starts tomorrow in Abu Dhabi. The conference will witness wide-scale international participation and is held under the theme: "Women Police…Challenges and Future.”  

The UAE Women Police Association organizes this event in coordination with the Training Department of the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters and the Scientific Committee for Symposiums and Conferences in the Ministry of Interior. The conference will take place in the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre (ADNEC).

Major General Mohammed bin Al Awadhi Al Menhali, Director General of Human Resources Directorate General at the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters, stated that the conference is a valuable event for UAE Women Police ... Read more »

To Encourage Emergency Incidents Reporting During Official Holidays

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, November 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

With UAE’s 42nd National Day drawing near, the Operations Rooms at Abu Dhabi Police launched a societal initiative to honor individuals who demonstrate a high level of societal responsibility by calling the emergency number 999 to report serious emergency incidents that require immediate response and timely intervention. This measure is intended to encourage members of the public to report life-threatening and serious events that require urgent response.

The Operations Department at the Central Operations Directorate General of Abu Dhabi Police established a timetable for the initiative, to coincide with the different official events scheduled to take place during the auspicious occasion (religious, national, security and social events) across the country. The department indicated that the initiative is presently set to com ... Read more »

LONDON - Tuesday, November 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Oasis, Coast and Warehouse – all owned by holding company Aurora Fashions plus Karen Millen – have chosen BOARD as their strategic Business Intelligence solution to provide real time improved visability across the business and provide the business with self-service analytical information and next generation Reporting, Analysis, Dashboard, KPI and Visualisation. BOARD have already enabled over 2,500 companies improve their business performance by making better decisions.

The Brands were looking for a flexible, easy to use, integrated solution which would ensure improved visibility across the business. This implemetation forms part of a wider systems replacement and upgrade programme including the implemenetation of Merret, a Retail Assist supply chain product. Anne Sinclair, Strategy Director with Aurora, said "With BOARD, Aurora will be able to quickly create interactive and customised corporate reports, ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, November 23rd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The Fire & Emergency Middle East (FEM) will be held under the platform of the International Exhibition for Security and National Resilience (ISNR Abu Dhabi 2014). It will constitute a substantial space at the "ISNR Abu Dhabi 2014” which will take place from 1 to 3 April 2014 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre "ADNEC”.

The FEM is specialized in the field of emergency for the public and private sectors. It is sponsored by the General Headquarters of Civil Defense in the UAE, and a wide area has been allocated to exhibit the newest technologies, mechanisms and solutions for firefighting, protection and emergency medical services, as well as primary response and public safety.

Major General Rashid Thani Al Matroushi, Civil Defense Acting General Commander-in-chief, said that the FEM aims at supporting the sector and providing an opportunity to learn about the newest products and ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, November 24th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

A high delegation representing the Ministry of Interior participated in the opening of the newly held Milipol Exhibition in Paris, France. Major General Staff Dr. Obeid Al Kutbi, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Abu Dhabi Police, headed the delegation that included Major General Humaid Mohammed Al Hadidi, Commander in-chief of the Sharjah Police; Major General Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, Director General of  Central Operations at Abu Dhabi Police; Brigadier Saeed Salim Al Henki, Director General of Finance & Support Services at the Ministry of Interior and Chairman of the Organizing Scientific Committee of (ISNR) Conference; and a number of officers.

Major General Staff Al Kutbi met with Claude Pala, Director General of General Security and Commander-in-Chief of France’s Police. During the meeting, they studied different aspects of cooperation in topics of common interest and the ways to foster the ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, November 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The Traffic and Patrols Directorate at the Abu Dhabi Police decided to ban cars with old plates and new plates that have indistinctive numbers on Abu Dhabi roads. The Directorate noted that these kinds of plates are no longer valid; it further noted that anyone using these plates will be held legally responsible. The car will be confiscated and the driver will be legally detained for his violation based on the penal code stated in the Federal Traffic Law.

Brigadier Eng. Hussein Ahmed Al Harithi, Director of Traffic and Patrols Directorate at the Abu Dhabi Police, pointed out that inspection campaigns have been intensified to detect these vehicles on internal and external roads in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, and the Western Region. The vehicles will be seized even if the insurance documents are valid due to the invalidity of the license plates.

The campaign aims to subject these vehicles to technical ... Read more »