Agreement aims to facilitate medical education, training and research programmes to support the healthcare workforce in enhancing their academic experience and developing their professional skills

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, June 21st 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Dubai International Academic City (DIAC) announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), a health and wellness destination that brings together a wealth of services in healthcare, medical education and research, as part of its broader strategy for collaboration between academia and the industry, and to contribute to the overall academic development in the region.

The MoU aims to strengthen knowledge sharing and exchange between academia and industry through conducting medical education and vocational training programmes, research and courses for healthcare professionals. This comes in line with both parties’ plans for developing capabilities and ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, June 22nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]

At a workshop organized by the Employees Affairs Department at the Forensic Evidence Department’s hall, the Abu Dhabi Police discussed a project to develop the Online Patient Escort Program.

Speaking at the workshop, Captain Salem Mohsen Al Mansouri, Chief of Leaves and Penalties Section in the Employees Affairs Department, said: “The new system, which will be activated next July, will minimize the steps of the process by 50%. It will also decrease response time and reduce pressure in the Leaves and Penalties Section by 60%.”

Al Mansouri explained the steps after receiving approval from the general directorates regarding the Online Patient Escort Leaves, adding: “We will prepare guidelines for the new system and will circulate them to each department.”

Al Mansouri delivered a presentation explaining the steps to obtain Online Patient Escort Leaves, whi ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, June 22nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]

    Road traffic accidents, injuries and fatalities peak in the holy month of Ramadan.
    We witness hundreds of accidents and dozens of fatalities every year.
    Ramadan is the perfect time to start with better road safety conduct.

RoadSafetyUAE.com today launched Topic #44: ‘Ramadan Road Safety’. Road traffic accidents, injuries and fatalities peak in the holy month of Ramadan and it is sad to witness hundreds of accidents and dozens of fatalities every year. Ramadan is a very special time and it’s all about being with the ones close to you, and this creates a lot of traffic. This festive time also brings very unique challenges for all groups of traffic participants.

The Ramadan specific lifestyle has physical effects on our body, and especially this year, when Ramadan will start at the end of June, which coincides ... Read more »

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, June 20th 2014

Brigadier Eng. Hussein Ahmed Al Harithi, Director of Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police, honored 22 distinguished officers and non-commissioned officers from the Peripheral Regions Traffic Department. The ceremony was held at the Officers’ Club in the Directorate and aims to recognize the staff members’ distinguished efforts in discharging their duties.   Brigadier Al Harithi conveyed the greetings of Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, who praised the honorees’ dedicated efforts in discharging their duties. He also stressed His Highness’s keenness to reinforce efforts to improve performance to the best levels; to avoid human and economic losses caused by traffic accidents.   Furthermore, Brigadier Al Harithi urged the honorees to exert further excellence in performance, to mainta ... Read more »

-- Ressouder la communauté locale par les rêves et la passion pour le football --

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Lundi 23 Juin 2014 [ME NewsWire]

L'Agence japonaise de coopération internationale (la « JICA ») et Sony Corporation (« Sony ») ont annoncé aujourd'hui qu'ils organiseront conjointement des projections publiques en Côte d'Ivoire durant la Coupe du monde de la FIFA, Brésil 2014™, compétition où la Côte d'Ivoire représentera l'Afrique.La Côte d'Ivoire est l'une des grandes nations du football mondial et affrontera le Japon lors du match d'ouverture des deux pays de la Coupe du monde de la FIFA, Brésil 2014™, qui débute le 12 juin.

Lors de la Coupe du monde de la FIFA, Brésil 2014™, il est prévu que 12 projections publiques se déroulent au sein des communautés locales à Abidjan (du 14 au 19 juin), à Yamoussoukro (du 21 au 24 juin) et à Bouake (du 26 au 30 juin). Ces événements ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, June 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, attended on Thursday, the ceremony held to celebrate the wedding of Saleh Mohammed Bin Nousra Al Shamesi to the daughter of Hamad Obeid Balkhales Al Ameri,.

The ceremony was held at Al Ain Convention Centre and was also attended by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community development; H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, Advisor to the UAE President, and President of the Emirates Camel Racing Federation, along with a number of tribal dignitaries, ministers, members of the Federal National Council, senior officials and high-ranking officers from the Armed Forces and the police, as well as a large crowd of friends and family.

The ceremony included a number of local and traditional shows and folk dances presented by the Al Harbiya Band, to mark the occasion. ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, June 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
Colonel Salim Ali Al Qattam Al Zaabi, Director General of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Abu Dhabi, visited an officer from the department who is currently recovering at Sheikh Khalifa Hospital in Abu Dhabi, after undergoing a successful surgery.
Colonel Al Zaabi inquired about the patient’s health and extended his greetings and wishes for a dull recovery and a quick return to his work.
The visit stems from the Ministry of Interior’s commitment to improve communication and promote closer ties between the police leadership and staff members, and between the police force and community members.
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, June 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Following the decision to introduce mandatory military service for all Emiratis aged between 18 and 30 and to set up a new national defense and reserve force, the Ministry of Interior organized a workshop on the subject at the Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs’ Headquarters. The workshop was attended by Brigadier Ghareeb Mohammed Al Hosani, Director General of Ports and Airports; Brigadier Saeed Rakan Al Rashedi, Head of Naturalization Department; directors general of Naturalization and Foreigners Affairs, heads of departments and a number of officers from the Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs Sector.

Colonel Waleed Al Shamsi, Director of Police Schools Department at the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, Member of the Ministerial Committee to implement the National Service Law gave an overview of the law during the workshop. Colonel Al Shamsi defined the law’s objectives and ta ... Read more »

--- Connecting the local community with dreams and passion for football ---

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Thursday, June 19th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Japan International Cooperation Agency ("JICA") and Sony Corporation ("Sony") today announced that they will jointly host public viewing events in Côte d'Ivoire during the 2014 FIFA World CupTM, at which Côte d'Ivoire will be an Africa representative. Côte d'Ivoire is one of the world’s leading football nations, and is set to face Japan in the countries’ opening match of the 2014 FIFA World CupTM, which kicks off on June 12th.

During the 2014 FIFA World CupTM, 12 public viewing events are planned to be held among local communities in Abidjan (14th – 19th June), Yamoussoukro (21st – 24th June), and Bouake (26th – 30th June), and are expected to attract approximately 8,000 participants. JICA and Sony will be harnessing their respective expertise and worki ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, June 21st 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Ministry of Interior launched a creative contest for the public consisting of three categories: “writing a piece of advice”, “designing an advertisement poster” and “filming a short video” to express the content and goals of the "They Fooled Me” campaign. The first and second place winners will be granted cash incentive prizes.

"The contest personifies the Ministry of Interior's keenness to  engage all society segments and invite them to interact with the campaign’s humanitarian goals, to raise awareness on the scourge of drugs and their dangerous and devastating  impact on  the drug addict, his family and his community," said Captain Abdul Muttalib Ahmed Al Hammadi, Head of Media Studies and Security Coordination at the Security Media Department, the General Secretariat of His Highness, Deputy Prime Minister a ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, June 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Lieutenant General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, recently received a copy of the book “The Social Leader” at his office. The book was offered to His Highness by the author Colonel Expert Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Al Dabal, General Coordinator of the Khalifa Student Empowerment Program “Aqdar”.

His Highness praised the book’s content, which highlights various societal objectives and issues aimed at training the youth at an early age to deal with challenges and teaching them the meaning and importance of leadership. Moreover, His Highness hailed the efforts exerted to accomplish this literary work, which instills good social values and qualities in the country’s youth; then, he wished the author further success and giving.

For his part, Colonel Al Dabal stressed that His Highness Sheikh Saif spares no effort ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, June 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Sharjah Air Wing Section at the Ministry of Interior recently organized a specialized training course on air ambulance and emergency air lift service from external roads. A total of 28 staff members from the Sharjah Police General Headquarters, the National Ambulance, and ‘SANID’ took part in the course.

The course included theoretical and practical lectures on how to operate a VTOL Helicopter. It also included a practical training on one of the external roads on how to deal with accidents, such as closing the road to traffic in order to arrange an improvised landing site for the emergency helicopter, as well as training on the means to tend to the injured and how to transport them into the air ambulance.

In conclusion, Lt Colonel Trainer Pilot Saif Salim Al Dah, Training Branch Manager at the Sharjah Air Wing Section, distributed certificates of attendance to the participa ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, June 19th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The United Arab Emirates participated in the third meeting of the Presidents of GCC Police Sports Unions that was held at the General Secretariat in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and concluded yesterday (Wednesday).

The UAE delegation to the meeting was headed by Major General Mohammed Khalfan Matar Al Rumaithi, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Abu Dhabi Police and President of the Police Sports Union at Abu Dhabi Police.

Participants in the meeting discussed the issue of setting a date for the GCC Police Olympic Championship, which will be held in Kuwait; in addition to a number of issues, notably hooliganism and stadium riots and the best way to handle such cases, as well as ways to increase fitness among the GCC policemen.

Major General Al Rumaithi expressed his pleasure to participate in the meeting and extended his thanks to the officials at the Saudi Ministry of Interior and the Saudi S ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, June 21st 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Residency and Foreigners’ Affairs Department in Al Ain carried out a humanitarian initiative, which focused on distributing water, cold drinks, dates and sun-protection hats, as well as health and legal awareness brochures onto laborers. The initiative was conducted at different construction sites throughout the city.

Colonel Khalifa Matar Balquba' Al Humairi, Director of the Residency and Foreigners' Affairs Department in Al Ain, said that this humanitarian initiative embodies the Ministry of Interior’s strategy and its vision aimed at enhancing communication with the different society sectors and promoting the values of good manners and social responsibility, which stem out of the religious, humane and ethical principles. He also noted that the initiative expresses the commitment of the Al Ain Residency and Foreigners’ Affairs Department towards the different segm ... Read more »

HOUSTON. - Lundi 23 Juin 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Schlumberger Limited (NYSE : SLB) a annoncé aujourd'hui que la Société organiserait sa Conférence 2014 pour les investisseurs les 24 et 25 juin 2014.

Les présentations de la direction générale seront disponibles sur le site Internet de la société à l’adresse www.slb.com/InvestorConference2014 chaque jour, à partir d'environ 14h00, heure de New York le 24 juin, et vers 9h00 heure de New York le 25 juin.

Le mercredi 25 juin aux environ de 11h00, le PDG Paal Kibsgaard fera une présentation au cours de laquelle il abordera les perspectives commerciales et d'autres questions. Une téléconférence et une diffusion audio du discours du Président, y compris une séance de questions-réponses, seront disponibles en mode audio uniquement à partir de 11h00 environ, heure de New York. Une transcription de la séance de questions-réponses sera disponible à l'adresse www.slb.com/irwebcast le 26 ju ... Read more »

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, June 21st 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, recently reviewed the specifications and services provided by a set of new ambulance vehicles that were recently added to the ambulance fleet at Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters.

His Highness viewed the equipment and services of the recently inaugurated ambulance vehicles, which offer intensive care and advanced life support for pregnant women, premature infants and newborns and heavyweight patients.

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan reiterated the higher leadership’s keenness to provide all necessary requirements in order to provide ambulance services to the public. He also called for developing and providing the best ambulance services, rapid response medical treatment to patients' emergencies and to provide Basic Life Support ( ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, June 18th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
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As a part of DSF promotion, with every purchase of AED200, shoppers at each mall will be entitled to raffle coupons that would give them automatic entry into weekly draws. 100 lucky couples will get a chance to win travel pa ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, June 22nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Dubai Design District (d3), TECOM Investments’ latest design and fashion project, recently welcomed Catherine Thomas into its organization as Executive Director, Marketing and Communication.

Catherine brings over 20 years of marketing and communications experience gained within the luxury, premium and high street fashion, retail and real estate sectors. Catherine has worked in the real estate development sector since 2006, most recently as Head of Marketing with Land Securities, the UK's largest property company and the world’s 8th largest Real Estate Investment Trust. In this role, Catherine led the Marketing and Communications effort to support the successful regeneration of Victoria in London and, most notably, Land Securities’ sizeable £2.2bn investment in the project. Catherine and her team contributed significantly to the sales and leasing of commercial, retail and lu ... Read more »

InfoComm 2014

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LONDON - Saturday, June 21st 2014

Global Invacom (Singapore STX.ST), a leading innovator and manufacturer of technology to the global satellite industry, has launched tvLINK™ HD which uses unique patent pending technology enabling fast and cost-effective upgrading of existing coaxial cable systems. Multiple HD displays can be driven from a single HDMI source, like a satellite set top box. A multiroom 802.11n WiFi version is available for new wireless installations and for extending coax systems.

“Our global tvLINK™ HD coax and wireless products enable SD to HD upgrades without the need to replace in situ coaxial cabling with expensive HDMI or Fast Ethernet cabling - minimising disruption to venues with constant consumer traffic,” said Ian Walsh, VP business development at Global Invacom. “The rapid proliferation of large screen HDTVs in Sports Bar and Digital Signage venues and con ... Read more »

InfoComm 2014

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LONDRES. - Dimanche 22 Juin 2014

Global Invacom (Singapore STX.ST), une société de communications satellite basée au Royaume-Uni, a lancé tvLINK™ HD, qui fait appel une technologie unique en instance de brevet permettant une mise à niveau rapide et rentable des systèmes de câbles coaxiaux existants. Il est possible de prendre en charge plusieurs affichages HD à partir d'une seule source HDMI, comme un décodeur satellite. Une version Wi-fi 802.11n multipièce est disponible pour les nouvelles installations sans fil et pour l'expansion de systèmes coaxiaux.

« Nos produits internationaux coaxiaux et sans fil tvLINK™ HD permettent de faire passer les systèmes à définition standard au HD sans qu'il soit nécessaire de remplacer les câblages coaxiaux sur place par des câblages HDMI ou Ethernet rapide onéreux - minimisant ainsi les perturbations dans les sites avec un flux constant de consom ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, June 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Directorate General of Civil Defense in Abu Dhabi organized a blood donation campaign in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Blood Bank (ADBB). The campaign witnessed a significant turnout from the Civil Defense’s employees and customers as well.

A total of 60 employees took part in the campaign, which highlights their keenness to saving lives of people in need of blood and to meeting humanitarian needs.

The campaign aims to promote the spirit of giving among employees and enhance the concept of social responsibility and humanitarian values. It also aims to educate the public on the health benefits of donating blood as well as the humanitarian aspect of saving the lives of many people.

It is worth mentioning that the Directorate General of Civil Defense in Abu Dhabi has consistently endeavored to organize blood donation campaigns twice a year, out of its firm belief in the i ... Read more »

HOUSTON. - Saturday, June 21st 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) announced today that it is hosting its 2014 Investor Conference on June 24 and 25, 2014.

Executive management presentations will be available on the company’s website at www.slb.com/InvestorConference2014 for each day, starting at approximately 2:00 pm Eastern Time (ET) on June 24 and approximately 9:00 am ET on June 25.

Paal Kibsgaard, Chief Executive Officer, will present on Wednesday, June 25, beginning at approximately 11:00 am ET, at which time he will discuss business outlook and other items. A conference call and live audio webcast of the CEO’s address, including a Q&A session, will be available in listen-only mode beginning at approximately 11:00 am ET. A transcript of the Q&A session will be available at www.slb.com/irwebcast on June 26.

To access the conference call, listeners should contact the Conference Call Operator at +1 ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, June 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Warehouses Section at the Procurement and Warehouses Department of Abu Dhabi Police carried out a successful mock drill to extinguish a ‘fire’ that broke out in one of the departments’ warehouses. The drill was carried out in collaboration with the Directorate General for Civil Defense.

According to the training scenario, rescue teams rushed to carry out the fire extinguishing drill and evacuated the warehouses’ employees and workers that were divided into 4 groups. Firefighting teams managed to contain the ‘fire' in a record time.

As per the scenario, the Ministry of Interior’s Operations Room received a tip-off at 9:00 a.m. on the outbreak of the ‘fire’.  Following the activation of the fire alarm system, safety officials evacuated the four warehouses and guided employees and workers to the muster points pending the arrival of ... Read more »

NEW YORK - Lundi 23 Juin 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Moody’s Corporation (NYSE : MCO) a annoncé aujourd’hui qu’elle s’est assuré une participation majoritaire dans ICRA Ltd., un leader dans la prestation de services de notation financière et de recherche en Inde, augmentant ainsi sa participation de 28,5 % à plus de 50,0 %.

 « La conclusion positive de notre offre de participation majoritaire dans ICRA nous permettra d’étendre nos liens étroits tandis que nous travaillons ensemble pour desservir le marché croissant de la dette nationale en Inde et à travers la région », a déclaré Raymond McDaniel, Président et Directeur général de Moody’s.

Selon les taux de change actuels, la valeur totale de la transaction se monte à environ 86 millions de dollars, soit 5,17 milliards d’INR. Moody’s financera l’offre à partir de l’avoir en caisse international. La transaction est prévue se c ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, June 19th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Electronics and Telecommunications Services Directorate General at the Ministry of Interior celebrated the graduation of 70 non-commissioned officers, constables and civilians from different departments of the Ministry of Interior after completing three specialized courses. The courses are: the third “Statistical Concepts Development” course; the first “Ambition and Creativity Development” course for senior management staff; and the fourth “English Idioms” course.  The ceremony was held in the conference hall at the Technical Training Department at Electronics and Telecommunications Services Directorate General, the Ministry of Interior.

The celebration was attended by Lt. Colonel Issa Ahmed Jassem, Educational Tools Branch Manager, along with a number of officers at Electronics and Telecommunications Services Directorate General at the Ministry of In ... Read more »