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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Dubai’s famous malls will shut down for a fortnight under the United Arab Emirates’ plan to curb coronavirus, which will also see its airports closed to passenger and transit flights. The decision to close commercial centers takes in shopping centers as well as fresh food markets, but pharmacies and food retail outlets will be allowed to stay open. Restaurants are limited to home deliveries. The health ministry and the […]
(Eagle News) — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III did not say that an Overseas Filipino Worker in Dubai died of the novel coronavirus, the Department of Labor and Employment said on Friday, Feb. 7. “The Labor Secretary on Thursday announced that the OFW had died of ‘coronavirus’ based on earlier information provided (to) his office…The secretary, however, did not say it was the novel coronavirus,” DOLE said in a statement, after the Dubai government denied […]
(Eagle News) — A 58-year old Filipina household worker in Dubai has died in Dubai due to a still unknown coronavirus strain. This was confirmed by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bellow III after receiving the information from the Labor Attache in Dubai. Bello said that they were able to confirm the OFW’s cause of death on Feb. 2. She died on Jan. 28. The OFW’s remains will be cremated, Bello said that the department will help […]
DUBAI, United States (AFP) — Dubai budget carrier flydubai chalked up a loss of $43.5 million in 2018, it said Wednesday, as airlines across the Gulf struggle with mounting costs and political tensions. The government-owned carrier, a sister of aviation giant Emirates, said total revenue for the year was up just over 12 percent to $1.7 billion. But this was not enough to offset its losses. The loss, a dramatic shift from a $10 million […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Ten people on board a 14-hour Emirates flight from Dubai were taken to hospital in New York on Wednesday after US health authorities mobilized to meet the jet ferrying sick passengers. Images of the double-decker A380 aircraft isolated on the tarmac at John F. Kennedy International Airport were broadcast by US media, which reported that the plane had been quarantined. Pictures posted on social media showed ambulances lined up […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — The United Arab Emirates has selected its first two astronauts to go on a mission to the International Space Station, Dubai’s ruler said Monday. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum named the new astronauts as Hazza al-Mansouri, 34, and 37-year-old Sultan al-Neyadi. Writing on Twitter, he said the duo “raise the bar of ambitions for future Emirati generations”. Sheikh Mohammed, the UAE’s vice president and prime minister, last year vowed to […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Gulf metropolis Dubai, on its never-ending quest to break records, announced the opening of the “world’s new tallest hotel” Sunday, pipping another towering landmark in the city for the title. The gleaming gold 75-storey Gevora Hotel stands 356 meters, or nearly a quarter of a mile, tall. The new record-holder is within view of its predecessor, Dubai’s JW Mariott Marquis — just one meter shorter. The Gevora’s first guests […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Dubai airport was the world’s busiest for international passengers in 2017 for the fourth year running, with 88.2 milion travellers, the United Arab Emirates’ state news agency WAM said Monday. International traffic at the UAE airport increased by 4.6 million passengers compared to the previous year, WAM said, despite a laptop ban temporarily imposed on its long-haul flights to the United States. A major transit hub situated on transcontinental air routes, […]
by Alison Tahmizian Meuse Agence France-Presse DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Saudi Arabia brushed aside rulings from top clerics to host a big money chess tournament, but the gambit to improve the kingdom’s image has been jolted by regional powerplays. The landmark event and its record $2 million (1.7 million euro) prize pot come as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman looks to repackage his oil-rich nation as more welcoming — and moderate. But a […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Dubai on Sunday adopted its 2018 budget foreseing expenditure of 56.6 million dirhams (around $15.5 billion), a 19.5 percent increase over last year, as it prepares to host Expo 2020. But the 2018 budget of Dubai, one of seven emirates in the United Arab Emirates, also forecasts a deficit of $1.7 billion — the highest since the 2009 financial crisis, a government statement said. “Dubai’s commitment to Expo excellence, […]
DUBAI, United Ararb Emirates (Reuters) — A flying motorcycle that can soar above traffic and be used in rescue scenarios is set to join the Dubai police force within 2 years, according to Brigadier Khaled Al Razooqi, Director General of Smart Services at Dubai Police. At their GITEX (Gulf Information & Technology Exhibition) exhibition space, Dubai police displayed the “hoverbike” among several advanced technologies they are introducing to their force. The single-seater electrically-powered bike – […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) — A robotic policeman who can help identify wanted criminals and collect evidence has joined Dubai’s police force and will patrol busy areas in the city, as part of a government program aimed at replacing some human crime-fighters with machines. If the “Robocop” experiment is successful, Dubai Police says it wants the unarmed robots to make up 25 percent of its patrolling force by 2030. Clad in the colors of […]
