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Salma Al Kaabi: First Emirati female dog trainer
Lt Salma Al Kaabi is the first Emirati female dog trainer. She is a shining example of an Emirati woman who has broken social barriers and joined police in the UAE.
Salma Al Kaabi is the first national woman to become an official dog trainer. Lt Salma surprised a packed hall when she presented a police dog training demonstration at a seminar held in Ras Al Khaimah this week to mark the international Women’s Day.
Categories: Living in Dubai Tags: Dog Trainer, Emirati, International Women's Day, Salma Al Kaabi, UAE Police
Emirates Airline to increase fares from March 1
Blaming recent fuel price hike, Emirates Airline is introducing a fuel surcharge, for all tickets issued on or after the March 1, 2012, to reflect the substantial recent increases in fuel costs.
The fuel surcharge will differ by markets and routes.
The fuel surcharge in Economy Class is Dh60 on routes from the UAE to the GCC, Middle East and South Asian Subcontinent. The surcharge for First Class and Business Class tickets on these routes is Dh390.
On routes from the UAE to Africa, Europe, the Far East and Australasia the surcharge is Dh120 in Economy Class and Dh500 in First Class and Business Class, respectively.
Categories: Dubai Transport, Living in Dubai Tags: Emirates Airlines
Dubai Residents to be fined for hanging clothes, having barbecue in balconies
Residents of Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah Lakes Tower, International City and Discovery Gardens will start getting fines from March if they are found hanging clothes or having a barbecue on their balcony.
Trakhees, the organisational arm of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, supervises residential communities, which also includes Jumeirah Heights, Jumeirah Village and Jebel Ali Downtown, will end its awareness campaign that started in October last year by month-end.
“We will end our awareness campaign by end-February and start issuing fines to those not obeying the law from March,” a company spokesman told this website.
Under Sea Cable Cut Can Disrupt Internet Services in Dubai
Du has issued an statement saying that a cut in an underwater cable between Dubai and Oman could effect internet services in the UAE.
Gulf News reported that in a statement Tuesday, Du said that the cable was served at 7.45am on Monday and that operators were working to fix the problem.
Internet traffic was disrupted in UAE last year when an under sea cable was severed in the region.
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DEWA to add fuel surcharge to electricity and water tariffCategories: Dubai Technology, Living in Dubai Tags: du, Internet, Oman
Imran Khan visiting Dubai for a Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital Charity Gala
Imran Khan, legendary ex-cricketer turned politican and current chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), is coming to Dubai to participate in a charity match on February 21 at Atlantis The Palm Jumeirah.
The charity gala fundraiser has been planned to raise money and awareness for the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and its research centre, which was built by Khan in 1994 in Lahore, Pakistan in memory of his mother who passed away from the illness.
The politician is also planning to finance a second cancer hospital in Peshawar.
Categories: Living in Dubai Tags: Atlantis, Cricket, Etihad Airways, Imran Khan, Peshawar, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, Strings, The Palm
Another expansion in Emirates ID Card deadline for Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Were you worried that this time EIDA gonna get you for not registering for Emirates ID Card? Seems, you were wrong. Again.
Emirates Identity Authority has yet again pushed forward the deadline for Identity Cards. This time for Abu Dhabi and Dubai residents, respectively by March 31 and May 31.
It has not been confirmed whether expats who work for government, semi-government and free zone companies and have not registered for their EIDs yet are fined or not.
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After ID Cards for Expats, Animals to be tagged for more milk and meatExpats caught between losing their passports and not meeting EIDA deadlineCategories: Living in Dubai Tags: EIDA, Emirates ID Card, Emirates Identity Authority
GEMS Education to open private schools in the UK
Dubai-based GEMS Education is planning to venture out in the UK by setting up private schools with fees at half the price of top schools in the country.
As reported by Arabian Business, GEMS intends to open six fee-paying day schools for boys and girls aged three to 18 in towns and cities across England over the next two years.
It is said that GEMS aims to charge parents between £8,000 and £12,000 a year – about half or a third of the price of some of the country’s leading public schools.
Categories: Business in Dubai, Education, Living in Dubai Tags: Education, GEMS, UK
