January 2022 — Topical news of the United Arab Emirates

January 11, 2022 no comments 1789
In his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, issued Law No. (3) of 2022 on the rights of people with disabilities in Dubai. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of...

January 11, 2022 no comments 266
The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced 2,562 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the UAE to 788,187. The Ministry stressed in a statement on Monday that its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the...

January 11, 2022 no comments 1807
An Emirati family in Al Ain was devastated by the death of two of its children, Dhiyab Al Neyadi and his cousin Nahyan aged 10 and 12, after being run over by a vehicle in Umm Ghafa area in Al Ain on Monday. According to a relative of the deceased, the two kids were crossing a street in Umm...

January 9, 2022 no comments 318
A total of 322 government tenders were awarded to companies holding In-Country Value certificates in first nine months of 2021 More than 300 government tenders worth over AED1 billion were awarded to local companies during the first nine months of 2021 as part of economic stimulus...

January 9, 2022 no comments 323
The Central Bank of the UAE said growth in the oil sector’s GDP is set to be at five per cent this year, reflecting an increase from last year’s two per cent contrac... The UAE economy is expected to record a 4.2 per cent economic growth this year due to strong rebound in oil prices...

January 8, 2022 no comments 279
Data from Dubai Land Department showed that the first working Friday witnessed 173 sales transactions DUBAI - The value of real estate transactions in Dubai on the first working Friday following the adoption of the new weekly work system in the country exceeded AED2.53 billion, with...

January 7, 2022 no comments 361
The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced 2,687 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the UAE to 777,584. The Ministry stressed in a statement on Thursday that its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the...

January 7, 2022 no comments 214
The UAE-based carriers Air Arabia and flydubai cancelled services to Kazakhstan's largest city Almaty on Thursday as the country faces its worst unrest in over a decade. A flydubai spokesperson said the airline had cancelled its two return Dubai-Almaty services scheduled for Thursday...

January 7, 2022 no comments 291
During the meeting, the board approved the organisation’s 2022 budget and established new committees DUBAI: The Board of Directors of Dubai Chambers has approved the organisation’s strategy for the next three years (2022-2024), which is based on four main pillars, namely improving the...

January 4, 2022 no comments 368
The real estate transactions in the Dubai Land Department amounted to more than Dhs881 million, as the department witnessed, on Monday, the registration of 277 pledges of Dhs 576.32 million, including 60 sales of land, worth Dhs202.98 million, and 217 sales of apartments and villas, with a value...

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