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Posted by admin in City news on 07 30th, 2009 | No Comments

New water pumpin station in Dubai

Work is underway to construct a Water Pumping Plant at the new Jebel Ali-Lahbab road which when completed, will generate around 60 million gallons of water everyday day, said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, the Managing Director and CEO of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA). The plant, being...

Posted by admin in City news, Environment, Fujairah on 03 14th, 2009 | No Comments

Major Oil Slick Affects Dibba-Fujairah Coast

A big oil slick hit the Dibba-Fujairah coastline on Friday, blackening tourist beaches with a layer of sludge. Hassan Al Yamahi, Director of Dibba Al Fujairah Municipality said, “The slick, which appeared to be a form of light-crude oil, wrapped up more than five kilometres along the shoreline near the...

Posted by admin in City news, Dubai on 03 11th, 2009 | No Comments

No Green Light for Some Stations by Metro Launch

The trains may not stop at all the stations when the Dubai Metro starts with its 52km Red Line this September. This is because work on all the stations is unlikely to be complete by then. “We have had some difficulties,” Mattar Al Tayer, Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority, said at a...

Posted by admin in City news on 03 10th, 2009 | No Comments

Call to Blank Out YouTube in Emirates Too

It is ranked among the top 10 most popular sites in the UAE, but Dubai’s police chief believes that YouTube ‘incites hatred’ and, therefore, should be banned from computers. On Sunday, Bangladesh became the latest country to impose a block on YouTube after a 40-minute discussion between the Prime...

Posted by admin in City news, Dubai, Featured Articles on 03 2nd, 2009 | No Comments

Another Bus Route Launched in Dubai

Another Bus Route Launched in Dubai The Public Transport Agency at the Roads and Transport Authority on Sunday inaugurated a new bus route known as X35, to cover a number of areas in the emirate of Dubai. Director of the Bus Department at RTA, Abdullah Al Ali said, the launch follows a broad-based field...

Posted by admin in City news, Emirates on 03 2nd, 2009 | No Comments

Hypermarket Cuts Prices of 50 Items

LuLu hypermarket chain has reduced by 10-30 per cent the prices of 50 food and non-food items, many of which are part of the consumer price index. “We have brought down the prices of around 50 products, covering all categories of essential food and non-food products in our hypermarkets across the...

Posted by admin in City news, Dubai on 03 1st, 2009 | No Comments

11 Hotels, Resorts Sign in For Water Taxi Services

Eleven hotels, resorts and clubs in the emirate have agreed to provide water taxi services to their customers by setting up piers in cooperation with the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), a top Marine Agency official told Khaleej Times on Thursday. They include Jebel Ali Resort and Spa, Park Hyatt,...

Posted by admin in City news, Ras Al Khaimah on 02 24th, 2009 | No Comments

Strange fish mystery solved

The mystery dinner-plate shaped fish caught by fishermen in Ras Al Khaimah on Sunday has been identified as a sunfish. Divers in Musandam have reported sighting the Ocean Sunfish or Common Sunfish, scientifically referred to as Mola Mola. Dr Reza Khan, head of Dubai Zoo, identified the fish. He added that...