| Burn awareness drive for kids, parents launched | | Nine out of 10 patients or parents of children being treated for burns at Mafraq Hospital do not know how to give adequate initial first aid to a burn injury. In 2012, the hospital has recorded 147 admissions in its Burns Unit. | | Charity through sculptures | | Over 120 schoolchildren from Abu Dhabi are invited to Yas Waterworld not to get splashed on cool rides, but to create a few sculptures for charity fundraising. | | Interfaith dialogue tomorrow | | Dubai’s fifth Muslim-Christian Dialogue, a biennial gathering hosted by students, is expected to draw its largest audience in 10 years this weekend. | | Choir concert on Friday | | A choir concert, the highlight of which will be a 155-member group taking the stage, is to be held this Friday, at the Sharjah Worship Centre. | | Overseas Filipinos remit $22 billion to families | | The primary and most visible means through which migration has its strong impact on development for labour-sending countries is in the area of financial remittances, transfer of skills and knowledge and creation of international network of migrants that can facilitate trade and investment. | | Only 6.35% of Filipinos in Dubai vote in OAV | | The Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) yielded only a turnout of 3,545 or 6.35 per cent of the total registered 55,000 Filipino voters in Dubai and the Northern Emirates as the month-long mid-term elections closed at 3pm Monday at the Philippine Consulate-General. | | ‘Law and order is the burning issue’ | | Pakistani expatriates have asked the to-be-formed government in Pakistan to fix the worsening law and order situation in Karachi and to bring the economy back on the rails. | | Pakistan embassy: Votes are vital | | The Embassy of Pakistan on Thursday evening asked 1.2 million community members in the UAE to call their friends and relatives back home and urge them to fully take part in the landmark elections today. | |
