DUBAI - James Fellabaum, a doctorate in Education Administration has been appointed to head Dubai American Academy as the school's new director.
DUBAI - James Fellabaum, a doctorate in Education Administration has been appointed to head Dubai American Academy as the school's new director.
DUBAI - A Swiss climber who flies helicopters for a living could put an agonising bid to Mount Everest behind him by helping Zed Al Refai in his bid to scale the Matterhorn this week.
SHARJAH - The Government of Sharjah will organise a seven-day roadshow to attract the Indian travel and tourism market as part of its plans to promote the emirate as a tourist destination.
DUBAI - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will become the firstly international organisation that will work from the recently-launched Dubai Humanitarian City, according to Saeed bin Suloum, Director of the Dubai Humanitarian City (DHC).
DUBAI - Dubai Municipality has issued an administrative decision revising the annual rent for the shops in the Naif Souq of Deira with immediate effect. The decision was issued on Saturday by Qassim Sultan, Director General of the municipality, and the tenants of the shops will have to pay the new rents when renewing the contract.
DUBAI - The American University in Dubai (AUD), which starts its new academic year on October 5, is expecting an intake of over 800 new students this year.
DUBAI - Dubai will host the second International Malayalam Film Festival with a bouquet of seven films of class and substance on October 2.
ABU DHABI - Fourteen-year-old Tanya D'Souza, an Indian national, has won a Mercedes C200K at Abu Dhabi International Airport's (ADIA) landside shop with ticket number 10267 in the most recent raffle held at ADIA.
ABU DHABI - Onam, the harvest festival of Kerala, will be celebrated by the several thousand Malayalees in the UAE on September 8, with traditional pomp and gaiety, while different Indian associations in the capital are gearing up to provide rich cultural and gastronomic fare for members of the community throughout the week.
ABU DHABI - In a bid to help build 10,000 classrooms in their home country by 2004, the Filipino staff of Crowne Plaza Abu Dhabi is organising "Fiesta Crowne Plaza", which will be held today at the hotel's Al Majlis Ballroom.