Afkar Ali Ahmed

Ajman, Sharjah groceries defying drugs’ ban

SHARJAH/AJMAN - Awadia Hassan, a resident of Ajman, still regrets the day she advised her 13-year-old daughter, Mayssah, to eat Aspirin tablets bought from a local grocery for body pain and cramps during the latter’s menstrual cycle. Instead of relieving the body pain and cramps, it aggravated her stomach ulcer and she had to be admitted in Khalifa Hospital for a week.

New park opens in Ajman

AJMAN — The Al Ahmadiya Grand Park in Ajman was yesterday inaugurated by the Director-General of Ajman Municipality, Said Ali Al Hamrani, as part of the activities of the ongoing Afforestation Week organised by General Secretariat of Municipalities.

Panel to resolve sponsor-business owners disputes

AJMAN — A new committee to solve disputes between local sponsors and owners of businesses in Ajman was recently formed on the directives of Shaikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of Ajman Department of Municipality and Planning.

Nine hurt as crane crashes into a car

SHARJAH — Nine Asians were injured seriously in a horrific vehicle pile-up after a mobile crane crashed into one car, hit a cement road barrier and brought down an electric pole at the busy National Paints roundabout here yesterday afternoon.

Two new parks open in Sharjah

SHARJAH — Two public parks located in Al Badea district were yesterday inaugurated by Dr Salah Al Haj, Director-General of Sharjah Municipality, as part of the ongoing Afforestation Week organised by the General Secretariat of UAE Municipalities.

Workers demand more wages

SHARJAH — Groups of several hundred labourers of a Dubai-based contracting company, housed in camps in different emirates, yesterday did not report for work demanding an increase in the salaries, more days of annual leave and free air tickets during vacation.

UAE teen killed in car accident

AJMAN - An Emirati teenager died on the spot and two Arab nationals sustained serious injuries in a horrific road accident on Shaikh Maktoum Road in Ajman yesterday, police said.