Afkar Ali Ahmed

SHAJRAH — More than Dh6.5 million was donated yesterday between 2pm and 10pm by UAE nationals and expatriates as well as establishments during a 10-hour telethon which was aired live by Sharjah-based television channels and radio stations to raise funds for the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon.

SHARJAH — Sharjah Municipality has recently decided to make the paid parking zones around mosques free of charge during all the five prayer timings.

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SHARJAH — The Sharjah Police finally caught up with a six-member gang of Asians instrumental in a series of cable and wire thefts in Industrial Area No. 15 of the emirate. The arrests followed investigations into the murder of a watchman of an electric company.

Sharjah Municipality has started installing the first batch of 240 new advanced technology paid parking meters this week.

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SHARJAH — Owners of commercial and residential buildings which will be affected by the King Abdul Aziz street expansion in Sharjah will be compensated by the Town Planning and Survey Department.

DUBAI — Dubai-based television channels yesterday helped raise donations of Dh36.5 million towards relief materials for the suffering Lebanese people at the time of going to the Press.

DUBAI — He became a paralytic when he was just 10 years old after he suffered multiple injuries and brain damage in a road mishap on the Dubai-Sharjah Highway.

AJMAN — The Ajman Municipality is in the process of introducing the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) system to ensure safety of drinking water and food by controlling the line of production and manufacturing in the emirate, according to Dr. Mohammed Attia, Acting Director of Health Directorate at the Municipality.

AJMAN — The Ajman Police Department has been availing the services of its new forensic laboratory from June 1, though an official inauguration of the facility by His Highness Shaikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Ajman, is pending.

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AJMAN — Ajman Municipality officials raided and sealed on Monday three houses in Al Bustan area used by 10 Asian labourers as an illegal abattoir.