Afkar Ali Ahmed

AJMAN — The garbage truck drivers in Ajman have called off their stir and resumed work yesterday. They went on strike on Saturday protesting against the traffic department's decision to change their route.

AJMAN — More than 150 garbage trucks of various companies in Ajman went on strike yesterday protesting against the traffic department's decision of changing their route.

SHARJAH — Captain Adil Al Mazami, Assistant Forensic Technician of Fire Accidents in Sharjah Police Department has told Khaleej Times that the authorities suspect that most of the fire accidents are deliberately caused by the owners of the establishments.

SHARJAH — It seems fire accidents in Sharjah are never-ending, with yet another fire breaking out at 10am yesterday in a warehouse in the Sharjah Industrial Area No. 10, opposite a pharmaceutical distribution centre.

AJMAN/SHARJAH — Despite the precautionary measures taken by the Municipalities, pools of stagnant water were visible in several areas of Sharjah and Ajman, following the rains yesterday.

SHARJAH — A proposal to establish a juvenile court in Sharjah, presented recently by the Sharjah Supreme Family Council, has been referred to the Sharjah Amiri Court for approval.

AJMAN — The Bangladeshi patient, who was in a coma at Khalifa Hospital and required financial assistance to be transported to his home country, was finally repatriated to Bangladesh yesterday with the help of good samaritans and the Bangladeshi Consulate after they were alerted about the case by a Khaleej Times report published on February 6. Mohammed Saleem Mohammed Idris (30) was in coma for more than seven months and depended on feeding tubes and an artificial respirator was required to be transported to his home country with the assistance of a nurse, as his old mother based in Bangladesh and his brother could not afford the expenses of taking taking him back.

SHARJAH — Following the decision made by the Sharjah Municipality to raise the charges of public parking in only three areas — Al Mahatta, Al Manakh, and Al Shiyoukh — effective today, a large number of Sharjah residents have expressed their concern about such a decision.

SHARJAH — Several Sharjah residents have expressed their anger over the indefinite delay at the Sharjah Municipality in resolving rent disputes, which are piling up every day. Some of the complaints were lodged six or seven months ago, but enquiries at the municipality will result in vague indirect responses, they complain.

SHARJAH — Mothers in Sharjah have expressed their displeasure over the availability of a gummy candy shaped like human and animal gums with teeth and other body parts in the supermarkets.

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