Afkar Ali Ahmed

Prices of sacrificial animals up by 30pc

AJMAN/SHARJAH — With just five days to go for Eid Al Adha, traders at the animal markets in Sharjah and Ajman have raised the prices of sacrificial animals by 20 to 30 per cent.

Ajman remained free from air pollution in 2005

AJMAN — The air pollution detector positioned in the premises of Ajman Civil Defence Department has revealed that Ajman City was air pollution-free throughout 2005, said Brigadier Salih Al Matroushi, Director-General of the Department.

Drive against labourers in Ajman residential areas

AJMAN — In response to a Khaleej Times report published on December 29 and the large numbers of public complaints on the accommodation of labourers in residential areas, the Ajman Municipality yesterday intensified its inspection campaigns in Al Humaidiya, Mushairif, Al Jarf, Hilaiwa, Al Naimia, and Al Bustan.

Boy with club feet waiting for surgery

AJMAN — When he sees other children go to school and play around him, Mohammed, a four-year-old boy with club feet who can not walk with his deformed legs and has to literally crawl on the floor, bursts into tears.