JEDDAH, Dec 23, 2010: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal announced Wednesday the government's plan to establish an airport in Qunfuda, a town on the Red Sea, south of Jeddah, as well as a seaport and an industrial city in Al-Leeth, another town on the Red Sea.He made this comment after launching a

Child birth charges will soon go up 100 per cent at all Ministry of Health affiliated hospitals for those who do not have a health cardAbu Dhabi: Child birth charges will soon go up 100 per cent at all Ministry of Health affiliated hospitals if you do not have a health card, according to a circular

RIYADH, Dec 22,2010 (Arab News): Prince Muqrin, director of intelligence, on Tuesday launched a special security unit named The Falcons under his department and said the new force would carry out its duties in a professional manner.Speaking to reporters after the launching ceremony at the department

Abu Dhabi/Dubai, Dec 22,2010: Certified typing centres across the country processed 40,000 ID card pre-registration applications per day during the past week, a top official told Gulf News.EIDA transferred the pre-registration process including filling out the application forms, scanning the identif

Workers who complete at least two years of contract period will not need former employer's consent to switch jobs.Abu Dhabi: Beginning January 1, 2011, foreign workers switching jobs will not need a no-objection certificate from former employers as the Ministry of Labour will make the decision, a se

Etisalat is to cut at least 300 jobs in the UAE as it looks to reduce its Dh4 billion (US$1.08bn) staff bill amid greater competition in the domestic market.The telecommunications operator says about 3 per cent of its 10,460 UAE employees will lose their jobs, in what will be Etisalat's first major

Madinah, December 18 (Arab News): Police dispersed rioting mobs in the Osbah district close to Quba Mosque in Madinah on Thursday. A few people were lightly injured while many cars and house windows were vandalized."Groups of youths started rioting and throwing stones. Some people were injured and m

JEDDAH, Dec 19,2010 (Arab News): Studies have been conducted on prospects of establishing an inner-city monorail system for the holy city of Makkah to facilitate transportation of pilgrims and worshippers to the Grand Mosque and reduce traffic congestion in the city."We have proposed this project as

Emirates Identity Authority (Eida) received 80,000 erroneous applications through the certified typing centres during the past three months, a senior official told Gulf NewsAbu Dhabi, Dec 19,2010 (Gulf News): If you did not receive your national ID card a long time after you completed the registrati

The jewels on the said tree, which is part of an annual tradition followed by most hotels in the UAE and the rest of the world, are the sole ownership of Style Gallery.Abu Dhabi, Dec 18,2010 (WAM): Emirates Palace Hotel has denied press reports claiming its ownership of the jewels decorating the Chr

ABU DHABI, Dec 19,2010 (WAM) - In a landmark ?decision aimed at infusing ?broader flexibility in the labour market, Minister of Labour Saqr Gobash said on Saturday a worker with an expired job contract can obtain a new work permit and shift to another employer without facing the legitimate six-month

Dubai, Dec 13,2010:The Middle East is one of the largest and most important markets for Air India and the air carrier now plans to offer flights from the Gulf region to places like South East Asia, Kathmandu, Sri Lanka, SAARC countries and New York, via New Delhi, a senior official has said."We are

Muscat Dec 10,2010 (Bhatkallys News):Oman and India have huge potential for strengthening cooperation in food processing and fertiliser industries, Salman Khurshid, minister of state for minority affairs and corporate affairs, said here today. "We have a huge potential as far as the food processing

ABU DHABI, 8 December 2010, According to a new rule, the validity of UAE residential visa and labour card has now been reduced to two years. In a statement by Humaid Bin Deemas, Acting Director-General of the Ministry of Labour it was made clear that the UAE Cabinet has reduced the validity of labou

6 December 2010 (AFP): The International Labour Organisation (ILO) urged Gulf countries to protect millions of migrant workers by reforming the sponsor system and introducing a minimum wage. ILO also called for allowing foreign workers to form representative organisations through which workers can

DUBAI,6 December 2010,(Wam):- Saqr bin Gobash Saeed Gobash, Minister of Labour, has issued a resolution dividing establishments in groups based on their extent of compliance with labour legislations, systems and standards, cultural diversity approach and on-time payment of salaries, provision of acc

Bloc has failed to come up with a clear-cut solution to rising unemployment rate Dubai: GCC policy makers in the region have been faced with a two-fold labour problem for close to 30 years now - growing unemployment among young nationals and an increasing number of foreign workers in the region. Th

The much-talked about 2,117km rail network, starting in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, is likely to be completed by 2017 to unite the Gulf Dubai: A long train journey to exotic destinations across the Gulf countries would be possible if final permission is granted to the GCC railway project at the Abu Dh