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Team of 20 volunteers collect 50 tonnes of rubbish off beach
Fishermen, students and residents gathered after a fishermen’s organisation cleared 50 tonnes of rubbish from the sea over a two-day period.
RAK Autism Centre facing closure due to lack of funds
RAK Autism Centre looks after 20 children, who will have to end their development programme if it closes.
UAE farmers and fishermen voice their concerns
Emirati owners of some of the 6,600 farms along the east coast, as well as fishing boat captains, outlined the issues they faced trying to make a living from the land and the sea during a meeting with the UAE’s new Minister of Climate Change and Environment.
Family of mother and children killed in RAK flash flood speak of grief
Amna Al Jabiri, a mother of six, was travelling with her husband Ali Al Kindi and three youngest children Moza, 11, Mansour, 6, and three-year-old Fazaa, 3, to watch the thunderstorm that lashed rural areas in the south of Ras Al Khaimah on Wednesday.
Fujairah mother can no longer afford costs of flooding repairs to home
Cloudy weather with a chance of rainfall, especially in the north and east of the country, has been forecast for Wednesday and Thursday.
Fujairah campaign sees 600 trees planted
Emirates Environmental Group’s (EEG) campaign, “For Our Emirates We Plant”, aims to plant trees to maintain and sustain an ecological balance and help the national environment as a whole.
Heavy rains cause flooding in Fujairah
Murbah, Qidfa and Sakamkam flooded due to the downpour with police announcing the closure of Yabsa Bypass road leading to Sakamkam.
First UAE sign language dictionary expected in June
Members of the deaf community and specialists from across the country have come together to compile the UAE’s first sign language dictionary.
345kg of food ‘unfit for human consumption’ destroyed in Fujairah
The Dibba Al Fujairah Municipality carried out inspections on 664 restaurants, supermarkets, butchers and fish shops in Fujairah.
Property report reveals Abu Dhabi and Dubai’s most searched locations
More than 68 million searches were made on Dubizzle last year for apartments for rent in Dubai Marina, while Khalifa City A had more than 24 million searches.
Operetta to open Fujairah International Arts Festival
The first Fujairah International Arts Festival will open with the performance of an operetta – The Rise of Glory – based on the UAE’s history and achievements and directed by Nasser Ibrahim.
Hospital staff in the Northern Emirates opt for big-city salaries
Northern healthcare chiefs agree with FNC members on lack of nurses and specialists outside Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Summer start for Fujairah roadworks upgrade
An upgrading of infrastructure that includes tunnels and traffic signals for Fujairah city’s main road has been given a green light.
Voters travel from far and wide to have say in historic Sharjah poll
On milestone day for elections in the UAE, poll organisers report glitch-free ballot that has captured public’s imagination.
Woman, 26, dies after Fujairah car crash
The collision occurred on the E89 road near Al Bithna area at about 5pm on Tuesday.
