Filipinos have just gone through another election, apparently unchastened by a past too ignoble, too repetitive and too recent to be forgotten: They endorsed the repressive presidency of Rodrigo Duterte by voting in all of his candidates to the Senate. ### Half of the Senate’s 24 seats were up in midterm elections recently, and all,…
Abu Dhabi: A national strategy for advanced skills has been launched to enhance life-term learning and qualify national cadres to cope with future changes. ### The strategy for the Advanced Skills National Programme was approved by the Cabinet, chaired by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE…
London: Former England spinner Monty Panesar made shocking revelations about ball tampering, saying he would use sun screen, mints and also the zip of his trouser to make the ball reverse swing. ### In an excerpt of his book ‘The Full Monty’, which appeared on the Daily Mail, Panesar said he was told to keep…
Dubai: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has honoured 66 high-performing instructors across the seven authorised driving institutes and centres in the emirate. ### The step is part of RTA’s efforts to reward excellent personnel and motivate them to sustain their positive professional practices in a bid to nurture a competitive work environment. ### “The…
Brussels: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen won her symbolic duel with President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, as eurosceptic forces made strong gains in the EU parliamentary election. ### Turnout EU-wide was estimated at 51 percent, the highest in 20 years, suggesting more than 200 million citizens across the 28-nation bloc voted in a poll billed…
Dubai ### Emirates airline said on Sunday it is “cooperating fully” with relevant authorities after two of its passengers, one of whom is the founder of India’s Jet Airways, were barred from flying. ### Naresh Goyal, former chairman of Jet, and his wife Anita Goyal, a former board member of the carrier, were held at…
Emirati artist, photographer and graphic designer Hussain AlMoosawi studied and worked in Australia for several years. The amazing changes he saw in his country every time he travelled home motivated him to embark on a photography project to document buildings from the 1970s, 80s and 90s across the UAE that are being overshadowed or replaced…
ABU DHABI: The UAE has pledged US$10 million to support ending of sexual and gender-based violence. ### This came when a UAE delegation led by Zaki Nusseibeh, Minister of State, co-hosted the “International Conference on Ending Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Humanitarian Crises”, which was held in Oslo, Norway on May 23-24, 2019. ### In…
When the 756 new Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) convene in Strasbourg in early July, they will sit in a chamber that is more divided than ever. Over the past few days, each of the 28 member-nations of the European Union has been voting to elect their respective MEPs — representatives who will determine…
Brussels: The main centre-right group in the EU parliament will insist its lead candidate be appointed president of the European Commission, the leader of the European People’s Party (EPP) declared Sunday. ### “We won the election and the EPP ‘spitzenkandidat’ Manfred Weber will be president of the European Commission,” Joseph Daul told reporters, after a…