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Renew your driving licence online
By Ashfaq Ahmed, Chief ReporterPublished: April 26, 2009, 23:10
Dubai: Motorists in Dubai can now renew their driving licences online, Gulf News has learnt.
“We have launched the online driving licence renewal service this week,” Engineer Ali Al Jasem, Director of the Licensing Department at the Licensing Agency [...]
April 27th, 2009 | Posted in Driving, Driving License, Dubai, RTA, United Arab Emirates, cars, roads | No Comments
From the Gulf News article
Many convenient ways of paying traffic fines
By Rayeesa Absal, Staff Reporter
Published: January 30, 2009, 23:33
Abu Dhabi: There are several ways in which motorists may pay traffic fines imposed on their vehicles. Penalty charges may be paid directly at the traffic departments or more conveniently, online.
Other modes of payment include over the [...]
February 1st, 2009 | Posted in Abu Dhabi, Driving, Driving License, UAE, United Arab Emirates, automobiles, cars, online, police, traffic, transport, useful phone numbers, web | No Comments
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/544705-website-offers-job-search-by-mobile-phone
CareerJunction Middle East has announced it has launched an innovative mobile application that allows job seekers to search and apply for jobs using their mobile phones.
http://www.careerjunctionme.com
January 27th, 2009 | Posted in Dubai, Jobs, UAE, United Arab Emirates, career, devices, online, sms, telecom, web | No Comments
Cafe Net has been faxing their weekly menu around. Putting this up for DIC and KV workers. Do comment on your experiences with Cafe Net food..
January 21st, 2009 | Posted in DIC, DMC, Delivery Menu, Door delivery, Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City, KV, Knowledge Village, New Dubai, UAE, United Arab Emirates, cafeterias, food, lunch boxes, restaurants, useful phone numbers | No Comments
http://www.itp.net/news/544069-etisalat-goes-live-with-voice-directory-service
After months of in-house tweaking and testing, Etisalat has launched its voice directory service in an effort to reduce response times.
Initially available only to landline customers calling ‘181’, the service will soon be made available to Etisalat’s mobile customers as well.
The service works with the help of an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system that uses [...]
January 20th, 2009 | Posted in Etisalat, Health, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Yellow Pages, finance, helpline, restaurants, travel, useful phone numbers | No Comments
Dubai offers free public parking until December 11
Staff ReportLast updated: December 01, 2008, 00:46
Dubai/Sharjah: Celebrations have begun in the country ahead of UAE’s 37th National Day on Tuesday.
Public parking in Dubai will be free of charge from tomorrow to December 11 in view of the National Day and Eid Al Adha [...]
December 1st, 2008 | Posted in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, UAE, UAE National Day, United Arab Emirates, automobiles, car parking, fines, sharjah, vehicles | No Comments
Join the Al Ain free book lending google group:
http://groups.google.com/group/alainbookclub
Gulf News story
Free-of-charge book lending service attracts many readers in Al Ain
By Aftab Kazmi, Bureau ChiefPublished: November 06, 2008, 23:23
Al Ain: Two expatriate women have pooled their efforts to promote the reading habit, offering hundreds of books to readers through an online booking reading club.
The [...]
November 7th, 2008 | Posted in Al Ain, Book lending, Books, Free, Library, UAE, United Arab Emirates | No Comments
Received a SMS from my bank this evening, asking me to change my PIN number from the nearest bank ATM….thought it would be useful to post these precautions to take while using a ATM:
From the Gulf News article today:
- Watch out for hidden devices (in the ATM card insertion slot), but do not try to [...]
September 12th, 2008 | Posted in ATM fraud, Banks, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1 Comment
Log your complaint
Learner drivers who fail driving tests, can appeal against the decision by filing a complaint on the RTA’s website www.rta.ae, call customer service number 8009090 or go to any Licensing Agency office to file an appeal.
The complaint will be referred to the committee, which investigate and take action.
Full Gulf News story
June 17th, 2008 | Posted in Driving, Driving License, Dubai, RTA, United Arab Emirates, roads, test, transport, vehicles | 1 Comment