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If you are caught driving a vehicle whose records have been removed from the Roads and Transport Authority’s (RTA) system, you will face serious legal consequences, a senior official warned on Monday. The RTA announced that it will start writing-off vehicles whose registrations have expired two or more years ago, effective by the end of [...]

A deadly car accident has claimed the life of 33-year-old car driver Monday night on Emirates road. The car accident that occurred on the Global Village intersection on Emirates Road heading to Abu Dhabi occurred because of the driver’s excessive speed. The driver, who is from one of the Asian countries, lost control of the [...]

Dubai International started the second half of the year on a positive note as Dubai Airports reported monthly passenger numbers that eclipsed the elusive four-million mark for the first time. Dubai International handled a total of 4,307,926 passengers in July compared to 3,768,965 in July 2009, a year on year increase of 14.3 per cent. [...]

Cebu Pacific, the low cost carrier, has another seat sale running right now. The seat sale promo sale period is from August 17 – August 19, 2010 or as long as the seats last. And these are the destinations, international and domestic: Domestic Seat Sale: Manila to Coron (Busuanga) or Kalibo – P 499 – [...]

Benefiting from two major tourism boosters, the election of President Benigno S. Aquino III and the passage of the Tourism Act of 2009; Department of Tourism (DoT) Secretary Alberto Lim is anticipating a “new shine on the country’s brand before the world” as tourist influx in the Philippines is expected to hit 3.3 million this [...]

Kelkoo survey finds prices are sky-high at Heathrow and that online shoppers land the real bargains

Growing number of deaths and serious accidents caused by people jumping from balconies towards swimming pools

With the start of the holy month of Ramadan, Emirates has undertaken several initiatives to ensure the comfort and care of fasting customers. The award winning Emirates in-flight service has developed a special offering for passengers observing Ramadan, in keeping with traditions and values of this important religious occasion. For flights departing close to Iftar, [...]

BAA – which as well as Heathrow also owns Stansted, Glasgow and Edinburgh – said the total number of travellers going through its airports increased by 0.3% in July to 10.9 million people

Celebrating the Holy Month of Ramadan, Emirates is offering passengers some excellent fares to 20 select destinations across the Middle East, Far East and Africa. Customers will save up to 10 percent on regular market fares when traveling in Economy or Business Class. The offer is valid for booking as of 1st August for travel [...]

Expected mid-August walkout would hit an estimated 2 million passengers during height of Spain’s summer tourism season

Driving in Cebu is special, we all know this. Every day you see many traffic violations in Cebu since not too many drivers actually seem to care. There are traffic rules in the Philippines of course, and even some traffic enforcers are seen sometimes on the roads. But does someone actually care for traffic signs? [...]

Private airline Airblue’s flight ED 202 Plane Model Airbus A321 crashed Its is Reported that a Private commercial jet Flight # ED 202 Airblue was on its routine flight from Karachi to Islamabad and was about to land at Benazir International Airport, Islamabad suddenly crashed on Margalla hills. according to sources this place is said [...]

Dubai Metro service hours during the holy month of Ramadan will start from 06.00 am and continue until 01.00 am (after midnight) during weekdays, and from 02.00 pm to 01.00 am on Fridays, announced Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board & Executive Director of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA). Al Tayer also announced [...]

Bike docking stations are appearing all over London in preparation for the launch of an ‘almost-free’ bike hire scheme. Miles Brignall tests it out

Warm welcomes make up for driving rain on a cycling trip down an old Roman route through central Spain

Another accident involving Transjakarta bus occurred in Central Jakarta, Friday (7/23). A motorcyclist identified as Nabrudin (48) was hit by a Transjakarta bus of B 7034 BI plying the route of Kampung Melayu-Ancol at 12 am in the area of Manggarai. Nabrudin, who was riding Yamaha Jupiter B 6425 PLH, was intending to U turn [...]

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million (as of December 2009); the entire population of the metropolitan area (urban area and suburbs) is calculated to be nearly 6 million. It is the third-most populous municipality in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, [...]

Traffic mortality in Dubai dropped to 90 cases in the first half of the current year from 120 cases in the corresponding half of 2009. The traffic deaths index in Dubai fell from 7,11 per 100,000 people to less than 1 per 100,000. Dubai is hoping to have a zero target in the next ten [...]

Widespread corruption and alleged Maoist sabotage are costing lives. It’s time the Indian government took radical action