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Early Eid al-Adha Pardons

Eid al-Adha  will be celebrated in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on  11 August 2019  as per Gregorian date ( Islamic Year 1440 ), Our Muslim brothers and sisters will celebrate Eid al-Adha or 'Feast/Festival of the Sacrifice' to honor the intervention of God when Ibrahim (Abraham) was to willingly sacrifice his beloved son, Isaac, to show his obedience to Him. God provided him with a lamb to sacrifice instead of his child. To commemorate this, an animal is sacrificed and divided into three (3) parts for the poor and needy family/home relatives Many families of different nationalities will celebrate freedom this Eid al-Adha. Freedom is priceless and we only realize this when we cannot do what we want to do with the loved ones because of some bondages. Truly God hears our prayers and sees our silent pains down here on earth. The leading newspaper, Gulf News, reported the humanitarian gestures of the UAE leaders on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, relative t...

On Family Sponsorship

There are many good things happening in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Khaleej Times reports "Expatriates will no longer be hampered by their job titles to sponsor dependents after the new family sponsorship policy for UAE expats came into effect on Sunday." This means yesterday, 14 July 2019. This is in accordance with Cabinet Decision No. 30 for 2019. What a great news for those who want to bring their families here. This is very, very timely. As we all know, the family is the foundation of society. The family is supposedly the human rock of every person. Many people away from the family feel an emptiness inside them. I know that the readers can relate to this. Other matters particularly worldly things bring temporary happiness and after some time, the joy is gone. Atty. Barney Almazar (GulfLaw director), the pride of overseas Filipinos, remarked, "The provisions for sponsoring family members of an expatriate ease the requirements without compromising the i...