KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 — The Women’s Aid Organisation must urgently elect a new leadership to replace interim appointments made in the wake of mass resignations, said a former executive director who warned that failure could lead to the group’s deregistration. Sumitra Visvanathan told Malay Mail the current exco was formed against the advice of … Read more
KOTA KINABALU, March 13 — Papar district has been declared a drought disaster area, the district disaster management committee (JPBD) announced today. In a statement, it said the declaration was made today based on reports and information obtained in the area. Papar JPBD has taken action to address the water supply issues in the district, … Read more
KUCHING, Feb 17 — The number of flood victims in Sarawak continued to increase as at 4pm today from 402 from 106 families in the morning to 418 from 107 families in the afternoon. According to the report from the State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN), all evacuees were housed at three temporary relief centres (PPS) … Read more
Maui, Hawaii, Feb. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 33 million small businesses and startups visited Maui, HI, to highlight the agency’s work in the aftermath of the disastrous August 2023 … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 — The Disaster Operations Room (BigBen) of the Public Works Department (JKR) has been instructed to operate at Level 2 — from 8am to midnight seven days a week — following the increase in natural disaster cases, especially in Johor and Pahang. Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi in a … Read more
JOHOR BARU, Dec 28 — The flood in Mersing fully receded today and all 91 evacuees from 32 families in the Temporary Relief Centre (PPS) at the Endau Rompin National Park Complex were allowed to return home this afternoon. The Johor Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) said the evacuees from Kampung Orang Asli Peta were also … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 — The National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) has ordered that the State/District Disaster Management Committees (JPBN/JPBD) be activated following the alert-level continuous rain warning for several areas issued by the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) last night. In a Disaster Operations Preparedness Notice issued today, Nadma urged JPBN and JPBD to increase … Read more
KOTA BARU, Dec 9 — The Kelantan State Disaster Operations Control Centre Committee (PKOB) will investigate allegations of certain individuals in the state who moved to relief centres even though their homes were not badly affected by floods. Kelantan State Development Director under the Prime Minister’s Department Implementation Coordination Unit (PMD ICU) Jasri Kasim said … Read more
KUALA TERENGGANU, Nov 24 — The government has urged all district disaster management committees (JPBD) involved in flood-relief efforts to immediately check and verify the list of household heads housed in temporary relief centres (PPS). Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah, Sarawak Affairs and Special Functions) Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said this is to … Read more
NOVEMBER 9 — In the report “US says opposes ‘reoccupation’ of Gaza by Israel”, US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters that the US does not “support the reoccupation of Gaza and neither does Israel”. Israel has claimed that it has withdrawn from the Gaza Strip (Gaza), which it captured in the 1967 Six-Day … Read more
