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 […]
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
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
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
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 Israel has claimed that it has withdrawn from the Gaza Strip (Gaza), which it captured in the 1967 Six-Day
LOS ANGELES, Oct 29 — Gustavo Zerbino and Mamadou Kouassi have two major things in common. They both survived horrifying ordeals — one endured 72 days in the frozen Andes by eating human flesh after an infamous plane crash; the other suffered brutal imprisonment, extortion and slavery on the African migrant trail to Europe. And
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LOS ANGELES, Oct 27 — Leave the World Behind, an acclaimed novel about ordinary people struggling to cope as a slow and mysterious disaster shuts down the world, felt topical when it was published during the unfurling pandemic of 2020. So the world premiere of its star-studded Netflix film adaptation at AFI Fest in Los
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SYDNEY: Scores of protesters in a flood-wrecked city in eastern Australia vented their fury Wednesday as Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited the heart of the disaster zone. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd Website developed by Gias Ul Hassan – Best Website Developer – WordPress Web Design – Custom Website Design
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Flood victims in Kedah welcome the government’s initiative to take strategic measures to improve disaster management and hope that the plan will be carried out so that the people are better prepared. Website developed by Gias Ul Hassan – Best Website Developer – WordPress Web Design – Custom Website Design
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NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga: A coronavirus-hit Australian warship docked in Tonga on Wednesday, delivering desperately needed aid to the volcano-and-tsunami-struck nation under strict “no-contact” protocols. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd Website developed by Gias Ul Hassan – Best Website Developer – WordPress Web Design – Custom Website Design
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ARBIL, Iraq: The bodies of 16 people killed when their boat sank in the Channel while trying to reach England were repatriated early Sunday to Iraqi Kurdistan where their families were awaiting them, an AFP photographer saw. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd Website developed by Gias Ul Hassan – Best Website Developer –
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