Floods swallow cars, swamp houses in ‘major’ Australian emergency

Melbourne (AFP) – Flash floods swamped hundreds of homes in southeastern Australia and thousands of people were warned to flee surging waters threatening towns across three separate states Friday. A major flooding emergency was unfolding in Victoria — Australia’s second most populous state — where rapidly-rising waters forced evacuations in the Melbourne suburb of... Read More

World

September 27, 2022

Next of kin of Muhammad Farouq Tan sought

KUCHING: Bintulu Hospital is looking for the next of kin or family members of a deceased of a Chinese convert man identified as Muhammad Farouq Tan Abdullah. According to its press release here today, the deceased was brought to the hospital by members of the public to the Emergency and Trauma Unit before he was... Read More

Sarawak News

September 8, 2022

Cryptocurrency mining alleged power theft, fire culprit

KUCHING: Rented premises were caught on fire as a result of wire tampering to bypass electricity meter at Jalan Datuk Musa, Kota Samarahan. According to Sarawak Energy, it received an alert when the firefighters requested the electricity provider to perform an emergency shutdown to put out the fire safely. “After the fire was extinguished, the... Read More

Sarawak News

June 18, 2022

159 attend emergency response course

SRI AMAN: A total of 159 enforcement, defence and safety personnel representing three agencies from Gua, here attended the Certified Emergency Response Team (CERT) course organised by the State Security and Enforcement Unit. A news report by UKAS said the course involved the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM), Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM) and Fire and... Read More

Sarawak News

May 8, 2022

Women firefighters needed to complement men

Knowing that the profession of fighting fires is dominated by men, the State Fire and Rescue Department (BOMBA) is taking steps to increase the number of women firefighters. State BOMBA director Datuk Khirudin Drahman said that presently, there are only 63 or 5.5 percent women firefighters out of the total force of 1,140 full time... Read More

Sarawak News, Top 2

October 16, 2021

Two things must be done before Sarawak state election can be held

KUCHING: Two things must be done before the 12th Sarawak state election can be held, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. Firstly, he said the emergency proclamation until Feb 2, 2022 as declared by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah would... Read More

Prime, Sarawak News

August 4, 2021

No sitting of Sarawak State Assembly during emergency

KUCHING: The Sarawak State Legislative Assembly will not sit for the duration of the emergency in the state from Aug 2 to Feb 2 next year, Speaker Datuk Amar Haji Mohd Asfia Awang Nassar said today. He cited Section 4 of the Emergency (Essential Powers) (Sarawak) Ordinance 2021 and said that for so long as... Read More

Sarawak News, Top Story

August 2, 2021

Emergency or not, reps still need to serve rakyat

KUCHING: Whether there is a proclamation of emergency or not, the present state elected representatives still have an important duty of serving the people, says Lo Khere Chiang. The Batu Kitang assemblyman stressed that he would continue serving and doing the best for his constituents. He noted that the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) led state... Read More

Prime, Sarawak News

August 1, 2021

Hoping for early end of Emergency

KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing hopes that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong would look at Sarawak’s political predicament by revoking his Emergency Proclamation early so that the 12th state election can be held when the situation is safe to do so in the future. He said by looking at the current... Read More

Sarawak News, Top Story

July 27, 2021

Emergency-related matters continue being hot topic in Dewan Rakyat

KUALA LUMPUR: Matters related to the revocation of the emergency ordinances continue to be a hot topic of discussion at the special meeting of the Dewan Rakyat today with several opposition MPs demanding immediate explanation and clarification. By referring to Article 150 (3) of the Federal Constitution, Gobind Singh Deo (PH-Puchong) questioned whether the revocation... Read More

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Floods swallow cars, swamp houses in ‘major’ Australian emergency

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Cryptocurrency mining alleged power theft, fire culprit

159 attend emergency response course

Women firefighters needed to complement men

Two things must be done before Sarawak state election can be held

No sitting of Sarawak State Assembly during emergency

Emergency or not, reps still need to serve rakyat

Hoping for early end of Emergency

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