Nigeria declares state of emergency over food security, inflation
LAGOS (Nigeria): Nigeria has declared a state of emergency over food security and inflation in the country, the president announced Friday, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported. “We declared a state of emergency and unveiled a comprehensive intervention plan on food security, affordability, and sustainability, taking decisive action to tackle food inflation,” Tinubu said on Twitter. Nigeria, Africa’s leading […]
Community emergency team set up in Mukah
MUKAH: The state’s first Civil Defense Force (Community) Emergency Response Team (CDERT-C) was established here last month to educate the community on rescue skills in times of emergency. Deputy Minister of Sabah and Sarawak Affairs Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib believes the community can be the first responders to reduce the impact of accidents and tragedies […]
State of emergency declared in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a nationwide state of emergency with effect from Monday, reported Xinhua. A special gazette notice said Wickremesinghe declared the state of emergency in the interests of public security, the protection of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the […]
State of Emergency can be lifted earlier if pandemic eases
KUCHING: Political analyst Dick Lembang Dugun has suggested that if the Covid-19 pandemic could be brought under control, then the state of Emergency in Sarawak could be lifted earlier to give way to Sarawak’s 12th state election (PRN-12) with strict standard operating procedures (SOPs) in place. He said this control would involve bringing the number […]
State polls hangs on state of Emergency
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the Sarawak government will wait for the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah’s decision on whether the national Emergency, slated to end on August 1, will be extended or not. “Right now, as we know, the Emergency is still on. Whether there […]
Tokyo enters fourth Covid-19 emergency, covering Olympics period
TOKYO: Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government put Tokyo under its fourth Covid-19 state of emergency on Monday in an effort to contain a resurgence in coronavirus infections. With the measure, to last until August 22, a period that will cover the duration of the Tokyo Olympics, the government aims to curb the movements of people […]
Emergency not for government to hang on to power
KUCHING: The present state of emergency in the country is not used as a weapon by Perikatan Nasional (PN) to cling on to power, Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Willie Mongin insisted. To him the purpose is to allow the government to battle the Covid-19 pandemic while looking after the socio-political harmony […]
State of emergency facilitates handling of pandemic
ASAJAYA: The state of emergency has empowered the federal government to open more places to treat Covid-19 patients and subsequently improve the effectiveness of anti-pandemic efforts. Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said prior to the emergency, the nation reached a point where it recorded about 4,000 positive cases […]
Don’t make emergency an issue
BY NOR FARIZA MOHD RAZHI & N,SEVAGAMY The emergency proclaimed by the King to arrest the Covid-19 pandemic in the country should not be made an issue because Malaysia is not the only country that has declared it, said legal expert Datuk Mohd Haaziq Pillay Abdullah. He said countries such as New Zealand, Japan, Australia, France, Finland and […]
Emergency, MCO 2.0 may lower daily new cases
BY MELATI MOHD ARIFF This is a round-up of Covid-19 related matters in Malaysia from Jan 9 up to noon yesterday where case numbers have exceeded 147,000. The proclamation of emergency and enforcement of the movement control order (MCO 2.0) have now emerged as the two main prongs of the government’s approach to curb spiralling […]
