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The World Food Programme has suspended all aid flights to cyclone hit Burma after the ruling military junta seized the first plane-load of supplies. Aid workers denied access into the country have warned the death toll could double if the delivery of aid to victims is hampered further. Burma...
CHILDREN from the Ti-Ratana Welfare Society in Kuala Lumpur played their part to help victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar by chipping in to the The Star Myanmar Relief Fund. The children accompanied the society’s founder and adviser chief high priest Venerable K. Sri Dhammaratana to hand over a...
VOLUNTARY service organisation Kiwanis Malaysia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Unicef Malaysia to raise funds in aid of cyclone Nargis survivors. The MoU signed yesterday would see funds raised by Kiwanis Malaysia “Myanmar Relief Fund” channelled to Myanmar through Unicef...
Myanmar's junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they had seen no evidence of people selling or stockpiling donated goods. Tons of food, water, blankets, mosquito nets, medicine and tents have been...
The thunderstorms that brought blowing dust and sprinkles of rain to the Valley on Thursday were unseasonable. But triple-digit temperatures, not unusual for this time of year, are just a few days away. Dark clouds bearing strong winds typically are seen during the summer monsoon. But there in...
