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	Singapore: Emergency Preparedness Bags to be given to Schools
	The Red Cross is distributing emergency preparedness bags to nearly 100 schools, from primary to post-secondary levels - the latest in a string of initiatives to improve community preparedness for mass emergencies.Each bag consists of basic essential survival equipment, such as a first-aid kit, water bottle and batteries, with the bags meant to be used as a teaching aid by youth volunteers to help their schoolmates prepare their own ones at home.
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	Singapore: Fake News Takes Centre Stage in Emergency Readiness Drill
	In the immediate aftermath of three simulated terror attacks, 150 community leaders had to stave off a rush of fake news, inaccurate information and anxiety-laden messages on Facebook and WhatsApp.\r\nIn a community emergency preparedness exercise on 7 April morning, the participants from 24 wards in northern Singapore had to deal with the fallout of three coordinated attacks: a shooting at a shopping centre in Punggol, a vehicle rampage in Yishun and the bombing of a church in Jalan Kayu.
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	Singapore: SCDF Team Finishes Second in Asian Emergency Response Competition
	The SCDF team was the first runner-up in the EMS Asia contest in Davao City in the Philippines, winning US$400 (S$545) and two pieces of spinal immobilisation equipment. It lost to the team from the host country
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	Sri Lanka: Badurueliya Hospital to be reopened after Weeklong Shutdown
	The hospital was closed down after the death of a local man. The man was taken to the hospital in critical condition and, according to his family and their neighbours, did not receive immediate medical attention. He died before any treatment was provided. When the news of his death spread to the surrounding villages his neighbours gathered and protested peacefully. The hospital was closed down when the doctors went on strike in retaliation to the protest. The following day, December 17, the doctors did not report to work at Badureliya District Hospital in retaliation to the protest. Later, the nurses also joined in to support the doctors. Th
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	Sri Lanka: Japan Grants Rs. 37 million for Disaster Risk Reduction in Sri Lanka
	Colombo: A Japanese NGO has received a Rs. 37 million grant from Japan for a capacity building project on community-based disaster risk reduction in Sri Lanka. The Japanese Ambassador in Colombo Nobuhito Hobo and Program Unit Chief of Civic Force Ms Megumi Kuwana signed the grant contract for a project entitled "Capacity Building project on community-based disaster risk reduction" on the 13th February at the Ambassador's Residence in Colombo. The project amounts to US$ 291,005 (approximately Rs. 37million) and is to be implemented for one year under the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects, a grant funding program of Japan's Official
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Singapore: Emergency Preparedness Bags to be given to Schools

Singapore: Fake News Takes Centre Stage in Emergency Readiness Drill

Singapore: SCDF Team Finishes Second in Asian Emergency Response Competition

Sri Lanka: Badurueliya Hospital to be reopened after Weeklong Shutdown

Sri Lanka: Japan Grants Rs. 37 million for Disaster Risk Reduction in Sri Lanka

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