The HKSAR government has accepted the advice of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee and approved the grant to two relief organizations, which will be used to provide flour, rice, cooking oil and quilts to benefit around 62,800 victims, a spokesman of the HKSAR government said. The com...
9:30 a.m. ET:House Republicansmet in the Capitol for a conference meeting. This follows another conference meeting Friday evening where Speaker Kevin McCarthy proposed a 45-day budget that would fund disaster relief but neither border security nor Ukraine support. That resolution did not pass an...
the week before Thanksgiving, with the funding levels continuing at the same levels as before. It includes roughly 6 billion U.S. dollars of aid for Ukraine and about 6 billion dollars in disaster relief funding.
59 Within four months, the government had created an emergency disaster relief fund in the amount of about $11 billion,60 while the losses from the earthquake were around $100 billion. On September 23, 2008, the State Council announced a “Notice on the State Council Overall Planning for ...
we will provide catastrophe insurance for farmers engaging in appropriately scaled farming operations. We will channel a portion of budgetary disaster relief funds into this initiative and expand the coverage and raise the benefits of the insurance scheme. We will improve the agricultural reinsurance sys...
Noticeably missing from the short-term spending bill, however, was security and humanitarian aid for Ukraine, as well as disaster relief. Does Congress get paid during a government shutdown? A history of government shutdowns: The 14 times funding has lapsed since 1980 ...
Meanwhile, a relief fund supported by local communities collected thousands of dollars within days. Top Stories Get the latest headlines, breaking news and columns. Sign Up By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Article content...
The Senate bill would raise the spending caps on defense and domestic spending by $300 billion over the next two years. It also includes $90 billion for disaster relief funds for areas hit by hurricanes and wildfires. The measure provides funds for infrastructure and to fight opioid abuse....
Together, the military and civilian arms of DOD protect national interests through war-fighting, providing humanitarian aid, and performing peacekeeping and disaster relief services. [121] Some government agencies include veterans’ benefits in their measures of social spending, but Just Facts counts ...
This online powerhouse announced a $5 million Neighborhood Small Business Relief Fund, which offers cash grants to small businesses in the local Seattle region. The company is also pausing repayment from sellers with outstanding loans, and they'll pause interest accrual for sellers with loans until...