SEMATAN: Community leaders and village chiefs (KMKK) have been reminded of their important role in disseminating information on the government’s assistance to the needy. Assistant Minister of Community Wellbeing Datuk Francis Harden Hollis said they could assist in registering qualified children under their care for government aid. “This is because
KUCHING: Hope Place donated food items worth RM3,000 to frontliners at the Malaysia Medical Welfare Fund Sentosa Hospital branch yesterday. The local non-governmental organisation (NGO) presented the donation as a token of appreciation for efforts in battling the Covid-19 pandemic. The donation included biscuits, mineral water, noodles, malt drinks, and
DARO: The body of 11-year-old Mohamad Amirul Dedy Susanto was discovered on Wednesday evening (July 22) after he was reported missing when he slipped and fell into the river at Kampung Hilir, Kuala Matu on Monday (July 20). The State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said that the victim’s body
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded nine new positive Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total of positive cases in the state to 628. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said that the new cases were all reported in Kuching. Two of nine cases were imported from overseas — a local who had just
BAU: An elderly man was killed after a tree fell on him at Kampung Barieng Segong, Singai on Wednesday morning (July 22). Bau Fire and Rescue Station chief Tawang Lingem said that they received an emergency call that the victim Metih Rai @ Rais, 64 was crushed by a tree
KUCHING: Seventeen individuals comprising 15 men and two women were issued with a RM1,000 compound fine each for failing to practise social distancing in two different eateries. Kuching District police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani said that the first premises inspection took place on Tuesday night (July 21) around
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Police picked up two men for possessing drugs worth RM705 at the compound of a local university on Monday night (July 20). Kota Samarahan District police chief DSP Sudirman Kram said that the arrest was carried out by a team from the Kota Samarahan Police Narcotics Crime Investigation
BINTULU: The Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained two Vietnamese fishing vessels which were caught in the act of fishing illegally in our waters on Tuesday (July 21). The total value of the confiscated items was RM1.2 million. MMEA Bintulu Maritime acting director Commander Effendy Mohamed Fadil said the boats
KUCHING: Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) Sarawak urged the general public not to be negligent and forgetful in adhering to the usage of face masks and to comply with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to curb the spread of Covid-19. Its chairman Ahmad
KUCHING: Forty-eight individuals, consisting of 37 men and 11 women at a bistro at Jalan Song Thiang Chock, were compounded RM1,000 each for failing to practise social distancing on Monday night (July 20). Another individual — a Nigerian — was charged under under Section 269 of the Penal Code for
