KUCHING: Minister of Welfare, Community Well-being, Women, Family and Childhood Development, Datuk Fatimah Abdullah has again stressed the importance of educating the public on the danger of teenage pregnancies. This, she said, included identifying risky behaviours and the available support system for unwed mothers so that they were not alone
KUCHING: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department seized contraband cigarettes and liquors worth RM1.4 million including taxes during an operation at a premises at Serian Durian Piazza, Serian Division. Customs enforcement officers from Miri, Bintulu and Sarikei together with the Intelligence Branch and Internal Investigation Unit conducted the raid on Tuesday
SIBU: Following concerns over the Pasai Cluster, several premises here, especially coffee shops, have closed for the time being. Sibu is currently a red zone and undergoing conditional movement control order (CMCO) following a high number of Covid-19 cases. A survey found that some coffee shops were closed today while
SERIAN: Villagers in Kampung Rayang and Kampung Rituh Labuan here will soon have better accessibility once works to upgrade roads to the villages are completed by March this year. Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development Datuk Roland Sagah Wee Inn said the upgrading works costing over RM382,000
KUCHING: The Archdiocese of Kuching has suspended mass at all Catholic churches within red zone areas during the conditional movement control order (CMCO) from Jan 13 to 26. This is due to the alarming increase of Covid-19 cases in Kuching, Sibu and Miri which have been declared ‘red zones’. Archbishop
KUCHING: Hope Place has responded immediately to the flood situation here by handing out aid to flood victims at several evacuation centres on Tuesday night (Jan 12). The first evacuation centre Hope Place visited was Dewan Balai Raya Taman Desa Wira, Batu Kawa, and food and other basic necessities were
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has recorded a total of 385 flood victims including 91 families today (Jan 13). The districts which were hit by floods are Kuching, Serian and Miri. In Kuching, four evacuation centres have been set up, namely Dewan Rekreasi Bimajaya, which holds 75 victims
KUCHING: Last Saturday, Sarawak recorded its highest daily at 55 cases, with Sibu recording the highest number of cases at 37. This brings the question whether the relaxation of the recovery movement control order (RMCO) should be reviewed again by the state government. The increase in cases has left Sarawakians
KUCHING: Having changed their pandemic status from orange to red, Sibu and Kuching districts have recorded 44 and 41 local cases, respectively, over the past 14 days. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) on Sunday (Jan 10), said also reported that Selangau and Sebauh also changed status from green to yellow
LUNDU: Villages in Opar constituency will receive water tanks provided by the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government to store clean water for their daily use. Assistant Minister of Welfare and Community Wellbeing Datuk Francis Harden Hollis said the water tanks would greatly benefit the rural villagers to store clean water