KUCHING: The movement control order (MCO) in the state will be extended until June 14, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). The decision was announced by the committee in its daily Covid-19 update yesterday (May 31). “Today (May 31), SDMC has met and decided to coordinate the implementation date
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 654 new Covid-19 cases on Monday (May 31), bringing the state’s tally to 47,329 since the first case was detected on March 13 last year. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 405 or 61.93 percent of the new cases were detected in Kuching, Sibu and Miri. “Kuching
KUCHING: The State Health Department has declared two new Covid-19 clusters in Sarawak. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in announcing this yesterday, said the Gerigat Cluster in Kabong and the Sungai Parik Cluster in Sri Aman are both community clusters. The Gerigat cluster was detected at a village in Gerigat,
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Traders and shop owners here have shown full compliance to the set standard operating procedures (SOPs) under the movement control order (MCO), said Datuk Peter Minos. The Kota Samarahan Municipal Council chairman said although some needed necessary persuasion to close down operations, none had refused as soon as
KUCHING: The Sarawak Brigade’s General Operations Force (GOF) managed to thwart the attempts of three local tekong (trafficking agents) to smuggle in five illegal immigrants into the state. GOF Sarawak commander SAC Mancha Ata said the agents were arrested in two separate raids during Ops Benteng on May 23 and
KUCHING: Sarawak police will step up its compliance monitoring and enforcement of the standard operating procedure (SOP) throughout the imposition of the statewide movement control order (MCO) from May 29 until June 11. Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said enforcement and roadblock operations would be conducted similar to that of
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Rescuers have recovered the body of a croc-attack victim in a river at Kampung Naie Lama, here this afternoon (May 27), some 26 hours after the incident. State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said the body of Allistar Rabanie, 30, was discovered at 1.58pm about one
KUCHING: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained a Vietnamese fishing boat about 100 nautical miles from Tanjung Po near here on Tuesday (May 25). Sarawak MMEA director First Admiral (Maritime) Zin Azman Md Yunus said the action was the result of gathered intelligence and tip-off from the local fishing
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A motorcyclist died on the spot after he crashed into a plastic road barrier and landed on the road along KM11, Jalan Datuk Mohd Musa here on Wednesday (May 25). Sarawak Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the victim had been identified as Michael
MIRI: A police report has been lodged against Muhammad Ryzal Ibrahim of the Youtuber duo ‘DurianKimchi’ for making fun of the traditional Ngepan Iban dress. The report was lodged by non-governmental organisation (NGO) Dayak Bukit Kelingkang (DBK) at Miri Central Police Station on Thursday (May 27). DBK spokesperson Augustine Geraman