KUCHING: Pakatan Harapan (PH) Sarawak will contest in all 82 seats for the coming 12th State Election. Its three component parties namely Democratic Action Party (DAP), Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) have come to an agreement on the seat allocation. PKR has the most seats as
KUCHING: A new Covid-19 cluster named the Mador Cluster has been identified by the State Health Department. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement on Saturday (Jan 2) said that this cluster involved Meradong and Sibu District. It said the index case for this cluster was Case 1,115 that
KUCHING: Sarawak has recorded five new Covid-19 positive cases on Saturday (Jan 2), with four cases reported in Sibu and one in Bintulu. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement today, said this brings the total number of cases in the state to 1,130. It said Case 1,126 involved
KUCHING: The owner of a karaoke lounge in Bintulu was arrested for not adhering to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to curb the spread of Covid-19. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement on Saturday (Jan 2) said the police also arrested 14 foreign customers of whom two are
KUCHING: While most people were celebrating New Year’s Day, government hospitals in the state were kept busy with 60 babies — including twins — born on New Year’s Day. Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) recorded the highest number with 30 babies born — 17 boys and 13 girls. The first baby
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing will be going to the site of the accident which claimed the lives of nine people when a four-wheel drive (4WD) they were in fell into the Batang Lupar river from Triso ferry today (Jan 1). Masing, who
KUCHING: The 100-year-old Chinese temple in Kampung Muara Tebas here is a tourism potential which should be further promoted as a tourism product to attract domestic and foreign tourists to the area. Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said although Kampung Muara Tebas is known to
KUCHING: Sarawak will follow the federal government’s decision to extend the recovery movement control order (RMCO) until March 31. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said Putrajaya has officially announced the extension from Jan 1 to March 31. “Therefore, SDMC has decided to extend all the standard operating procedures (SOPs)
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded eight new positive Covid-19 cases, with seven local transmissions and one imported case on New Year’s Day. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said today (Jan 1) said three each were reported in Kuching and Meradong, and one each in Bintulu and Miri, bringing the total number of
KUCHING: A majority of respondents are prepared to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, according to a recent survey by the Ministry of Health (MoH). Sixty-seven percent of the respondents said they would agree to receive the vaccine. Seventeen percent were unsure about the vaccine, and 16 percent said they would reject
