KUCHING: Sarawak recorded six new Covid-19 positive cases today, of which two were locally transmitted and four were imported cases. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement said this brought the total number of cases in the state to 1,105. The committee said of the six cases, one was
KUCHING: The reasons for Larry Sng to quit his post as the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Sarawak chief could be due to lack of leadership and diminishing people support, said Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Youth chief Datuk Snowdan Lawan. He said for Larry to say that handing over to the
KUCHING: Members of the Dayak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) welcome the announcement by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg on using a certain formula to create jobs for the bumiputeras. Its supreme council member Marichelle Livan Lah said such effort and initiatives by the government to
KUCHING: A 53-year-old woman from Selangau, Sibu has become the latest victim to die of rabies in Sarawak this year. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the woman was admitted to Sibu Hospital on Dec 8 after having symptoms of shortness of breath and cough, and she
KUCHING: Requiring all foreign workers to undergo the Covid-19 screening test starting Jan 1 next year is a good move to content the spread of infection, particularly in high-risk areas. This was said by Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers’ Association (Sheda) Kuching chairman Datuk Sim Kiang Chiok, adding that
KUCHING: Malaysia is projected to experience a continuous rise in Covid-19 cases until mid-March next year hitting over 5,000 infections daily from Feb 25th, said Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii. Citing projections from the US-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s (IHME), he said if there is no urgent
KUCHING: Tazlan Jen and his wife Nur Atirah Voon Abdullah, although blind, have managed to reach their goals of wanting to help others by donating blood. This year, they have donated blood three times at blood donation campaigns organised by the relevant agencies here. Tazlan, 53, and his 33-year-old wife
KUCHING: Serian District Council (SDC) has been urged to continue their efforts to make Serian into a must-stop town for locals and tourists. These efforts include ensuring the area offers a variety of food and maintaining its cleanliness. Serian is the only small town in the whole country that has
KUCHING: Serian District Council (SDC) can possibly be elevated to a municipal council in the next few years. Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Datuk Amar Michael Manyin Jawong in harbouring such belief, said the council, with 60 years of providing its services, had done wonders in the area. These
KUCHING: The Ministry of Works (KKR) is calling all youth, including professionals in the construction industry in the state to take up a training course on Building Information Modelling (BIM) which is available at Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus (Swinburne Sarawak). BIM is an intelligent 3D model-based process that
