KUCHING: Having the state’s own mobile Internet service provider (ISP) is a long-term plan to provide Internet access throughout Sarawak including its remote rural areas. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice president Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi said the state cannot solely rely on existing telecommunication companies (telcos) because their
KUCHING: The wearing of face masks will be compulsory for students of Anglican mission schools in Sarawak. President of the Anglican mission Schools Right Reverend Datuk Danald Jute said a guideline on the wearing of masks had been set for all its mission schools, especially in the affected districts of
Syllabus must be more inclusive and include Bahasa Malaysia and History subjects to be considered KUCHING: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin did not close the door when he said there was room for discussions with regards to governmental recognition for the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC). This was the interpretation
KUCHING: The Association of Churches in Sarawak (ACS) will cooperate with the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) if church activities need to be suspended again because of the spike in Covid-19 cases. Chairman of ACS Archbishop Simon Poh told New Sarawak Tribune this when asked on Sunday whether Christian churches
KUCHING: The Stutong Community Market has been instructed to close after two positive Covid-19 cases were reported to have been traced from the market Saturday (July 18). Kuching City South Council (MBKS) mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng said the market will be temporarily closed until further notice. “There was a
KUCHING: A new Covid-19 cluster has been detected in Sarawak and it is called Stutong Market Cluster. According to Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement on Saturday (July 18), the two positive cases were detected as a result of the initial screening of 56 traders at the market.
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded seven new positive Covid-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 601 to date. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement said, they were two import cases and five local transmissions. It said the first case is a local
KUCHING WATERFRONT PROJECT KUCHING: The Sarawak government has decided to extend the proposed waterfront project from Kampung Sungai Bedil to Kampung Tanjong up to Kampung Tupong here. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said this is a big project spanning 1.5km long and will cost RM30 million. “Today,
KUCHING: The Muslim community in Kampung Lintang here will soon have a new mosque — the Darul Naim Mosque which is expected to be completed by this November. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the RM8 million-mosque funded by the state government is already 80 percent completed.
KUCHING: Nineteen illegal immigrants (Pati) were picked up by the army at the Malaysia/Indonesia Kalimantan border here recently. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that four arrests were made from July 13 to 16 at the Tebedu, Serikin and Serian borders. “From the four