KUCHING: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs will work with the relevant ministry to explore ways on how it could further assist the e-commerce entrepreneurs in the country. Its minister Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi said this was to encourage more people to venture into e-commerce because doing online
KUCHING: A video that showed what looked like a flying lemur at a residential area went viral on social media recently. In the one-minute-seventeen-second video, it looked like the animal was tied to a tree branch, and was making painful sounds as if it was struggling to escape. The video
KUCHING: Assistant Minister of Transport Datuk Dr Jerip Susil is now free of the Covid-19 infection after both of his tests came back negative. “I would like to inform you that my infection of Covid-19 had been tested twice negative, which means I am now clear of the infection,” he
KUCHING: Julau MP Larry Sng is worried to see residents from Pakan having to queue up to get permission for inter-district travel. “This should not have happened,” he said in response to a posting that went viral on Facebook which saw some 100 residents from Pakan lining up just to
KUCHING: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Sarawak chief Larry Sng has revealed that Batu Lintang assemblyman See Chee How’s party membership has been terminated. Besides Chee How, who is also the PKR stamping branch chief, is the former Sarawak PKR secretary Vernon Kedit who has been sacked earlier. On April 7,
KUCHING: There will be sufficient essential goods during the month of Ramadhan, Hari Raya, Gawai and after the movement control order (MCO) period in the country. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi assured the public, including those in the rural areas, that issues of lack of
KUCHING: All barbershops or hair salons will not be allowed to operate in the state during the movement control order (MCO). This is the latest directive issued by the State Disaster Management Committee to curb the outbreak of Covid-19. SDMC deputy chairman Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said this decision
KUCHING: Remote villages in the Baleh constituency continue to receive food aid despite a journey of up to four hours to reach some of the longhouses. Baleh assemblyman Tan Sri James Jemut Masing, talking about this challenge, said: “There are no less than 200 longhouses in the Baleh constituency, in
KUCHING: A relaxation of the movement control order (MCO) can take place in Kapit seeing as it has been Covid-19 free, said Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing. However, he said in order for this to happen, there must be no movement from Bintulu and Sibu. “We can
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded another seven positive Covid-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total number of cases to 348 since the first positive case was reported on March 13. All these seven cases are being treated at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) here. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) deputy chairman Datuk Abdul Karim