KUCHING: The Sarawak government does not agree with the cancellation of flights to the state by airline companies from April 15 to 30. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) deputy chairman Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the committee felt that flights from Malaya to Sarawak and vice-versa were necessary to
KUCHING: To ensure delivery food riders do not go to work on an empty stomach, a bakery shop here hands out free freshly baked buns for them. Delivery food riders are another group of unsung heroes during this movement control order (MCO) period as dining at eateries is not allowed
KUCHING: A posting went viral on social media showing residents from Pakan standing under the sun in a long queue at the Pakan police station, waiting to get permits to travel to Sarikei. It is learnt that the residents wanted to go to Sarikei to withdraw money because there is no automated
KUCHING: Sarawak People’s Aspiration Party (Aspirasi) is asking the Sarawak government to provide an emergency basic income (EBI) of RM500 to all Sarawakians aged 18 and above for six months. Its chairman Buln Ribos said he is making this call because he feels there is a desperate need to help
KUCHING: Petra Jaya Health Clinic has started a ‘drive thru’ screening and sampling centre specifically for medical or frontline staff. Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii said such facilities would help to ease the testing workload at the Youth and Sports Complex which could then focus on testing the general public.
KUCHING: Opposition lawmakers have been reminded not to politicise aid given by the government to soften the impact of the movement control order (MCO) on needy people. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing said Nangka assemblyman Dr Annuar Rapaee spoke the truth about funds allocated to him. The RM200,000
KUCHING: Forty-one Sarawakians returned from Malaya, Sabah, Labuan and overseas on Saturday. They were immediately whisked off to undergo compulsory 14-day quarantine at designated centres in the state. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee in a daily update on Covid-19 yesterday said the total number of these persons under surveillance (PUS) stood
KUCHING: Homeless individuals in the state have an opportunity to return to society as they will be given a place to stay including having jobs. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said her ministry and the State Welfare Department were preparing a Social
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded one death from the coronavirus (Covid-19) yesterday, bringing the state’s total to 14 deaths. The latest victim is a 47-year-old woman from Kuching. She started having cough and fever on April 2 and was admitted to Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) Kuching on April 8, two days later
KUCHING: It is not a wise move to open barber shops and hair salons for now, said Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing. He said this was because social distancing was impossible between barbers and their customers. The Federal government recently announced that some services including hair salons