KUCHING: Sarawak Community Policing Association (SCPA) agreed that those violating the movement control order (MCO) should perform compulsory community work as punishment. Its chairman Datuk Dr John Lau Pang Heng said he agreed with Malaysian Prisons Department director-general Datuk Seri Zulkifli Omar’s suggestion that those found guilty should do community
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded two more deaths related to Covid-19 yesterday, bringing the total to 12. The eleventh fatality was a 72-year-old man from Taman Sebah Height, Kuching. He tested positive for Covid-19 on March 28 and was admitted to the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH). He died at 1.37pm. The twelfth
KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) had issued a new directive allowing shops selling hardware, agricultural supplies and spare parts to operate during the movement control order (MCO) period. SDMC deputy chairman Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said however these shops are allowed to operate only twice a week
KUCHING: All Kuala Lumpur-Sibu and Sibu-Kuala Lumpur flights are cancelled until April 14. Also from today until the movement control order (MCO) period is over, all foreigners travelling by land, air and sea are not allowed to transit in Sarawak. This is the latest measure issued by the disaster committee
KUCHING: It was a relief for some longhouse folk in Repok constituency, who were affected by the movement control order (MCO), when their assemblyman Datuk Sri Huang Tiong Sii came bringing with him essential food items. Huang, in his Facebook post, said some 165 heads of the households received the
KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth chief Gerald Rentap Jabu is now under 14-day self-quarantine at home after he attended a meeting with a recently diagnosed Covid-19 positive person. He said he was among those who attended the meeting with Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan
KUCHING: Prisons can get those found guilty of flouting the movement control order (MCO) to do community service if the judiciary had issued a directive to that effect. Laywer Shankar Ram Asnani said it was strictly within the jurisdiction of presiding magistrates to decide the appropriate sentences for flouters. “It
KUCHING: Many concerned and caring citizens of Kuching have come forward by raising fund to help the less fortunate, especially those under the Kuching City South Council (MBKS) who are greatly affected by the movement control order (MCO). The donation, in the form of cash and essential food items, came
KUCHING: The highest infection rate of Covid-19 is reported to be in the southern part of Sarawak. Tourism, Art, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said this includes Kuching and Samarahan Divisions, which are areas of high infected. Karim was representing Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar
KUCHING: This year’s state-level Gawai Dayak celebration may be put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing has urged all Dayak leaders to cancel the gathering for the safety of everyone. Last year’s gathering was hosted by the Bidayuh community while the