Wednesday, 10 December 2025

Author: Noor Syahhira Hady

Sarawak records increase in cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 2,825 new Covid-19 cases on Friday (Sept 24), over a thousand cases more than the previous day’s tally of 1,766 cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said of the new cases, 2,812 or 99.54 percent were in Category 1 and 2 while 13 cases or 0.46

Graduates urged to be more dynamic

KUCHING: University graduates are urged to be more courageous in taking up job or business opportunities so that they are not left behind. University Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities senior lecturer Dr Siti Zanariah Ahmad Ishak said students and graduates alike cannot be lumped as a

Attitude will help graduates succeed, says academician

KUCHING: The degrees that graduates obtain from universities are just passports that reflect their knowledge, said Professor Dr Ambigapathy Pandian. The Dean of Faculty of Language and Communication, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) pointed out that the graduates’ success depended on their attitudes. “With the right attitude, they will be able

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State records another three clusters

KUCHING: Sarawak today (Sept 21) recorded three new clusters, said the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). The first one, the Jalan P Ramlee Cluster, is a workplace cluster involving an occupant at the workers’ quarters of a construction company located at Jalan P Ramlee here. “Of the 101 individuals who

Do it for yourself and the community

KUCHING: Datuk Richard Wee urged unvaccinated individuals to seriously consider getting themselves inoculated for their personal health and safety consideration. The Sarawak Federation of Chinese Associations president pointed out that other countries are encouraging their own citizens to be vaccinated. “Hence, I sincerely advise those who have not been vaccinated

Fatimah in favour of Khairy’s stand on tracking down anti-vaxxers

KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah is in favour of Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin’s firm stand on tracking down people who refused to get themselves vaccinated. “It is high time to be firm after countless explanations not only from the medical but also religious perspectives that were done by the government

Health Ministry serious in containing virus

KUCHING: The proactive move made by the Health Ministry to track down the unvaccinated individuals reflects its seriousness in containing the Covid-19 virus in Malaysia, said Datuk Seri Doris Sophia Brodie. “In actuality, I am not surprised that there are probably some who are unaware of the importance of getting

Good to track down unvaccinated individuals

KUCHING: A senior youth member of the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) Robert Ayu supports the Health Ministry’s move to track down the unvaccinated individuals instead of waiting for them to turn up at the vaccination centres (PPVs). “For Malaysia to achieve herd immunity or to move from the pandemic to

Reward system to entice people to get inoculated

KUCHING: Tracking down those who refused the Covid-19 vaccine will be tough as they did not commit any wrong, says Datuk John Lau. “A better method to tackle this problem is for the authorities to put up a reward system in order to motivate them to come forward for vaccination,”

Opposition told to ‘walk the talk’ on restoring Sarawak’s rights

KUCHING: Members of the Opposition were told to practise what they preach in returning eroded state rights to both Sarawak and Sabah. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) secretary-general Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew said they should support the proposed amendment to Article 1(2) and 160(2) of the Federal Constitution to