Wednesday, 10 December 2025

Author: Noor Syahhira Hady

Support for food donation campaign welcomed

KUCHING: The Sarawak Federation of Chinese Associations welcomes any support — from people or parties — for its food donation campaign.  “We are not political so any political party or branch which have lists of people in need can always contact us as our campaign is open to all,” said

1,000 bags of food for the needy

KUCHING: The Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Kota Sentosa Branch today (July 10) donated 1,000 bags of food to the needy here. Its chairman Wilfred Yap said the event was the biggest ever held by his branch. “It is to help those who lost their incomes amid this pandemic, especially

Effectiveness of MCO raises concern

KUCHING: Although the state has been put under the movement control order (MCO) for the past few weeks, the ever growing number of Covid-19 cases has made the public concerned about its effectiveness. The implementation of MCO should have decreased the number of cases statewide. However, a lot of new

406 cases, three deaths

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 406 Covid-19 cases and three fatalities on Friday (July 9). State Health Department director Datuk Dr Mohamed Sapian Mohamed said the cumulative total number of cases stood at 68,247 with a death toll of 431. He added that Kuching district accounted for 109 new cases; Miri (68);

Seven localities undergo EMCO

KUCHING: One rental room, one village, and five more longhouses have been placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said today the EMCO was enforced on the rental room Happy Café, Berjaya Commercial Centre in Bintulu district from July 5 to July 18.

State records two fatalities and fewer cases today

KUCHING: Sarawak today (July 6) recorded 286 Covid-19 positive cases which were fewer compared to 424 cases on July 5, and two fatalities. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the cumulative total number of cases now stood at 67,271 while the death toll was 421. It said 199 cases

EMCO at five new localities

KUCHING: Two rental rooms and three more longhouses have been placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said yesterday the EMCO, which was enforced at two rental rooms in the Bintulu district — Bilik Sewa Atas Kedai Lau Hoi Chew, Parkcity Commercial Centre

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Health dept declares three new clusters

KUCHING: Three new Covid-19 clusters were declared by the State Health Department yesterday. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the Sungai Sebetan cluster was a community cluster involving a house and a longhouse located at Batu 5, Jalan Engkudu-Peligong, Sungai Sebetan in the Saratok district. “Of the 101 individuals

State must meet these conditions first

KUCHING: Sarawak has to meet several critical conditions before it can reopen its economy and move on to the next phase of the National Recovery Plan (NRP), said Dr Jerome Kueh Swee Hui. The Deputy Dean of Industry and Community Engagement in the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia