SEMATAN: Though construction was delayed, the Sematan Industrial Park and Anjung Usahawan Sematan will still be completed as scheduled, assures Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan. “The contractors for the Industrial Park project are confident that they will be able to complete it as scheduled on Dec 22, 2021. “Contractors
KUCHING: Academicians support the suggestion by The Sarawak Initiatives (TSI) for the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) to cancel all the debts of students in the lower income group. In making the suggestion recently, the society pointed out more could be done to help students from the lower income group
KUCHING: The Covid-19 death toll in Sarawak today increased to 89 after one death was recorded in Mukah. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement today, said the 89th death case involved a 83-year-old local woman who was admitted to Mukah Hospital in an unconscious state. She was
KUCHING: Sarawak has a total of 88 Covid-19 deaths to date after recording one death from Kapit. The 66-year-old local man who was Case 10,250 was treated at Kapit Hospital after experiencing lethargy, fever and cough for several days. His rT-PCR rapid test kit screening came back positive on March
KUCHING: Julau District has been declared a red zone after recording 42 Covid-19 cases in the past two weeks, all local transmissions. Bau and Kanowit changed to orange after recording 38 and 22 cases respectively within the time period. Belaga turned into a yellow zone on Monday (March 8) after
KUCHING: Councillors, community leaders and party workers in Padawan are encouraged to help those who do not have smartphone to register for the vaccination. Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman Lo Khere Chiang said that MPP oversees a huge area and those who reside in the peripheral of Padawan may have
KUCHING: Kota Samarahan residents who do not have smartphones are asked to come forward to the Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) for vaccine registration. MPKS chairman Datuk Peter Minos stated that recently the council had given out early notices to the residents in Samarahan to register for the vaccination. “The
KUCHING: Bundle hunters are queuing up at the state’s largest bundle outlet which recently opened at Metrocity Matang. The Red Bundle which started at a night market here launched its sixth and largest branch in Sarawak today (Mar 6). “Our outlet offers more than 100 thousand branded items. The items
KUCHING: Being bedridden does not make Nor Karmira Benny Karmilan give up on life. The single mother of five said she could not feel her right leg due to a slipped disc she suffered in August last year. “Although I’m bedridden, I don’t depend on others solely. When I’m able
KUCHING: A bedridden single mother of five had recently received donations and integrated work by various agencies in a one-off service. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KKWPK) Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah along with State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), Kuching North City Hall (DBKU), and many