SIBU: A total of 207,452 Kenyalang Gold Card (KGC) applications have been received by the Sarawak Welfare Department since it was introduced in the state last year. Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said of the total, 11,592 applications were received from
SIBU: All employers in this district must ensure that all their employees have received the Covid-19 vaccine. The Sibu Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF), in a statement on Monday (Jul 12), said company and shop owners were instructed to send a list of names of their employees who have yet
SIBU: A 72-year-old man was among six gamblers arrested for playing mahjong at a premises last Sunday (July 11). District deputy police chief Supt Collin Babat said acting upon information, a Sibu police team raided a premises at Jalan Wong Nai Siong around 3pm. Prior to the raid, the team had
SIBU: Police arrested 17 persons including two women in raids on two premises suspected to be holding gambling activities on Saturday (July 10). District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the suspects aged between 27 and 69 years, were arrested in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’. “The first raid
SIBU: More young people have registered for vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) here, said Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Dudong Branch assistant secretary, Dr Wong Chya Wei. This, he said, was a positive development which would help Sibu to achieve herd immunity faster. “It also shows that
SIBU: The aggressively implemented vaccination process in this district is seen to be able to reduce the number of Covid-19 positive cases recently. Sibu District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) coordinator Dr Annuar Rapaee said for the first time in six months (after the Pasai Cluster), the district only recorded one
SIBU: This district is likely to achieve 70 percent herd immunity against Covid-19 by the end of this month, said Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) chairman Clarence Ting. He pointed this out after examining the data on the number of Sibu residents who were vaccinated by last Monday. Ting said more
SIBU: A man was conned out of RM40,623.08 in a non-existent online investment scheme. Sibu police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the 30-year-old victim, who worked at an optic shop here, met a woman on an app called ‘Tantan’ on June 30 around 9pm in Jalan Merdeka. The suspect
SIBU: Eighty-eight hawkers and traders in the Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) areas on Monday underwent the rT-PCR swab test. SMC chairman, Clarence Ting said those who went for the test were among those who had registered to be vaccinated but were not injected yet. “All hawkers and traders under the
SIBU: The mobile vaccination centre located behind the Rejang Medical Centre (RMC) here will be in service until this weekend. Member of the Sibu District Disaster Management Committee (SSDMC), Senator Robert Lau revealed this after he monitored the vaccination process at the mobile unit on Monday. “We decided to extend
