Malaysian citizenship KUCHING: The federal government should not appeal the recent High Court’s ruling that children born abroad be accorded automatic citizenship regardless of if the Malaysian parent is the father or mother. The Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KWKPK) said the federal government should
Malaysian citizenship KUCHING: The federal government’s decision to appeal the High Court’s ruling on citizenship rights to children born abroad regardless whether the Malaysian parent is the father or mother will only prolong the suffering of those affected. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Women chief Kho Teck Wan pointed
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 2,707 Covid-19 cases on Sunday (Sept 19), a slight decrease in comparison to the previous day’s 2,929 cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said of the total number of cases, 2,700 or 99.74 percent were in Category 1 and 2, while seven cases or 0.26 percent
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 20 Covid-19 deaths on Sunday (Sept 19), the highest recorded by the state within 24 hours. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the latest fatalities pushed the death toll to 689 cases to date. Twelve of the dead were male and the other eight were female
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah has commended the Divine Will Society (DWS) for setting up a community-based social support centre in 7th Mile near here. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister said this was an exemplary effort by volunteers from various professional backgrounds, coming together for
KUCHING: The donation of three units of three-storey shoplots at Kota Sentosa for the Divine Will Society (DWS) by the family of the late Datuk Sim Swee Yong, is in honour of continuing his charity work and drive to always do good for society. This was said by DWS trustee
KUCHING: The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) has been imposed at 24 new localities in seven districts of the state. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the localities were in the districts of Bintulu, Sebauh, Pakan, Julau, Meradong, Sarikei and Saratok. In the Bintulu district, the EMCO was enforced
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 1,983 Covid-19 cases on Tuesday (Sept 14), a significant decrease of 1,539 from the previous day’s total of 3,522. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said of Tuesday’s total, 1,977 or 99.7 per cent were Category 1 and 2 cases while six cases or 0.3 per cent
KUCHING: The State Health Department and the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) have been asked to outsource the daily health assessment of Stage 1 and Stage 2 patients who are quarantined at home to private practice doctors. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) women chief, Kho Teck Wan made the call
KUCHING: The backlog for the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests in Sarawak was due to the samples being sent to private labs in Kuala Lumpur. Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said that the State Health Department were sending the samples to private labs as per the Ministry of Health’s