KUCHING: Residents of Kampung Tabuan Dani here can now breathe a sigh of relief as the construction of a futsal field in the village has been approved. Demak Laut assemblyman Dr Hazland Abang Hipni said the approval was made after the issue of the site was resolved. “The allocation to
KUCHING: Sarawak ranks third highest in terms of number of homeless people rescued, said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. “During the movement control order (MCO) from March 28 to June 8 this year, a total of 145 homeless people were rescued, whereas
KUCHING: Sarawak has seen an overall 21 percent decrease in number of adolescent pregnancies from 2016 to last year and Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah hopes to see a further decline. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister said that in 2016, there were 2,481 adolescent pregnancies recorded.
KUCHING: The number of domestic violence cases has shown a 13.2 percent increase this year (as of October) compared to last year, with Kuching recording the highest number of such cases in Sarawak. “Domestic violence cases have increased by 13.2 percent, that is, 644 cases this year (as of October)
KUCHING: The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac), in collaboration with the Malaysian Association of Arts and Culture Activists Kuching (Macpa), will study and evaluate the establishment of an Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) secretariat here. Motac Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the establishment of this new body
KUCHING: Sports associations for people with disabilities (OKU) should plan ways to boost and maintain the competitive spirit and resilience of OKU athletes, such as through organising small-scale local competitions. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah noted that due to the Covid-19 pandemic,
KUCHING: Miri district has changed its status from yellow to green after no locally transmitted Covid-19 cases were detected or reported in the last 14 days. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement today said that Kuching and Serian districts remained as yellow zones with two local transmitted
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded one new imported Covid-19 case in Kuching today, bringing the total number of positive cases thus far to 1,067. In a statement today, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said Case 1,067 was an Indonesian man from Kalimantan, Indonesia. They said that based on initial investigations, the
KUCHING: The government should start proper communication now to educate the public on the importance of the Covid-19 vaccine. This is in order to prevent misinformation, confusion, and hesitancy, said Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii. He said this could be started now while waiting for the required scientific data
KUCHING: On the news of the government’s purchasing agreement of the Covid-19 vaccine, Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii said the plans must be clear or transparent. Though the news of Malaysia signing a preliminary purchasing agreement with Pfizer to buy 12.8 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine is highly
