KUCHING: “Irresponsible” was what Assistant Minister of Urban Development and Resources Datuk Len Talif Salleh said about Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh and PSB Youth chief Dr Johnical Rayong Ngipa who reportedly said that Sarawak’s proposed second trunk road project was redundant. Len said he
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded another positive Covid-19 case yesterday from Sibu – a student who had returned from Temboro Karas Magetan, East Java, Indonesia. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that in this student’s case, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests had been taken while he was undergoing 14-day
KUCHING: The public is permitted to be out from 7am to 10pm, in line with the operating hours for businesses in Sarawak during the conditional movement control order (CMCO) period. This was clarified by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas when addressing the confusion of some members of
KUCHING: Hotels which have been gazetted as Covid-19 quarantine centres are not allowed to check in new guests as yet unless their status as a quarantine base has been revoked by a gazette notification, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. He said that with effect
KUCHING: Outgoing Consul-General of Brunei Darussalam in Kuching, Pengiran Krtini Pengiran Tahir, paid a farewell visit to Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas at the latter’s office at Wisma Bapa Malaysia in Petra Jaya here yesterday. Krtini is leaving after having served in the state for four years.
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, in response to a challenge by Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh, has stated that there is an allocation of RM500mil in the Contingency Fund 2020. On Monday, Wong had challenged Uggah to show that a Contingency
KUCHING: Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said that all taska (nurseries) and tadika (kindergartens) are still not allowed to operate until the directive on their resumption is given after the conditional movement control order (CMCO). In preparation for the reopening of preschools
KUCHING: The state government has approved the usage of the Special Annual Grant (GTK) for two additional purposes to reduce the burden of operators of registered taska (nurseries) and tadika (kindergartens) in Sarawak, which were closed during the movement control order (MCO) and conditional MCO periods. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women,
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded four more positive Covid-19 cases yesterday; two were healthcare workers from Kuching. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that this brought the total number of healthcare workers who tested positive for Covid-19 in the state to 68. “Of this total, 22 are part of
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas has clarified that inter-district travel in Sarawak is still not allowed. A permit from the police is required to do so. He said this in refuting claims circulating on social media that all roadblocks in the state would be removed starting
