KUCHING: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry is working to turn its focus on handling complex issues such as online fraud. Its minister, Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi, said that enforcement officers need to attend specific courses to learn forensic accounting and so on in order to learn how
KUCHING: Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi hopes that the allocation for subsidising the cost of transporting goods to rural areas would be increased in view of the positive feedback from the people concerned. “I received feedback from a few MPs such as Hulu Rajang
KUCHING: Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi recently came to the aid of five Sarawakians stranded in Kuala Lumpur. He said he managed to meet with them on Sunday upon arrival at KLIA and presented them with some financial assistance. “They missed their flight to
Nestled in the heart of Kuching, Carpenter Street is one of the city’s most iconic and vibrant streets, steeped in rich history and heritage. These days, the area houses not only an array of decades-old establishments easily identified by their faded vintage signboards but also several new businesses which have
KUCHING: Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing said he would communicate with the Health Ministry (MoH) regarding the quota of vaccine for Bintulu. He said this would include expediting the distribution of the vaccines and providing adequate quota so that the immunisation goal could be reached as soon as
KUCHING: Upon learning that Kampung Bintawa Hulu and Bintawa Tengah have been placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO), Santubong Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar quickly instructed his parliamentary constituency’s service centre to send immediate assistance. Contributions worth RM40,000 in the form of food
MIRI: Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin has discouraged people from Marudi and Long Lama from coming to Miri for Ching Ming Jie or Chinese All Souls Day as inter-zone movement is not permitted. The minister-in-charge of Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) said those residing in Miri who wished
KUCHING: A new cluster dubbed the Tanjung Genting Cluster has been declared by the State Health Department (JKNS) in Meradong district, Sarikei today. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this community cluster had been detected in a settlement at Tanjung Genting, Sungai Mador, Meradong
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 154 new positive Covid-19 cases today bringing the state’s tally to 13,974. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said Sibu district recorded 43 cases; 23 in Kuching; 20 in Kapit; 16 for Miri; 13 for Serian; Bintulu with 13; six in Kanowit;
KUCHING: There should not be any appeal against the High Court’s ruling on the use by non-Muslims of the word ‘Allah’, said Pakatan Harapan (PH) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen. “It is our constitutional right to freedom of religion,” he said during a press conference at Democratic Action Party (DAP)
