Author: Author: Zarina Abdullah

Families eke out living selling home-grown vegetables

KUCHING: A group of nine families who live at a workers’ quarters at Batu 9, Matang near here are selling their home-grown vegetables in order to survive during the current pandemic. Even though they only earn around RM30 per day, for them, it is enough to buy food for the

Experiences of a Covid-hit family

KUCHING: 2021 has been a challenging year thus far for a family at Kampung Sinar Budi Baru, Batu Kawa here after every member tested positive for Covid-19. Sharing the experience, Azimah Drus, one of the members of the big household, said everyone, including her father, mother, sister, brothers, brother-in-law, sister-in-law

Never-say-die attitude keeps ‘em going

KUCHING: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and micro-traders – especially new businesses which are categorised as non-essential service – that are compelled to stop operations throughout the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) are taking the brunt of the strict standard operating procedures (SOPs), having to bear huge losses.

Two-year-old succumbs to hydrocephalus

KUCHING: Two-year-old Nur Syahfinie Johari, who suffered from hydrocephalus, was pronounced dead at around 11am today at the Sarawak General Hospital here. Her mother, Noraini Panggau, 27, when contacted, said she had accepted that this was the Almighty’s will. She also thanked all those who had extended their assistance to

Brain condition child seeks aid

“I’m not asking for much, I only hope that my daughter can live for as long as she could,” said a 27-year-old mother whose child suffers from hydrocephalus. According to Norainie Panggau, her daughter Nur Syahfinie, has a different physical condition from other children because of the excess fluid in