Thursday, 14 August 2025

Miri to tighten SOPs

MIRI: The Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (DMC) has tightened up standard operating procedures (SOPs) for coffee shops in this division in an effort to turn Miri back into a green zone. This was revealed by Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin on Thursday after he chaired a dialogue session with the committee members of […]

None of kindergartens to operate at full capacity due to fears

KOTA SAMARAHAN: The reopening of kindergartens and child-care centres in the green zones of Sarawak beginning on Tuesday has met with mixed responses and reviews. A survey among kindergarten teachers and parents revealed that almost all kindergartens are not operating at full capacity at the moment because there are lingering fears concerning the safety of […]

Praying for Mukah to remain green

MUKAH: It is business as usual for the business community here as this district is still categorised in the green zone amid Covid-19 pandemic. The local business community hopes and prays that the current green category will always remain as it is. This will make it possible for them to pursue their daily economic activities […]

Lundu now a green zone

KUCHING: The district of Lundu has now been categorised as a green zone. This came after no locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 were detected or reported in the district in the past 14 days. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said Kuching district remained as a red zone with 101 locally transmitted cases reported in the […]

Bintulu now a green zone

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KUCHING: Residents of Bintulu can breathe a sigh of relief following the district’s declaration as a Covid-19 green zone on Sunday (Oct 24). State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the declaration was made after no new positive Covid-19 cases were detected in the district in the last 14 days. “Kuching District remains a yellow zone […]

Kuching turns green

KUCHING: Sarawak is now a green zone after no new positive locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases were reported in all districts for the past 14 days. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement on Saturday said that the total number of Covid-19 cases in Sarawak remains at 700. The committee said one Covid-19 cluster, that is […]

Zero case, Bintulu now green

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded no new positive Covid-19 case for the eighth consecutive day, with Bintulu now categorised as a green zone. This means the number of positive cases in the state remains at 699. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas in a press conference informed that there are five cases […]

Kota Samarahan council wants green zone status maintained

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) has intensified efforts to ensure that the green zone status is maintained. Chairman Datuk Peter Minos said MPKS had organised the Kongsi Rezeki Komuniti Niaga yang Lestari (Sustainable Business Community) post Covid-19 programme on Monday (Aug 17). He said the programme was organised to remind the residents here […]

RC churches resume services

KUCHING:  Roman Catholic churches here resumed services last Saturday (Aug 15) following the declaration of the state as a Covid-19 green zone last week. Archbishop of Kuching Rev Fr Simon Poh said all parishioners complied with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the reopening of churches.  He added the service team particularly those handling the […]

Catholic churches resume mass this Saturday

KUCHING: In view of the whole Sarawak now classified as a green zone, Catholic churches will resume mass beginning this Saturday (Aug 15). Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching, Archbishop Simon Poh said Sunday mass and service in churches had been temporary suspended since Aug 2. With the resumption of mass, parishioners must adhere to the […]