Covid-19 screening and ‘drive-thru’ centres closed
KOTA SAMARAHAN: The Covid-19 screening and ‘drive-thru’ centre at Kota Samarahan Civic Centre was closed temporarily to allow cleaning and sanitisation work to be carried out today. The process was done in collaboration with the Health Ministry (MOH), State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) and the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) from the 1st ‘Battalion Ubat’ […]
No overpricing in Sarawak
KOTA SAMARAHAN: No case was recorded in Sarawak involving price control and price tag during spot checks conducted by the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) from May 20 until Thursday (May 28). Its minister Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi said since the enforcement of the Festive Seasons Maximum Price Scheme (SHMMP) for Hari […]
Duo arrested for alleged involvement in burglary cases
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A 56-year-old local man and a foreign woman, who started a fire in a locked room at Taman Desa Ilmu, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in several burglary cases around Kota Samarahan. On Tuesday, a distress call was received by the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) at 4.50pm by a […]
25 motorcyclists on joy ride compounded
KUCHING: Twenty-five motorcyclists were compounded for travelling from Kota Samarahan to Simunjan without a permit on Tuesday. Sarawak Deputy Police Commissioner, Datuk Dev Kumar said that among them was a police personnel from the Kota Samarahan district headquarters. “The motorcyclists were stopped by a police team conducting a snap check at KM1 Jalan Tun Openg, […]
Samarahan goes green
KUCHING: Samarahan Division is now designated a green zone after no new Covid-19 cases were recorded there in the past 14 days. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas announced that the state recorded no new cases of Covid-19 for the seventh consecutive day yesterday. The total number of cases remains […]
Four injured in road crash
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Four men suffered injuries after two vehicles collided at KM34, Kota Samarahan-Sadong Jaya road on Saturday. State Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the accident occurred around 11.20am, involving three 21-year-olds in a Myvi car and a 39-year-old man in a Proton Wira. It is learnt that the youths […]
Council distributes 26,000 face masks
SAMARAHAN: Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) yesterday received 26,000 face masks from the Sarawak government and began distributing them to households in the area. The free face masks were part of the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance Package. MPKS chairman Datuk Peter Minos said that each household received a pack of six face masks, since Kota […]
Active case detection op in Kota Samarahan extended
KUCHING: The operation to detect active Covid-19 cases in Taman Desa Ilmu and Taman Uni Garden, both in Kota Samarahan and involving 5,300 homes, has been extended for another three days, said Sarawak Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. Uggah, who is also Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister I, said the operation was […]
Aiman Mall Samarahan, Politeknik Kuching sanitised
KOTA SAMARAHAN: The Samarahan Fire and Rescue Kota Department (Bomba) carried out sanitisation works at Aiman Mall, Kota Samarahan yesterday. The operation, covering an area of 13,400 square metres inside and outside of the building, was carried out between 9.30am and 11.30am. Eleven Bomba personnel led by the station chief Ebby Hirwandy Sarbini were involved […]
Good co-operation from residents
KUCHING: Residents of Taman Desa Ilmu and Taman Uni Garden in Kota Samarahan have been cooperating well with the active case detection programme for Covid-19 being conducted there, said Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos. He said residents in the two residential areas felt more assured with the implementation of the programme, […]