EMCO for three longhouses
KUCHING: The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) will be enforced in three longhouses in the district of Pakan. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement on Sunday (Apr 25) said that the EMCO will be implemented in Rumah Matthew, Lubok Pisang, Genga; Rumah Dinggai, Sg Amut Atas and Rumah Giman, Batu 13 Jalan Engkamop. […]
Over 2,000 receive BPN, BPR cash aid
PAKAN: A total of 1,019 recipients of Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) 2.0 and 1,032 recipients of Bantuan Prihatin Rakyat (BPR) 2021 from this constituency would receive cash assistance. The cash payment programme is done at Pakan Community Hall beginning Saturday (March 13) until Monday (March 15). The eligible recipients of the first phase implementation programme […]
Pakan district is green
KUCHING: Pakan district turned green on Sunday (Feb 28) after no local infection cases were reported in the last 14 days. In a statement, Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) also announced that Julau and Subis had changed their status to orange after reporting 40 and 25 local infection cases respectively in the last fortnight. “The […]
Come, see Pakan for yourself
KUCHING: Pakan assemblyman Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom has invited those who kept assuming that the district is the poorest in Malaysia to come and see for themselves whether it lives up to the ranking. He said those who have never been to Pakan, should not believe the lies and misleading judgment made by parties […]
Strong damages three longhouse rooms
PAKAN: Three rooms in the 23-room Rumah Ningkan Janteng at Mile 4, Jalan Engkamop here were damaged by a storm Monday morning (Nov 16). Bintangor fire station despatched firefighters to the scene after receivinga distress call on the incident around 8.45am. On arrival, operations commander PPgB Nicholas Belulin was informed that one of the longhouse […]
Unite against virus
PAKAN: Sarawakians, especially in the district, are urged to remain united, especially when the country and the state are facing the Covid-19 pandemic. Pakan assemblyman Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom said the people needed to adopt the new normal in their daily life to control the spread of the virus. “Sarawakians cannot be complacent but […]
Residents travel to Sarikei to withdraw cash
KUCHING: A posting went viral on social media showing residents from Pakan standing under the sun in a long queue at the Pakan police station, waiting to get permits to travel to Sarikei. It is learnt that the residents wanted to go to Sarikei to withdraw money because there is no automated teller machine (ATM) or fuel […]