KANOWIT: Twelve longhouses here affected by the Covid-19 Pasai Cluster are on lockdown. This was confirmed by Kanowit District police chief Supt Tega Bilong when contacted today. “All have close contact with the Pasai Cluster. Therefore, the residents are subjected to movement restrictions and the longhouses are on lockdown.” The
KUCHING: A Sarawak activist has suggested that government leaders nationwide take a 50 percent pay cut over the next seven months of the emergency. Francis Paul Siah said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and his cabinet should take the lead in the pay cut to show that they are
KUCHING: Haus Kch will host virtual art residency programme to help Malaysian artists that have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The creative community hub’s “K[otak]ku” programme is to encourage experimentation and innovation in artistic creation and support career sustainability through capacity-building in self-management and documentation skills. The programme is
KUCHING: Schools across the country were scheduled to reopen their doors today. And as exciting as it is for the schoolchildren after a long hiatus, the pandemic situation took a twisted turn. The number of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia increased on Jan 11 with 2,232 reported. Meanwhile, Sarawak recorded a
KUCHING: The conditional movement control order (CMCO) will be enforced in all divisions across Sarawak from Jan18-31, except in Sibu which is already under the movement control order (MCO). The decision made by the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) to impose the restriction was in view of the increasing number
KUCHING: The situation in flood affected areas under the Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) jurisdiction has improved following fine weather today. MPP chairman Lo Khere Chiang said this when contacted by New Sarawak Tribune today for updates on the flood situation in MPP areas. “Today there are no more flooding as
KUCHING: Minister of Welfare, Community Well-being, Women, Family and Childhood Development, Datuk Fatimah Abdullah has again stressed the importance of educating the public on the danger of teenage pregnancies. This, she said, included identifying risky behaviours and the available support system for unwed mothers so that they were not alone
KUCHING: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department seized contraband cigarettes and liquors worth RM1.4 million including taxes during an operation at a premises at Serian Durian Piazza, Serian Division. Customs enforcement officers from Miri, Bintulu and Sarikei together with the Intelligence Branch and Internal Investigation Unit conducted the raid on Tuesday
SIBU: Following concerns over the Pasai Cluster, several premises here, especially coffee shops, have closed for the time being. Sibu is currently a red zone and undergoing conditional movement control order (CMCO) following a high number of Covid-19 cases. A survey found that some coffee shops were closed today while
SERIAN: Villagers in Kampung Rayang and Kampung Rituh Labuan here will soon have better accessibility once works to upgrade roads to the villages are completed by March this year. Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development Datuk Roland Sagah Wee Inn said the upgrading works costing over RM382,000
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