KUCHING: The police will strengthen its statewide roadblock operations in an effort to prevent people from returning to their hometowns during the coming festive season. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said although the celebration of Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Gawai Dayak is set to be different this year, it
Expired driving licences and road taxes KUCHING: No actions will be taken against those who fail to renew their expired driving licences and road taxes during the conditional movement control order (CMCO), said Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin. He urged Sarawakians to avoid thronging the Road Transport Department (JPJ)
KUCHING: Cash payments at Road Transport Department (JPJ) offices statewide will now be permitted from 8am to 1pm, says Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin. He said the decision was made due to the high amount of people using cash payments at JPJ offices, which was only allowed until 11am
MIRI: Improvements have been made to the handling of outpatients at Miri Hospital’s specialist clinics effective yesterday. For example, patients are advised to adhere to the date and time of their appointments and they are to enter the clinic through the front lobby half an hour ahead of their appointment.
KUCHING: Lea Group of Companies has donated 2,400 pairs of footwear to frontline medical staff. According to Lea Group, the contribution was made after taking into account the frontliners who had put their lives at risk to save lives. It said 1,200 pairs of footwear are for men and another
KUCHING: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has appealed to the government to further improve the well-being of the people and bridge the gap between Malaya and East Malaysia. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the appeal was part of the tabling of the
Music cafes, night clubs, bistros warned not to operate during CMCO KUCHING: Music cafes, night clubs, and bistros are not allowed to operate in Sarawak under the conditional movement control order (CMCO). In announcing this, State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this was due to
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded yet another zero positive Covid-19 cases yesterday, entering its fifth consecutive day of the streak, with the total number of positive cases still remains at 544 since the first positive case was reported on March 13. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas
KUCHING: State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas has assured that the two-persons-per-hotel-room policy was implemented on the advice of medical experts. “We were advised to put two persons in a room where if one happened to test positive, then we are able to detect only
KUCHING: If Petronas founding chairman and chief executive Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah’s statements were true, then Petronas and Malaya had failed Sarawak by failing to fulfil their parts in the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah made this point when commenting on Tengku
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