KUCHING: Apart from extinguishing fires, promoting safety and protecting the public from danger, firefighters also serve to help animals and pet owners in any dire situation. A distress call received at around 10:30am this morning had led a team of firemen to a house located in Desa Ilmu, Kota Samarahan
KUCHING: The state is set to launch ‘Ops Jala’ in a few days’ time to quell the entry of illegal immigrants into Sarawak. State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas in announcing this, emphasised the importance of controlling the threat of Covid-19 transmission through illegal immigrants. He
KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) is evaluating closely the current lack of Covid-19 quarantine centres in Sibu, said its chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. Addressing recent concerns in regard to arrivals from West Malaysia who were ordered to undergo home quarantine due to shortage of hotel rooms
KUCHING: Two new Covid-19 cases were recorded in this district on Monday (Dec 28), bringing the cumulative total number of cases to 1,110. State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the first case was a local woman who returned from Congo via a flight to Kuala
KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) is setting up a task force to ensure 100 percent of Sarawakians will be receiving the upcoming Covid-19 vaccine. SDMC chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the task force will be entrusted to assist the State Health Department to look into the
KUCHING: Foreign workers will be allowed to enter and work in the state beginning on Jan 1. The committee’s chairman and Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, in announcing this, said the decision was made in hopes of reducing the number of illegal immigrants entering Sarawak which had
KUCHING: An illegal immigrant, who was caught making her way into the state through a rat trail near Tebedu, was among four new Covid-19 positive cases reported in the state today. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the case was an Indonesian woman who
MIRI: Pork sellers operating at the central market here will be allowed to do business during Christmas Eve (Dec 24). Miri City Council (MCC) mayor Adam Yii Siew Sang said the sellers were initially told to stop trading throughout the market’s renovation beginning on Dec 21 until Jan 21. “We
KOTA SAMARAHAN: It is important to have scientific evidence when weighing the pros and cons of implementing development projects on peat soil, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. Recalling his trip to Finland to discuss planting trees in areas with peat soil, the chief minister said he
KUCHING: A total of 271 applications have been received by the Land and Survey Department for land survey works in Bidayuh-majority areas throughout the state. The department’s deputy director (management) Awang Zamhari Awang Mahmood said the application was submitted either through the Dayak Bidayuh National Association (DBNA) documentation process or
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