Author: Daryll Law

Six new suspected cases

KUCHING: Sarawak has recorded six new Patient Under Investigation (PUI) cases for Covid-19. State Disaster Management Committee Secretariat said in a statement yesterday, five of the six cases reported were in Sarawak General Hospital and one in Sibu Hospital. Thus, bring the total to 91 PUI cases as from Jan

Five new PUI cases

KUCHING: The number of patient under investigation (PUI) cases for Covid-19 virus has risen to 85 since January 10. A statement issued by the State Disaster Management Committee said five new cases were recorded yesterday at the Sarawak General Hospital. All the five are Malaysian citizens. The statement said 75

House gutted in early morning blaze

SIBU: A family of four was left homeless after a fire gutted their house at Jalan Nibong Delta here yesterday. State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) spokesperson said that the department received a distress call at 4.47am on the incident and deployed firefighters from Sibu and Sungai Merah fire stations

State records four new PUI cases

COVID-19 WATCH KUCHING: Sarawak recorded four new Patients under Investigation (PUI) cases for COVID-19 yesterday bringing to 80 since Jan 10. Two of the new cases were reported in Miri Hospital and one each in Sibu Hospital and Sarawak General Hospital. A statement issued by the State Disaster Management Committee

State health dept denies viral post

COVID-19 WATCH KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department has denied a posting circulating on social media that the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) is here in the state. The allegation that went viral on a messaging app posted by an individual, claimed that there had been two positive cases, and that three were

Uggah: Sarawak ready to face Covid-19 threat

KUCHING: Sarawak’s health machinery is fully geared to tackle the threat of the novel coronavirus Covid-19. Facilities, strategies, logistics, doctors, nurses and other health workers have been put in place to combat any possible transmission. State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said additional thermal scanners at

Nixon is new district deputy chief of operations

SIMUNJAN: The Simunjan District Police Headquarters has appointed DSP Nixon Joshua Ali as its district police chief (OCPD), replacing Supt Merbin Lisa, who was promoted to the rank of superintendent yesterday. Merbin will be reporting for duty as the new Kuching district deputy chief (operations) today after serving as the

Two injured in early morning crash

KUCHING: In a bid to avoid a head-on collision, two men suffered injuries after the vehicles they drove swerved to the road shoulders and crashed into a lamp post and a bus station at Jalan Stampin here yesterday at 3.41am. A team of firefighters from the Tabuan Jaya fire station

First coral seizure by GOF, SFC

KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) 11th Battalion here seized nearly RM2.5 million worth of coral rocks at a premises in Kampung Pandan, Lundu on Friday. Its commanding officer Supt Rosdi Inai said the seizure was made during a raid jointly conducted with the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) during Ops

Wanted: Syed Haidil Syed Ahmad

KUCHING: Police are searching for a man suspected of impersonating an officer and in connection with an alleged scam involving losses totalling RM14,563. State Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah said the police are looking for the suspect Syed Haidil Syed Ahmad, 37, to assist police