Author: Nur Shazreena Ali

On the streets and hungry on rainy days

KUCHING: State Welfare, Women and Community Wellbeing Minister Datuk Fatimah Abdullah on Wednesday night distributed sleeping bags and packed food to homeless people who were sleeping in the streets here. She was joining an operation organised by State Social Welfare Department.  One of the recipients was Mostapha Rosli who has

Young voters not easily swayed

KUCHING: Young and new voters will pose many challenges to politicians looking to sway this group, says Senior Fellow of the National Professor Council, Dr Jeniri Amir. “There may be a slight change in their attitudes towards politics due to the political turmoil following the Sheraton move that took place

Pandemic putting strain on autistic children and their parents

KUCHING: The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been unsettling on mothers and since the day online lessons were introduced by the Ministry of Education (MoE). Juggling between daily work and childcare, the closure of schools has been seen as an unfavourable move, especially by mothers with special needs children.

Sarawak government to pay 30 pct of PTPTN loan

KUCHING: The Sarawak government will pay 30 percent of the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loan taken by 9,634 Sarawakians. Yayasan Sarawak director Azmi Bujang said RM30mil had been allocated for the purpose. “The state government through Yayasan Sarawak and PTPTN has agreed to provide a formula to implement

Rehab centre to get sensory room

KUCHING: Sri Satok Community-Based Rehabilitation Centre (CBR) will soon have its own Ronald McDonald Sensory Room (RMSR). The sensory room is specially designed for special needs children and will have multi-sensory equipment to improve the development of cognitive skills of children with special needs and learning disabilities. The equipment will

Fundraiser to help children with cleft lips undergo surgery

KUCHING: Ronald McDonald House Charities Malaysia (RMHC Malaysia) is planning to set up a special fundraising programme for Sarawak-born children, especially for children with cleft lips. Its general manager Mohd Nasri Mohd Nordin said the programme would become a means to provide support for low-income families who have children with

McDonald’s Malaysia lends help to frontliners

KUCHING: Malaysian favourite fastfood chain, McDonald’s Malaysia through Ronald McDonald’s House Charities Malaysia (RMHC Malaysia) has sponsored food items to about 200 frontline staff from the state Social Welfare Department (JKMS). Its general manager Mohd Nasri Mohd Nordin said the food donation was to cheer up the frontliners who had

Don’t let your guard down

KUCHING: Sarawakians must not let their guard down in the fight against Covid-19, said State Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She reminded that social events in areas under the conditional movement control order (CMCO) must operate at 50 percent of the space

Childcare centres, pre-schools allowed to open, except in Sibu

KUCHING: All childcare centres, nurseries and kindergartens across the state are allowed to operate except for those in Sibu. This was confirmed by the Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah when speaking to reporters during the presentation of food donation to flood victims