KUCHING: Sarawak recorded a total of 616 COVID-19 cases during the 45th epidemiology (epid) week, a significant increase compared to last week’s 459 cases. Of the total number of cases, 604 were in category one and two, while 12 were in category three, four, and five. The State Disaster Management
KUCHING: Speakers and participants from across the globe including The United Kingdom, France, Thailand and Singapore are taking part in the Borneo International Water and Wastewater Exhibition and Conference (BIWWEC) 2022. Organising chairman Chang Kuet Sian stated that many of them are in water industries ranging from academia, regulators, practitioners
The Sarawak Reef Ball Project, implemented under the Sarawak Forestry Corporation, is an initiative aimed at supporting marine conservation through the deployment of reef balls along a 1,000km stretch of Sarawak’s coastline from Tanjung Datu to Lawas. Playing his role in marine conservation For Wilson Mapus, managing director of Dasanrama
KUCHING: The four-day Citrawarna Keluarga Malaysia 2022 festival is meant to promote art and heritage products especially in Sarawak, which is rich in biodiversity, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. “From local dishes such as mee kolok, Sarawak laksa, Sarawak kek lapis, multi-ethnic dance performances, to handicraft sales
KUCHING: Everyone should practise the 6Rs – reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink, refuse, repair – to support sustainability and lessen the funds required for waste management. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said this was an expansion of the initial 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), aimed at encouraging a
KUCHING: The implementation of a Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) with Brunei will be able to revive the tourism industry in Sarawak and boost the economy especially in Miri, Limbang, and Lawas which border Brunei. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob pointed out that the government was actively carrying out
LUNDU: Religious education is important especially in this digital era as borderless exposure to information at one’s fingertips requires monitoring and religious knowledge to avoid being negatively influenced when browsing social media. Tanjung Datu assemblyman Azizul Annuar Adenan said this when officiating at the Khatam Al-Quran ceremony and Primary 6
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian has called on parents to find time to bring their children for COVID-19 vaccination. He said Sarawak’s target for the vaccination of children aged five to 11 was 50 per cent by the end of February, but as of Friday
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will consult local medical experts to decide if Covid-19 close contacts, who have received their booster dose do not need to undergo quarantine if they have no symptoms, starting March 1. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said the committee
KUCHING: State government assistance to the agriculture sector should be relevant and specific for meaningful benefits and to reduce wastage. Modernisation of Agriculture and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom said that instead of assuming what assistance farmers and smallholders needed, there should be a new approach
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