49 polytechnic students get food aid
BETONG: A total of 49 students of Politeknik Metro Betong Sarawak (PMBS), who are on campus, received food aid under the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance (BKSS) 6.0 today (June 17). PMBS director Suhaili Aleh expressed his gratitude towards the Layar service centre for providing the assistance to the students. “This contribution can help ease the […]
SDMC imposes lockdown at six localities, ends six others
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has announced the imposition of enhanced movement control order (EMCO) at six locations in Pakan, Bintulu, Betong, Simunjan, Sibu and Kanowit. “The EMCO will be enforced at Rh. Empi, Tanjong Lelengau, Pakan from June 17 until July 3,” it said in a statement today. “It will be enforced […]
EMCO ends at 11 locations
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has ended the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) at 11 locations. The EMCO at Bukit Mabong, Rumah Tajai Nanga Sebiro in Balleh, Rumah Nyamuk, Sungai Serau in Sungai Gaat, Rumah Laso and Rumah Rentap at Nanga Entawau in Balleh ended today (June 16). The EMCO at Kampung Hulu […]
RES projects in Tamin delayed
SELANGAU: All Rural Electrification Scheme (RES) projects in the Tamin state constituency will be completed later than scheduled as related works have to be stopped due to the re-implementation of the movement control order (MCO), said Tamin assemblyman Christopher Gira Sambang. The projects, amounting to RM46.167 million, are expected to benefit 80 longhouses or 1,429 families […]
City has become ghostly and eerie in places
Photo essay of Kuching under MCO The gloomy scene reminded me of the horror movie, ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ which shows lots of gloomy places and monsters terrorising good innocent people. STORY BY HARRY HENRY JULIN The idea for this article came from looking at photos of a few places in Kuching taken a few […]
Fama helps by paying good price for crystal fruit
KUCHING: Avid fans of crystal fruit or buah kristal in Malaya are in for a treat as some 3.2 tonnes of the seasonal fruits was exported by the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) to selected Fama-controlled fresh markets (PST). Fama Sarawak director Abdul Jaafar Lian said the shipment today (June 15) was part of about […]
Julau district is now red
KUCHING: Julau district has turned red after recording a total of 72 local Covid-19 infection cases in the last two weeks. Meanwhile, the Simunjan district is now yellow after recording 20 local infection cases in the past 14 days. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) announced that as of today (June 15), the state had 30 red […]
980 families under EMCO receive food aid
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Over 5,000 residents from 980 families at Kampung Baru, Samarahan, who have been undergoing the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) since Friday, have received food aid. The food aid was a contribution from the state government through the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance (BKSS) 6.0 package. The Kota Samarahan Service Centre in a Facebook […]
Two more longhouses, a village under EMCO
KUCHING: Two more longhouses and a village will be placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO). The Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee stated today that the EMCO would be enforced at Rumah Jarop, Changkol in Lubok Antu from June 11 until June 24; at Kampung Sebandi Hilir in Lundu from June 12 to June […]
Seven new localities under full lockdown
KUCHING: Seven morelocalities in Sarawak will be put under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO). Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said two localities in Tatau district namely Kuarters Pekerja Malaysia WCT Construction Sdn Bhd will undergo lockdown from June 5 to June 18 while Rh Bair anak Mam, KM28 Jalan Samarakan from June 6 to […]
