KUCHING: Sarawak yesterday (Mar 29) recorded two new deaths related to Covid-19, taking the state’s cumulative toll to 105. State Disaster Management Committee in a statement yesterday said the first death was that of a 62-year-old local woman who was treated at Miri Hospital for respiratory distress. “She developed cough
KUCHING: The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) imposed on Kampung Bintawa Ulu and Kampung Bintawa Tengah here was lifted yesterday (Mar 29). This was announced by the State Disaster Management Committee in its daily Covid-19 update yesterday. As reported by SDMC, the move was taken after no new cases were
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) are open to working with any party except Democratic Action Party (DAP), Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB). Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) information chief Datuk Idris Buang said this following uncertainty in the nation’s political scene after Barisan Nasional (BN)
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Tourists are welcomed to watch crocodiles in their natural habitats, said Muara Tuang assemblyman Datuk Idris Buang. “Like at Jong Crocodile Farm in Kuching or crocodile sanctuaries in Darwin, Australia, they can come to feed the crocodiles, take pictures and so on. “But their safety must be a
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A prize pool of RM6,500 is up for grabs as 416 participants from 96 teams kicked off the Adun Muara Tuang E-Sport Cup on Monday (March 29). Samarahan Sports and Recreation Club chairman and deputy president Gulbudin Hekmateyer Rahman said the inaugural tournament would see participants battling it
PADAWAN: A pair of lovers were among four individuals nabbed by the Padawan Narcotics Crime Investigation Department in three separate drug-related raids at Zen66 Apartment in Kuching. Padawan OCPD Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the couple were arrested at about 1.20am on Thursday morning (March 25) on the ground floor of
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A religious teacher was arrested on Wednesday in Asajaya here on suspicion of molesting his nine-year-old student. Samarahan OCPD DSP Sudirman Kram said the 70-year-old suspect was arrested at his home after a police report was lodged by the victim’s mother. He said the incident came to light
KUCHING: The Gunung Tabai Cave in Bau will be sealed off from public access with immediate effect. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said he has ordered the district police to seal off the area after last Wednesday’s tragedy in which an illegal gold miner lost his life. He said
BAU: An attempt by three villagers to dig for gold at Gunung Tabai Cave near Kampung Bidi, Krokong ended with one of them dead – buried under a rockfall today. Rescuers had to put off efforts to extract the body of Mat Tapa, aged 25 from Kampung Bijuray Monggag from
BAU: Kampung Skiat’s baby corn farming initiative has received a boost in the form of a ploughing tractor. Tasik Biru assemblyman Datuk Henry Harry Jinep said the machine, worth RM83,000, was purchased using the Agriculture Facilitation Fund from the Modernisation of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development Sarawak Ministry. Fifty-eight
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