MUKAH: Construction work on development projects here has resumed and workers are back at work. However, the progress of the projects depends very much on the availability of cement as there is no supply in the local market currently. The construction sector was allowed by the government to resume operation
MUKAH: This year’s Hari Raya Aidilfitri will be a quiet affair for Ajiah Raili and her family due to financial constraint. The 36-year-old housewife said there was not much she and her husband Rozman Osman, 41, could do during the current Covid-19 pandemic. Ajiah and Rozman, a fisherman, have five
DALAT: A total of 520 needy persons in Dalat constituency received wang zakat from Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah on Thursday. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Dalat Branch Women chief Hatiah Sepawi, who represented Fatimah, handed over the contribution to all the
MUKAH: Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration here may be less joyful and colourful this year due to the conditional movement control order (CMCO). People here still exercise caution even though this district is categorised as green zone. The Muslim community here certainly is making preparation to usher in the coming Aidilfitri
MUKAH: A canteen operator in an oil palm plantation in Balingian near here was compounded RM2,000 for failing to display price tags on goods offered for sale. The head of the local branch of the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry, Salihin Den, said acting on public complaint through the
MUKAH: Police arrested three hunters here last Friday, confiscating two shotguns, including a homemade one, in the process. Mukah OCPD DSP Jimmy Panyau said some villagers informed the police that they had made a citizen’s arrest in their village. A police team then went to Kampung Judan at 8.10pm and
DALAT: A total of 1,578 households from 14 villages here received special assistance from the Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in the form of food baskets last Saturday. The recipients are Kampung Medong Hilir with 153 households, Kampung Medong Hulu (192), Kampung Seberang (160), Kampung Kekan (91), Kampung Kekan
MUKAH: A total of 56 organisations in Balingian constituency received minor rural project (MRP) grants amounting to RM284,000 here last Wednesday. Balingian assemblyman Abdul Yakub Arbi handed over the government outright grant (OG) to the recipients at a simple handover ceremony at Menara Pehin Setia Raja here. He said despite
MUKAH: The frequent long queue of people waiting to claim their parcels purchased via online shopping at Pos Malaysia Berhad (POS) here lately has raised doubt over its delivery service. As online shopping is getting popular here for the past few months, the number of customers coming to POS daily
MUKAH: The government’s decision in allowing four family members of the same household to travel in a vehicle during the movement control order (MCO) with immediate effect on Monday has seen a surge in the number of cars in town yesterday. A check by New Sarawak Tribune yesterday found that
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