KUCHING: Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Ragad Kurdi Taib, wife of Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, recently donated food baskets to over 20 persons under a programme called ‘Kamek Prihatin’. This was part of Ragad Foundation’s collaboration with Sarawak National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) to
KUCHING: Asymptomatic Covid-19 patients should be discouraged from undergoing swab tests. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing noted that the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) had mentioned in a recent report that 99.85 percent of those who tested positive in Sarawak were in Categories 1
BY PETRONELLA LANGITA FELIX KUCHING: Although they are excited to revert to physical classes when schools reopen next month, some form six students have expressed their fear of contracting Covid-19. They hope everyone will comply with the Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) to minimise the risk of the virus spreading
KUCHING: Hong Leong Assurance (HLA) bagged the Domestic Life Insurer of the Year – Malaysia award for the sixth consecutive time, and is now a four-time Best Life Insurance Company – Malaysia winner. It also became the inaugural winner of the Best Health Insurance – Malaysia award. The first is
KUCHING: Tzu Chi Foundation Malaysia donated medical equipment to Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) to render full support to medical frontliners. The said donation given included ten units of high flow nasal cannula donated on June 29; five units of intensive care unit (ICU) beds (July 8); six sets of 6-in-1
KUCHING: UndiSarawak, a youth non-governmental organisation (NGO) has expressed their utmost gratitude to the Kuching High Court in compelling the federal government to expedite the implementation of lower voting age from 21 to 18 by Dec 31 this year. “This monumental decision is significant for Malaysian youths to exercise their
KUCHING: More than 135,000 youths will be eligible to cast their votes for the first time when Sarawak holds its 12th state election, predicted to be sometime early next year. This follows a decision by the Kuching High Court today (Sept 3) which ruled in favour of the applicants of
BY NAZRINZULAIQA HASBI KUCHING: Members of the public here agreed that the state government should restrict movements from the Southern Zone districts to other districts in Sarawak. The Southern Zone consists of Kuching, Bau, Lundu, Samarahan, Asajaya, Simunjan, Serian and Tebedu districts. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the
BY RACHEL MINA KUCHING: In his latest sequel of Diary of a Rich Kid ̶ Secret of the Sea, Sarawakian novelist Malcolm Mejin seeks to provide readers an escape amid the pandemic. Due to be launched in the middle of this month, Secret of the Sea features an adventure where
BY AISYAH AZZAHRA SUHIRI KUCHING: Three doctors here echoed Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin’s statement that Malaysians would have to learn to live with the Covid-19 virus as it is reduced to endemic status by end of October. Khairy, in a press conference on Wednesday (Sept 1), also said some states
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