KUCHING: The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) Sarawak welcomes the new federal Cabinet line-up. Its chairman, Omar Bahrein Unin said the appointment of 10 Sarawak MPs in the new Cabinet, either as full ministers or deputy ministers, would enable them to speak on
KUCHING: The new federal Cabinet line-up, which consists of experienced, capable, hardworking, people-oriented ministers with good integrity records, will form a good strong team, said Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. The Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Child Development added, “With the new federal cabinet, the country can focus
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has conveyed his appreciation to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob for retaining all 10 MPs from Sarawak in the new federal Cabinet. He also thanked Ismail for having appointed former Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative Minister and Santubong MP Datuk
KUCHING: Travellers from overseas are allowed to transit directly in Sarawak within subject to set conditions. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its updated EnterSarawak Guidelines today (Aug 24), outlined that transit must be within the same day of the connecting flight. “If transiting via Kuala Lumpur International Airport
KUCHING: A newborn was among the 44 new Covid-19 cases reported in Bintulu district today (Aug 24). Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing, in disclosing this, said there were also other young children aged two to four who were infected. “The pandemic in Bintulu is still on a high
KUCHING: Disallowing stateless children in the state to have MyKad has been described as inhumane. “It is also a waste of valuable human resource,” said Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing. What does it mean to be stateless? A stateless person is someone who, under
KUCHING: A record high 3,796 swabs were taken by health authorities at the Kuching City South Council’s (MBKS) Covid-19 One-Stop Centre (OSC) in Jalan Padungan here on Monday (Aug 23). Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said in total, 4,931 swabs, including those at
KUCHING: Advocates Association of Sarawak, Miri Branch ex-chairman David Siaw said that it was not necessary for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to look into Sarawak and Sabah’s discontent. He explained that if a RCI was accepted by both the federal and Sarawak governments to look into such matters,
KUCHING: Dr Kelvin Yii has called for more Covid-19 assessment centres and swabbing centres to be set up to ease congestion and long queues at Kuching City South Council (MBKS). The Bandar Kuching MP said there was a strong need to decentralise the current One-Stop Covid-19 Centre at the MBKS
KUCHING: The Bintulu Division Disaster Management Committee (BDDMC), particularly the Health Department, is planning to implement partial lockdowns to respond to the Covid-19 data and trend in residential areas. Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing said the lockdown must be strictly implemented to contain and eliminate outbreaks. “All residents
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