Author: Natasha Jee

RM300k food aid grant good move

KUCHING: Julau MP Larry Sng has praised the government’s move to allocate RM300,000 to every MP to carry out the food assistance programme in their respective areas. “Covid-19 has affected all segments of society. More  people are unable to earn an income or put food on the table during the

Great help to lighten burden of many

KUCHING: Puncak Borneo MP Datuk Willie Mongin welcomed the allocation of RM300,000 by the federal government to all MPs including the opposition under the National People’s Well-Being and Economic Recovery Package (Pemulih). Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced the aid package in his special address which was broadcast live

Fadillah praises federal government’s inclusiveness

KUCHING: Petra Jaya MP Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof welcomed government’s announcement that each MP, including those from the opposition, will receive RM300,000 to implement the food basket assistance programme. He said it will be able to assist more people in the respective constituencies, especially during this difficult time. “This proves

Kapitan Tan Yit Sheng

Eateries open until 10pm considered unwise

KUCHING: Kuching Coffeeshop and Restaurant Owners Association committee member Kapitan Tan Yit Sheng fears that extending the operating hours to 10pm will only cause more Covid-19 cases. He explained that longer operating hours — previously, this was until 8pm — would only encourage the public to go out more while

Promoting Sarawak through animation

KUCHING: Legendary Iban warriors Rentap and Datuk Temenggong Kanang Langkau have inspired a Johorian animator to produce an animated short film called ‘The Pillar of Strength’. Ayie Ibrahim, 45, from Johor Bahru and his team are the ones behind the eight-minute-long short film. Recently, Ayie talked to New Sarawak Tribune

Compulsory for mothers at confinement centres to take PCR test

KUCHING: It is compulsory for mothers to take the Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction PCR) swab test, preferably within three days upon checking into the respective confinement centres here. This standard operating procedure (SOP) was mentioned in a joint statement issued by several confinement centres on Monday (June 28). The confinement

Authorities need to relook catching procedures

KUCHING: The Sarawak Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) is deeply concerned about the recent incident in which five men entered a house in Mile 9, Jalan Kuching-Serian here illegally to catch and euthanised a pet dog and six of its puppies. President Datin Donna Drury-Wee said

Vaccination for all, stresses Nangka assemblyman

KUCHING: Sibu Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) coordinator Dr Annuar Rapaee has rubbished claims that the five-day vaccination programme at the Sibu Muslim Welfare Trust Board Hall vaccination centre (PPV), which ended on Sunday (June 27), was only meant for Nangka constituents. “The vaccination programme involved many people from Sibu

Encouraging response to mobile PPV

SIBU: As many as 3,005 people turned up at the mobile vaccination centre (PPV) at the Ching Ang Methodist Church here since it started operations last Friday. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Bawang Assan branch chairman Senator Robert Lau said on the last day of the vaccination programme last Sunday

Suspension not the answer

Union rejects punishing students for non-attendance KUCHING: Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) does not agree to a suggestion that students who do not attend home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) classes be punished with suspension. Its president Adam Prakash Abdullah said the union is not in favour of punishing students like that