Author: Nur Ashikin Louis

Telang Usan, Tanjung Manis turn yellow, Mukah orange

KUCHING: Telang Usan and Tanjung Manis districts have turned yellow after recording two and four local infection cases respectively today (Mar 12). Meanwhile, Mukah district has changed its status to orange after recording a total of 22 cases of local infection in the last 14 days. “Serian, Bau, Subis, Julau,

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Sarawak records three new clusters

KUCHING: Sarawak Health Department has identified three new clusters namely, Jalan Main Bazaar Cluster in Sri Aman district, Buluh Pasi Cluster in Meradong and Sena Cluster in Miri. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the cluster in Sri Aman is a community cluster involving

173 new cases, 203 recoveries

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 173 Covid-19 positive cases today bringing the state’s tally to 12,051. Of the total, 71 were reported in Sibu, Miri (19), Bintulu (16), Kuching (15), Meradong (10), Serian (nine), Julau (seven) Kapit and Tanjung Manis — five each, Betong (three), Belaga, Mukah, Sri Aman, Subis and Telang

CMCO in Sarawak extended until March 29

KUCHING: Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has decided to extend the implementation of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) in the state. This will be from 12.01am on March 16 until 11.59pm on March 29. SDMC chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the extension was necessary since the number

Karim applauds High Court’s ruling on emergency proclamation

KUCHING: Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah applauds the High Court’s ruling that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s decision to proclaim an emergency cannot be challenged in any court of law. He concurred with Justice Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid who said it was provided for under

Borneo’s first-ever community social support centre by 2022

KUCHING: The Borneo Best Community Social Support Centre (BBCSSC), which will be established here, is the first of its kind in Borneo and even Malaysia. The centre is expected to be completed by end of this year while operations will take off early next year. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family

Don’t politicise High Court’s ruling

KUCHING: Selangau MP Baru Bian has urged all quarters to not politicise the High Court’s decision that the word ‘Allah’ can be used by non-Muslims nationwide. He said Justice Datuk Nor Bee Ariffin, who made the ruling on Wednesday (March 10), recognised that the Christians of Sabah and Sarawak had

Massive croc caught in Samarahan river

KOTA SAMARAHAN: A 16-foot crocodile was caught by the Samarahan Crocodile Hunters team (SCH) in Sungai Samarahan here today (March 10). SCH patron Datuk Idris Buang said fresh chicken baits were set at five different locations along the river around 11am on Tuesday (March 9). The black coloured reptile was

Worry over entry of foreign workers

KUCHING: Many Sarawakians are apprehensive over the state government’s decision to allow foreign workers into the state beginning March 1. Although the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) assured that their entry is subject to stringent standard operating procedures (SOPs), many felt that such decision should wait for the state’s immunisation

Fatimah confirms coming state polls her last

KUCHING: Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah has confirmed that the coming Sarawak elections would be her last. “It’s true,” she told New Sarawak Tribune and its Bahasa Malaysia paper Suara Sarawak in an interview here today. Neither confirming nor denying any new