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Minister denies derogatory statement

KUCHING: Federal Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri denies making a derogatory statement which has gone viral in social media. She said that she never uttered “Bumiputera will steal if not helped by the government” which went viral in Facebook and WhatsApp Group. “The allegation is very

Motac, hotels to work on tourism packages

KUCHING: The federal Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) plans to organise tourism stimulus packages with hotel industry players to encourage people to travel. “Motac will bear some of the costs,” Federal Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri told reporters during a casual dinner with the

Three positive cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded three new positive Covid-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 691. According to Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), the three cases were detected from contact tracing of the Alam Cluster in Bintulu. “The cases involved two local citizens and

Community celebrates Merdeka

KUCHING: Some 100 residents in Lorong Piala 3, Taman Sukma here attended Merdeka@Komuniti programme organised by the Kuching District Information Department today. This programme was an initiative under the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia (KKMM) through the Department of Information Malaysia (JaPen) which aimed to invigorate and nurture the

Focus on crises, not politics

KUCHING: The government must take on the wheel to manage the nation in facing the Covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis. Senior Minister (Works) Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said those who dwell on politics should stop the routine at this moment. “This is a time for us to work and deliberate

Attend to all complaints: Minister

KUCHING: All complaints from the ground forwarded to the Ministry of Utilities must be attended to, said its minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom. Stressing on the importance of responding to complaints, Dr Rundi advised the agencies and related personnel under the ministry to professionally process and administer the

Now it’s Alam Cluster threat

KUCHING: A new Covid-19 cluster has been detected in Sarawak and it is called Alam Cluster. According to the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), four positive cases were detected on Thursday (Aug 20) as a result of the initial screening of five crew members of a ship anchored in Bintulu

PBB Tanjong Datu working hard to promote GPS

LUNDU: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Tanjong Datu branch is doing its part to promote the four-party coalition of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (PBS) in preparation of the coming 12th state election. Tanjong Datu assemblyman Datuk Amar Jamilah Anu said her party machinery is “always creative and working hard because this

Kuching Jetty Cluster ends

KUCHING: The Kuching Jetty Cluster ended on Sunday (Aug 16) after no new cases were reported for 28 days. With this, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement said that there were seven remaining active clusters in the state — the Engineering Company Cluster with eight cases; Mambong Cluster

RM15mil to repair surau in Kpg Sg Rayu Melayu

LUNDU: Tanjong Datu assemblywoman Datuk Amar Jamilah Anu had approved a total of RM15 million for the people of Kampung Sg Rayu Melayu yesterday. The RM15 million was for the repair of Surau Darul Ibadah to make it more comfortable for worshippers.   She hoped that with the allocation, those given