KUCHING: The Sarawak Social Welfare Department (JKMS) has approved 20 out of 31 new applications for the Special Aid for Kidney Patients (BKPBP) as of March 18 this year. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said this would amount to an allocation of
KUCHING: Applications totalling 202,722 have been received for the Kenyalang Gold Card (KGC) by the Sarawak Social Welfare Department (JKMS) as of March 26 this year. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said this was equivalent to 64.35 per cent of the estimated
KUCHING: The Sarawak Social Welfare Department has spent RM60,299,956 on 50,952 recipients of monthly assistance in the state within the first three months of this year. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said those who needed help were usually referred to the department. “The
SIBURAN: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Mambong branch committee has been urged to set up a special sub-committee to oversee the planning and implementation of future programmes in the constituency. Simanggang assemblyman Datuk Francis Harden Hollis, who is the caretaker of the SUPP branch, said the proposed sub-committee would serve
State records highest number of cases to date Sarawak recorded its highest daily positive cases with 426 new cases on Sunday, also the highest in the country, taking the state’s tally to 15,869. The state also recorded two deaths related to the pandemic on the same day. The previous highest
ASAJAYA: Kampung Sambir folk are over the moon when the earth-breaking ceremony for their RM52.1-million village extension scheme was done yesterday (March 27). They see the project as one of the things that will help improve their standard of living. How the scheme works is each residential lot costs about
ASAJAYA: The ‘Abang Jo-style’ Village Extension Scheme (SPK) implemented in Kampung Sambir here would enable the villagers to enjoy the full extent of the state government’s housing aid. Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said while such a housing scheme was not new it is definitely
BAU: People from surrounding villages of Mount Tabai have been urged to not involve in the illegal gold mining activities. Kampung Bijuray Mongag chief (KK) Ripay Sikan, 52, noted that many people frequent the area to mine gold which seems to be the easy way out. “This mining activity has
BAU: A father’s wait came to an end after his son’s body trapped in the cave hole of Mount Tabai here was successfully retrieved today. Tapa Monya, 73, ate only a piece of candy and refused to eat throughout the third day of the search and rescue (SAR) operation as
KUCHING: The Ramadan bazaar in Sarawak is allowed to operate during the fasting month from April 12 to May 12. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said however, the operations of the bazaar must be in accordance with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) set by the government. “Before starting operation, these
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