SIBU: The Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) Sibu allocated RM50,000 for the repair of a wooden jetty at Sungai Rongan in Durin, said Sibu Rural District Council deputy chairman Wong Ching Yong yesterday (Oct 11). Wong, who had monitored the condition of the jetty last Saturday (Oct 9), said
SIBU: The body of an unidentified man was found in the Rajang River, not far from the Sri Rejang Camp on Monday (Oct 11). Sibu police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said it was discovered by a man fishing near the camp. “The body stuck at the bottom of an
SELANGAU: Residents in Bunau Oya, Pakoh no longer depend on using boats or rivers as their main mode of transportation after a former logging road there is upgraded. Tamin assemblyman Christopher Gira Sambang who visited Rumah Udin Letan, Bunau Oya, Pakoh last Saturday said the villagers as well as several
SIBU: Military commander, Region Two, Major General Datuk Dzulkafli Mustaffa made a brief working visit to the Malaysian Armed Forces Field Hospital here last Saturday (Oct 9). He was briefed on the hospital’s operations on the current situation of Covid-19 in Sibu by the hospital’s director, Dr Nanthakumar Thirunavukkarasu. Accompanying
SIBU: The increase in Covid-19 patients, mostly for Category 3 and 4 cases, should not be taken lightly, warned Dr Annuar Rapaee. The Sibu Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) coordinator added that it could get worse there was still lack of awareness in communities. While updating the Covid-19 cases in
SIBU: The Sibu Information Department (JaPen) remains committed to reaching out to the underprivileged and frontline workers. The department recently organised Program Sepakat@Komuniti to reach out to the groups. They were held at the Hijrah Suri shop premises and the Sibu Central Market Vaccine Centre (PPV). At the events, donations
SIBU: The flood problem in Jalan Sungai Assan-Durin, Pulau Keladi here has received the attention of the Sibu Rural District Council (SRDC). Following complaints from several residents, SRDC deputy chairman Wong Ching Yong visited the area on Wednesday (Oct 6). According to him, Jalan Sungai Assan-Durin would often be flooded
SIBU: The Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU) has offered to help four families, whose houses in Kampung Sentosa, Jalan Salim here were razed in a recent fire, apply for Sarawak Rental Assistance Scheme (SRAS). Its chairman Chambai Lindong, in a statement today (Oct 7), noted that the state government through
SIBU: The Sibu Hospital management has requested the government to extend the services of contract nurses until December 31 to reduce its manpower problems. The hospital’s director Dr Nanthakumar Thirunavukkarasu, in a statement yesterday, said that so far, 53 hospital staff had been infected with Covid-19 and were undergoing quarantine.
SIBU: Education, Science and Technological Research Assistant Minister Dr Annuar Rapaee hopes for a safe and smooth commencement of the school session beginning today (Oct 4). Speaking during the Sibu Covid-19 update live stream through his social media page, Dr Annuar said a total of 23 secondary schools in the
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