SIBU: Four mobile cabins will be placed at the transit centre (PTP) of Sibu Prison to improve the facilities there. Sibu Prison director Hamad Seman said each mobile cabin can accommodate six prisoners, thus increasing the capacity at the PTP which now accommodates around 50 prisoners. “The establishment of the
SIBU: Five business premises owners here were each fined RM1,000 for violating conditional movement control order (CMCO) standard operating procedures (SOPs) on Thursday (March 11). Sibu District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the Covid-19 CMCO SOP team led by ASP Kushairy Bujang conducted an operation from 11am to
KAPIT: A 17-year-old teenager was fined RM1,000 for disobeying the pandemic quarantine order after he was found roaming around Taman Height Wednesday afternoon (Mar 10). Kapit district police chief, DSP Freddy Stanislaus Bian, said while the boy was roaming around 4pm he was wearing a quarantine wristband issued by the
SIBU: The minor rural project (MRP) and the rural transformation programme (RTP) projects implemented by the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government are not tools to garner votes. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Bawang Assan chief Romeo Christopher Tegong was responding to a recent statement by Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) Bawang
SIBU: The Ministry of Health (MoH) plans to conduct a second round of active case detection (ACD) in Sentosa and Permai zones here. This follows a spike in Covid-19 cases in the two areas. State Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing said it has yet to be finalised when the
SIBU: Political Secretary to the Chief Minister Michael Tiang, who is also the Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) youth chief, today handed over basic essential items to Deputy Director II of Sibu Hospital, Dr Rachel Teng. The items, donated by concerned and kind members of the public, included toothbrushes, shampoos,
SIBU: The flats in Sibu Jaya will be placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) after 100 positive cases were recorded on Monday. The Sibu Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) stated that the EMCO will be enforced on block C, H, J, K, L, N and R. Today, the
SIBU: No active case detection (ACD) will be carried out on prisoners at the Sibu Central Prison despite detection of Jalan Awang Cluster as declared by Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) last Sunday. This is because the Jalan Awang Cluster involves only the new inmates and they have not had
SIBU: State Health Director Dr Chin Zin Hing said a total of 1,200 smear samples were obtained from the Sentosa Zone when the tests were done on its residents who were subject to the enhanced movement control order (EMCO). He said, of the total, only 13 smear samples were tested
SIBU: A total of 479 families in the Sentosa Resettlement Scheme Phase 2 subjected to the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) received donations from Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Dudong head Tan Sri Bustari Yusuf last Saturday. Sibu Municipal Council Councillor Nazatusyima Bujang said the donation, which included two chickens,
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