SIBU: Food supplies were distributed to the longhouse residents in Pasai Siong who were placed under lockdown last Sunday (Jan 10). Assistant Minister of Local Government and Housing Dr Annuar Rapaee said the food assistance was distributed last Saturday (Jan 9) and continued the next day. “A total of 2,059
SIBU: Sibu Indoor Stadium at Jalan Tuanku Bujang will be used as the latest quarantine centre for this division should the need arise. This was revealed by the head of the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) Sibu division and Resident, Charles Siaw when contacted on Sunday (Jan 10). The Sibu
SIBU: The public who are going for the Covid-19 screening at Lanang Health Clinic here has been advised to adhere to the standard operating procedures (SOPs). Sibu Division Health Officer Dr Teh Jo Hun said a large number of them have turned up at the clinic and has made it
SIBU: Residents of the eight longhouses put into lockdown in Pasai Siong, including Rumah Langi Ambau, are advised to comply with the restriction order from the authorities. This was said by Penghulu Richard Ampi, who is in charge of the Pasai Siong area, when contacted on Sunday (Jan 10). He
SIBU: Sibu Hospital had to reduce the acceptance of non-emergency elective cases, but the emergency, semi-elective case service will still operate as usual. The director, Dr Nanthakumar Thirunavukkarasu, said that this is due to the rapid increase in Covid-19 cases at the hospital as announced by the Sarawak Disaster Management
SIBU: The Pasar Tamu Mingguan in Jalan Indah here has been ordered closed effective tomorrow (Sunday) due to Sibu being declared Covid-19 red zone. This was announced by Sibu Municipal Council chairman Clarence Ting Ing Horh today. “Because of the still on-going Pasai Cluster which was announced by the chairman
SIBU: A new Covid-19 cluster named the Pasai Cluster has been detected in this town. Sibu Division Resident Charles Siaw said the cluster involved 37 confirmed cases. They were detected through the screening results based on the case of a woman who returned from Johor (Case 1,175) on Dec 29,
SIBU: A senior policeman today was charged in the Special Corruption Court here with corruption charges and alternative charges of accepting bribes. However, the accused Sofian Abu Bakar, 44, denied both charges after they were read out by Deputy Public Prosecutor Nur Nula Abd Latiff from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission
SIBU: It appears that the ‘dabai’ (canarium odontophyllum) season here and is on again. They are now on sale at the local central market although they are not as abundant as before. Upon closer inspection, they are very expensive and sold by only a handful of hawkers. They sell for
SIBU: It was a devastating moment for a father, Phang Wei Beng who had lost his wife and two sons in the recent Triso ferry point tragedy. The husband of the late Lorna Ting, 33, and father of Alvin Phang, 12, and Wallace Phang, 7, was lost for words when
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