Author: Nur Shazreena Ali

Pandemic social bubble: pros and cons

Covid-19: Fact vs Myths When Syazwanie’s father texted, asking her if there was any possibility for Sarawak to have a relaxed travel restriction for non-Sarawakians soon, she was worried. She worried because she felt this wasn’t the right time for her 60-year-old father — who is stuck in Kota Kinabalu

Perak crisis no bearing on Sarawak

KUCHING: The political upheaval in Perak may not have any significant impact on Sarawak’s political landscape. “The impact from the Perak crisis can only be seen depending on how it will influence national politics after this. “At this moment, I do not think it will have any effect on Sarawak,”

Serba Dinamik secures RM465.9 million projects

KUCHING: Securing five international projects with a relative short span of time apart is a major achievement for any business organisation by any measure of accomplishment. Yet that was the very thing that Sarawak’s own home-grown company Serba Dinamik Holdings Berhad did – securing five projects in Indonesia, United Arab

Sape artiste bags award

KUCHING: The Covid-19 pandemic may have stopped us from travelling around the world, but it certainly didn’t stop sape artiste Alena Murang from bagging an award from Argentina recently. The 31-year-old of Kelabit and English-Italian parentage won an award for the ‘Best Styling’ category at the Buenos Aires Music Video

Environmental, conservation activists invited

KUCHING: Environmentalists and cultural conservation activists are invited to participate in a virtual dialogue session on ‘Tales from the Mountains’, which will be streamed live on Facebook 5 December at 8.00pm. Organised by Sarawak Eco-Warriors (SEW) in partnership with Kuching Beach Cleaners, the session is hosted in conjunction with the

Sarawak’s success story

Mitigating the pandemic KUCHING: Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic first reared its ugly head last March, Sarawak has been placed under various forms of movement control order (MCO) to mitigate the deadly virus from spreading further. One of the greatest concerns is to ensure that the rural areas are free

Petros LPG available in Kuching, Samarahan

KUCHING: State-owned oil and gas company Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (Petros) will start supplying its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for the first time in Kuching and Samarahan divisions from next year. Its chairman Tan Sri  Hamid Bugo said the supply of domestic gas to homes, businesses and industries will cover other parts of

Smaller Petros LPG cylinders easier to transport

KUCHING: For the first time, the rural people will soon be able to use modern fuel for cooking – switching from wood, charcoal, dung and other traditional fuels to use liquified petroleum gas (LPG). The gas will both change and improve their livelihood, said State Utilities Minister Datuk Seri Dr

Kindies can hold graduation ceremonies with sops

KUCHING : All kindergartens in Sarawak are allowed to organise graduation ceremonies provided the movement control order (MCO) standard operating procedures (SOPs) are adhered to, said Welfare Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah.   In announcing this, Fatimah stressed that the graduation ceremony would

Online conference on post-Covid-19 challenges

KOTA SAMARAHAN: UiTM Sarawak held its first online ‘Borneo Islamic International Conference 2020 (KAIB Online 2020)’ from 8am to 5pm today. Its Rector Prof Datuk Dr Jamil Hamali officiated at the virtual conference which featured several speakers from Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, China, Taiwan and Spain via Zoom. Jointly organised