Author: Nur Shazreena Ali

Unregistered women entrepreneurs to be identified

KUCHING: Sarawak Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Ministry will get its mobile team to identify women entrepreneurs, especially those who have yet to register their businesses. Its minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the move was necessary as many of them had missed out on various assistance

Department embarks on Kembara Prihatin Negara programme to aid needy

KUCHING: The Social Welfare Department Sarawak (JKMS) will travel throughout the state under the Kembara Prihatin Negara programme to channel aid to the needy, especially those who are badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the initiative

Welfare department kicks off Kembara Prihatin Negara

KUCHING: The Kembara Prihatin Negara 2020, organised by the Sarawak Social Welfare Department (JKMS) in collaboration with the state government, was launched at Kampung Tabuan Melayu today. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah flagged off the convoy, comprising vehicles from the department. The vehicles will travel the length and

Planning viable modern waste management

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) is planning to set up a sustainable and environmental-friendly modern waste management to control the rising waste of the area. Its chairman Datuk Peter Minos said the current waste management was no longer suitable to assist rapid consumption by its increased population. “The

Yes, extend foreign workers’ permits

KUCHING: Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developer’s Association (Sheda) Kuching branch chairman Datuk Sim Kiang Chiok is all for extending foreign workers’ permits in Sarawak. Besides covering the shortfall of workers in the construction and plantation sector, he said it could save transportation costs and reduce the waiting and processing

Sarawak recorded one new positive case

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded one new positive locally transmitted case in Kuching on Tuesday (Nov 24). This brings the total case tally to 1,056 after three consecutive days of zero case, said State Disaster Management Committee in its daily statement today. Case 1056 involved a local woman working as a sales

Third consecutive day without a Covid-19 case

KUCHING: Sarawak enjoyed a third consecutive Covid-19-case-free day on Monday (Nov 23), with the total cases remaining at 1,055. However, Kuching is still a red zone while Miri and Lawas remain yellow. Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) here reported five new recovery and discharged cases. “This brings the total recovery cases

Govt reactivates additional SOPs for childcare centres

KUCHING: The state government has reactivated the additional standard operating procedures (SOPs) measures for all public and private childcare centres and nurseries in Kuching following the enforcement of the conditional movement control order (CMCO). Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah, however, said that

Organisations renew MOA on conservation

KUCHING: Sarawak’s World Wide Fund for Nature Malaysia (WWF-Malaysia) has renewed its memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of The Highlands of Borneo (Formadat) and People’s Association for Development and Education of Penan Sarawak (Pade) on the conservation of the nature environment ecosystem in Sarawak’s northern region.

Project Ranih – promoting Kelabit folksongs

KUCHING: Alena Murang is no stranger to making waves – promoting Sarawak’s traditional culture to the rest of the world through music and art. Standing in the forefront as Sape’ songstress, the half Kelabit multitalented artiste is on a mission to promote Kelabit folksongs and nursery rhymes and further ‘harvest’’