KUCHING: Eighty percent of the worship places in Bau has been disinfected, revealed Bau Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Senior Assistant Fire Superintendant Tawang Lingem. He said 20 mosques and suraus as well as 40 churches in Bau had been disinfected. “The sanitising work was carried out at the requests
KUCHING: The State Women’s Day in August this year will be held through live conferencing via Zoom apps, said Sarawak Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She added only 100 participants, including women ministers and eminent personalities, would be invited to attend the
KUCHING: The Sarawak government has been raising awareness of the need to reduce teenage pregnancies in the state, said Welfare, Community Well Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. “For my ministry, we are looking at the issue from a practical point of view by focusing more
KUCHING: The new rates for haircuts should be reasonable, said the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry. In a press statement issued Monday, it said it would inspect the barber shops, hair salons and others to ensure the operators were not taking advantage of the situation and complying with
KUCHING: Urban Transformation Centres (UTC) statewide will be opened seven days a week beginning on Monday as announced by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) on Sunday. In a statement released by State’s Chief Minister’s Department, the instruction to extend the UTC operating hours effective June 15 was in line with
KUCHING: The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac) is planning to open the Southeast Asia Secretariat centre office in Kuching. Its Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said the centre would be able to serve as a centre representing Southeast Asia, to organise activities and exhibitions with United Nations Educational Scientific
KUCHING: Abang Mat Ali Abang Masagus has been appointed as the new State Education Department director. In announcing this, Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Datuk Seri Michael Manyin congratulated Abang Mat Ali on his new position. “He is now the new State Education Department director and was appointed two
KUCHING: Not all Form 5 and Upper 6 classes in Sarawak are able to resume on June 24 as set by the federal government, said Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Datuk Sri Michael Manyin. He said this was because not all teachers would be able to arrive at their
BINTULU: A trailer truck laden with used tires caught fire at Mile 8, Jalan Bintulu-Miri in the wee hours of morning, yesterday. According to the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operation centre (PGO), a team of 12 firefighters of Bintulu fire station, led by PBK II Herman Main, rushed
KUCHING: Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department will sanitise 46 schools in Bau after the SOPs for school resumption are announced. “We have received a lot of applications from schools for sanitation work,” said Kuching zone fire chief, Senior Superintendent Henderi Ardimansyah when met by New Sarawak Tribune on Wednesday after
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