KUCHING: Normah Medical Specialist Centre (NMSC) has confirmed that one of its nursing staff was diagnosed with Covid-19 on Tuesday (July 14), referred to as Case 582 by the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). In a statement on its website on Wednesday, the management of NMSC disclosed that the staff
KUCHING: Women nowadays play an important role as determinants of decisions, especially in the political context. Demak Laut assemblyman Dr Hazland Abang Hipni said that this was proven when in every district polling centre (PDM) in the Demak Laut constituency, women dominated the total number of voters while being the
KUCHING: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will soon provide Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) with a licence to operate internet services in rural areas. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said he met with Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah last week and had requested for
PILOT HOUSING PROJECT FOR B40 KUCHING: The state government is committed towards helping those in the B40 (low-income) group, including implementing a pilot project to develop houses for them. Chief Minister Datuk Patingi Abang Johari Tun Openg said under the programme, the cost of the land, ground works and infrastructure
KUCHING: Yayasan Sarawak director Azmi Bujang has called on parents to bear with the expected teething problems at the initial stage of the new free school bus service programme. “The challenge is that once schools re-open, there will be massive traffic jams. Some roads are narrow and buses cannot U-turn
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has fulfilled his promise to provide free school bus service for students in urban areas, starting with about 30 schools in the Kuching-Padawan area. “We want to help our people, especially those in the low-income group. With this programme, we can
Hasidah tells See his claims on Sarawak-Petronas SST talks fallacious KUCHING: Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali has refuted claims that the state government is negotiating on Petroliam Nasional Berhad’s (Petronas) payment of State Sales Tax (SST), describing such claims as ‘fallacious’ and ‘simply not true’. In a Facebook post
HOTEL QUARANTINE KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas has asserted that there is no double standard with regard to who has to undergo hotel quarantine upon arriving in Sarawak. Responding to a question during the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) Covid-19 daily update press conference on Tuesday
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has decided to postpone the resumption of 138 secondary and primary schools in Kuching, Padawan, and Samarahan districts to August 3. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that this decision involved transition classes, Form One to Four, Lower Form Six,
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) is planning a programme to determine high-risk areas to screen to curb the spread of Covid-19 within the community. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that SDMC had discussed with the State Health Department (JKNS) yesterday morning on this programme.
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