KUCHING: Hope Place has reached out to a family in need in Serian recently after being informed of their situation by members of the public through Facebook. Victor Bingin, 47, and his elderly mother are in need of help as both are in poor health and not working. Hope Place
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded no new positive Covid-19 cases on Thursday (June 25), with the total number of positive cases in the state thus far remaining at 570. In a statement on Thursday, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said that two new cases had recovered and been discharged from Sarawak
SRI AMAN: A ceremony to present appointment letters and extension of appointment letters for the ketua kampung, tuai rumah and kapitan posts in Simanggang constituency was recently held at the Sri Aman District Office on Monday. Sixteen ketua kampung/tuai rumah/kapitan received their appointment extension certificates while a new ketua kampung
KUCHING: United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd’s (UOB Malaysia) colleagues and customers from across its branches have raised RM300,000 in a month for the UOB Heartbeat Covid-19 Relief Fund. The funds raised will help ease the financial burden of vulnerable communities as they face unprecedented challenges from the pandemic, a press
KUCHING: Sarawakian food production companies are keen to link up with Singaporean investors or partners, as seen during the ‘Sarawak Business Matching on Food Sourcing’ webinar jointly organised by Singapore Business Federation and Sarawak Trade and Tourism Office Singapore (Statos) on Wednesday (June 24). At the event, seven Sarawakian food
KUCHING: Sarawak and Singapore can achieve their respective food-related goals by pooling their resources in joint ventures, said Sarawak Trade and Tourism Office Singapore (Statos) chief executive officer, Chew Chang Guan. He pointed out that Sarawak was developing into a food basket for Malaysia while Singapore aimed to have 30
KUCHING: The state government has no problem in giving extension of time to contractors to complete the implementation of their given projects. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that it accepted that the delays were due to the recent movement control order (MCO) brought about by the
KUCHING: All markets, including day, night, and weekend markets, in Samarahan have reopened with precautionary measures in place to curb the spread of Covid-19. According to Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos, the markets had initially been a bit cautious about the reopening but are operating now
KUCHING: The Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) appeals to the Human Resource Ministry to consider allowing the palm oil industry in Sarawak to continue hiring foreign workers during the duration of the year in view of the serious shortage faced by the industry here. They said that Human
QUARANTINE BABY BOOM? KUCHING: Medical specialists are of the view that it is still too early to determine if there will be a quarantine baby boom at the end of this year or start of next year resulting from the movement control order (MCO), conditional MCO, and recovery MCO implemented
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