Author: Tania Lam

Citizenship Ruling: A relief to mothers

KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah has welcomed the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s landmark decision declaring that children born overseas to Malaysian mothers who are married to foreigners are entitled by operation of law to be citizens of Malaysia. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister said she

PRS against laws restricting development of non-Muslim religions

KUCHING: Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) has strongly opposed the proposed bill on control and restrictions on the development of non-Muslim religions. “A plural and multi-religious Malaysia cannot be bound by a law that is so backward and divisive in nature,” stressed PRS vice-president and Women chief Datuk Seri Doris Brodie

Benefits of intergenerational relationships

KUCHING: Intergenerational relationships are important as younger and older generations can mutually benefit from each other.  Sarawak Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said in a family, the younger, middle, and older generations developed ways to support one another in the later years.

Importance of valuing family unity

KUCHING: Bridging the generation gap involves the role-modelling of parents with regard to positive relationships, the importance of learning, respect, and taking responsibility for mistakes. Sarawak Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah explained that this generation gap had resulted from the rapid development

Politics: Youths need to learn the ropes

KUCHING: Both the elderly and youths have their respective responsibilities to fulfil in order to empower youths in politics. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said it must be accepted that political empowerment of the youth was inevitable adding that responsibilities come from

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Two new clusters in Bintulu

KUCHING: Two new community clusters were declared in Bintulu today (sept 9), namely the Sungai Segan Cluster and Jalan Bintulu-Miri Dua Cluster. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the Sungai Segan Cluster involved residents of a longhouse under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO), located at the area of

State registers nine deaths

KUCHING: Sarawak today (Sept 9) recorded nine new deaths linked to Covid-19, bringing the state’s Covid-19 death toll to 602 cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said five of the fatalities were female patients including one brought-in-dead (BID) case while the other four were male with one BID case.

Slight decrease in positive cases

KUCHING: Sarawak today (Sept 8) recorded a slight decrease of positive cases as compared to Tuesday. The 3,100 new positive Covid-19 cases upped the state’s case tally to 140,912. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) revealed that of these new cases, 3,096 or 99.87 percent were in Categories 1 (no

Woman, 20, youngest fatal case

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 10 new deaths linked to Covid-19 today (Sept 8), bringing the state’s Covid-19 death toll to 593. Of the new deaths, the youngest was a 20-year-old woman and two of the new deaths were Brought In Dead (BID) cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the

More projects in store for residents

MIRI: Assistant Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew on Monday visited several sites to witness the handover of projects under the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) to selected contractors. According to a report by the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) on Tuesday (Sept 7), one of