Author: Tania Lam

Public reminded to stop open burning

KUCHING: While the risk of bushfires is always present, especially during the dry season, it can be avoided and controlled via enforcement by the authorities and, most importantly, the awareness and self-compliance of the public to not carry out open burning. In saying this, Sarawak Department of Environment (DoE) director

PRS Women all set and ready

KUCHING: Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Women wing has put in place its election machinery and is ready to face the state election. “In fact, we have started strengthening our ground works and support since 2019 by conducting road shows and programmes like ‘Randau Wanita PRS’ and ‘Jelajah Kawasan Sentuhan Kejayaan’.

GPS government will be retained, says PRS Youth chief

KUCHING: Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Youth chief Datuk Snowdan Lawan has expressed high hopes that Sarawakians will retain the present Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government in the coming state election to ensure stability and continuity. He said this was based on the various successful initiatives implemented by the GPS state

Focus is on Covid not polls

KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Youth will focus on playing a proactive role in ensuring the state is safe from the threat of Covid-19 pandemic. Its Youth chief Michael Tiang emphasised that this was the time for SUPP youths to walk the talk by going down to the ground

PDP focuses on traditional seats

KUCHING: The Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) Youth is concentrating on the party’s traditional seats, namely Marudi, Meluan, and Tasik Biru, as well as two or three other seats which the party can win for Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) in the upcoming state election.   A senior Youth member, Robert Ayu

GPS will continue to stand tall

KUCHING: The Covid-19 situation may affect the coming state election by bringing about new rules for campaigning or even new ways of voting, but it will certainly not impact the outcome — Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) will continue to stand tall — said Datuk Chiew Yen Chew. The Progressive Democratic

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Four new clusters in Sarawak

KUCHING: The State Health Department today (Thursday) declared four new clusters, with two located in the Kuching district and one each in the districts of Tatau and Sibu. The new clusters are the Jalan Setia Raja cluster and the Kilometre 23 Jalan Puncak Borneo cluster in Kuching ; the Sungai

Five districts contribute 300 new cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 577 new positive Covid-19 cases on Wednesday (June 23) bringing the state’s case tally to 61,566. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) today said 300 of the 577 new cases, or 51.99 percent, were detected in five districts — namely Kuching, Pakan, Bintulu, Kanowit, and Meradong. SDMC

Community’s support critical

KUCHING: The community’s cooperation is critical in combating and eradicating forest fires and open burning, said Fire and Rescue Department Sarawak director Khirudin Drahman. He said while it was the department’s role to respond to incidents of fire, members of the public must cooperate in order to keep cases of

Expect less rain ahead

KUCHING: The Southwest Monsoon which began on May 19 is expected to continue until mid-September, with less rainfall anticipated during this time. Sarawak Meteorological Department director Haburi Hamdan said that during this period, more stable atmospheric conditions would result in less rain formation. “Low rainfall distribution and a high number