Author: Tania Lam

Concrete bridge to cemetery completed

MIRI: The completion of a concrete bridge to the cemetery at Kampung Pengkalan, Lutong will provide convenience to villagers there, especially when they visit the cemetery. Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin said the RM100,000 project was funded through the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) for Senadin constituency. He said the

Two new deaths as toll reaches 135

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded two new deaths related to Covid-19 infection today, bringing the state’s Covid-19 death toll to 135. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the 134th death involved case 16,167, a local man, aged 61, who was admitted to Sibu Hospital as he

SDMC to redefine travel permits from zone to zone

KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will redefine and clarify the conditions upon which permits can be issued for movement from zone to zone, with details to be announced on Friday (Apr 16). SDMC chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said these redefined conditions would be implemented by Monday

No MCO; CMCO to continue

KUCHING: Sarawak will not be placed under the movement control order (MCO) as was widely speculated on Wednesday. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas today clarified that the conditional movement control order (CMCO) which was announced previously would continue to be implemented until April 26.

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New cluster at Jalan Sultan Iskandar, Bintulu

KUCHING: The State Health Department (JKNS) has declared a new cluster in Bintulu District called the Jalan Sultan Iskandar Cluster. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this is a workplace cluster involving Covid-19 infections among civil servants of a government department at Jalan Sultan

EMCO at Kpg Binyu Lama ends

KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has announced the end of the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) at Kampung Binyu Lama, Kuching. It said this decision was arrived at given that the results of the second screening had not found any new positive cases there. “In addition, there is

State records five deaths, bringing total fatalities to 133

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded five new Covid-19 fatalities on Wednesday (Apr 14), bringing the state’s Covid-19 death toll to 133. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the 129th death involved Case 17,784, a local man, aged 55-years who had been referred to Sarikei Hospital as he was experiencing cough and required

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State declare new cluster today

KUCHING: The State Health Department has declared a new cluster dubbed the Jepak Cluster in Bintulu. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said this is a community cluster involving Covid-19 infections among residents from around Kampung Jepak in Bintulu District who had attended a wedding thanksgiving ceremony organised at the village

State records 489 new cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 489 new positive Covid-19 cases today, bringing the state’s tally to 21,448. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 99 of these cases were reported in Kuching District, Sri Aman (76), Sibu (75), Miri (50), Bintulu (48), Beluru (32), Samarahan (25), Sarikei (17), Kapit and Mukah (nine

Spread of fake news worrying

LIMBANG: The spread of fake and defamatory information not only confuses the community but also negates the development that the Sarawak government has implemented for the people. Batu Danau assemblyman Paulus Palu Gumbang said, for example, the spread of fake news on the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) project involving the