Calling on all blood donors

KUCHING: The Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) Blood Bank is appealing to all blood donors to come forward to ensure continuous and sufficient blood supply for patients. SGH’s head of the Transfusion and Blood Bank Service Department, Mohamad Borhan Ahmad Ulis said the SGH blood stock was currently at a safe level. However, a decrease in […]

Calling all blood donors

KUCHING: The Blood Bank of Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) is appealing to all to come forward and donate blood to ensure continuous and sufficient blood supply for patients. The blood donation campaign will be held from Wednesday (Oct 28) till this Sunday (Nov 1). Head of Transfusion and Blood Bank Services Department (SGH), Dr Mohammad […]

Calling blood donors

KUCHING: Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) will be organising a blood donation campaign from Sep 16 to 20 (Wednesday to Sunday). According to SGH, their Blood Bank Mobile Unit will be at two locations —Kuching South City Council (MBKS) Community Hall A and the Housing Development Corporation’s (HDC) Rafflesia Hall. The blood donation campaign at MBKS […]

‘Allow some Indonesians to enter’

KUCHING:  Sarawak is appealing to the National Security Council (NSC) to allow entry into the state of some Indonesians in the construction industry, revealed chairman of the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas on Monday. “We will announce the outcome of our appeal,” he told a Covid-19 press conference at Old […]

Pathologist, five men appeal against death sentence

KUALA LUMPUR: Pathologist Colonel Dr R. Kunaseegaran and five men are appealing against their conviction and death sentence for murdering deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais, whose body was found in a barrel filled with concrete five years ago. The six appellants filed a notice of appeal through their lawyers at the Criminal High […]

Express bus operators appeal for low diesel price

KUALA LUMPUR: Express bus operators in Malaya yesterday appealed to the government to keep the price of diesel down. The grievance was conveyed by Cosmic Express bus company and Peninsular Malaysia Malay Express Bus Operators Association (Pembawa) committee member Datuk Abu Hasan Awang regarding the hike in diesel price of late and the need to […]

Agong’s appeal in our agenda

KUCHING: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has appealed to the government to further improve the well-being of the people and bridge the gap between Malaya and East Malaysia. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the appeal was part of the tabling of the 2020 State Budget during the […]

Appeal against allowing court to reopen before May 12

KUCHING: The state High Court has been urged not to allow the Court Registry and Commissioners, including law firms, to operate until May 12. In a press statement issued yesterday, president of Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK), Voon Lee Shan, said that the High Court should not follow Chief Judge Tan Sri Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat’s […]

April 30 deadline for BPN application, appeal

CYBERJAYA: All new applications and appeals for the Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) should be made by April 30, said the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN). LHDN said households or single individuals who meet the criteria but are not listed or whose applications were not approved can do so through the official BPN portal at https://bpn.hasil.gov.my. “Each new […]

SGH seeks help to identify man

KUCHING: Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) Medical Social Services Department is appealing to the public to come forward if they know the identity of a male patient who was found by the roadside on Sunday. According to a press statement, the patient was brought to the hospital by the Civil Defence Department (JPAM) and efforts to […]