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No kidnapping of children for organ harvesting

KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has confirmed that there were no cases of children being kidnapped in Malaysia for organ harvesting in a neighbouring country. “A message now making its rounds on several social media platforms is actually from a case of fake news in 2017,” Bukit Aman said in a statement today. […]

Colouring contests beneficial to children

SIBU: The participation of children in colouring contests will expose them to the public and unearth their potential talents and skills. Bukit Assek assemblyman Joseph Chieng Jin Ek said participation in such activities should therefore be encouraged among children. “We cannot lock down ourselves again after two years of the pandemic . “The most important […]

School holiday event attracts over 200

KUCHING: Activities held during a programme to coincide with the first term school holiday held by the Sarawak State Library at the Children Infotech Room from June 4 until June 12 were successfully concluded. This was a full physical participation by children after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The programme attracted over […]

Man held for molesting child

MIRI: Police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly molesting a six-year old girl at the waterfront here. The suspect was detained by a team from the Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) around 2.50 am on Saturday at a five-foot-way of Old Man Street here. According to Miri police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu, the […]

Children’s books leave lasting impression on Hanifah

BY RAHIMI RAHIM MUKAH: A teacher’s efforts to get her children to write books has left Mukah MP Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib beaming with pride. She told Suara Sarawak how she had met Nordiyana Usop, a teacher at SK Sungai Penipah at the Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Pre-Gawai gatherings in Dalat, Tellian and Balingian..“I was […]

Get children vaccinated by end of May, parents urged

BY NEVILLE TIMOTHY SANDERS AND ANNABELL NAJA TOMMY SEBUYAU: Parents have been urged to get their children vaccinated by the end of May. “The Ministry of Health (MoH) before this has offered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to children from five to 11 years old until today, which is May 16, but we are […]

COVID-19 National Immunisation Programme for Children ends on Sunday

KUCHING: Parents have been urged to take the opportunity to protect their children from Covid-19 as the registration for the first dose under the COVID-19 National Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) will be closed on Sunday (May 15). Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has recently posted in his Twitter account that apart from COVID-19, the vaccination […]

Needy children get new clothes, thanks to SABERKAS

KUCHING: Members of the Sarawak National Youth Organisation (SABERKAS) Samariang branch took 30 needy children shopping ahead of Hari Raya Aidilfitri today. SABERKAS vice president Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali disclosed that the engagement was under the Cahaya Prihatin SEBERKAS Samariang 2022 programme. “This programme was launched two years ago and it is up […]

14.5 per cent of Malaysia’ child population given Covid-19 vaccine

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 513,393 of 14.5 per cent of Malaysia’ child population aged between five and 11 years have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday. Based on data from CovidNow, a total of 13,992,391 or 59.5 per cent of […]

Ministry mulls setting up more unity pre-schools

KUCHING: The National Unity Ministry (KPN) will consider the establishment of more preschools (tabika perpaduan) if there are demands. National Unity Minister Datuk Halimah Mohamed Sadique stated this was in line with the ministry’s goal of fostering unity among children of various races in accordance with the unity concept. “We have to conduct a survey […]