10 roadblocks set up in Kuching
KUCHING: Police have set up 10 roadblocks throughout Kuching in view of the imposed conditional movement control order (CMCO) as well as enforcing inter-district travel ban to and from the district. The roadblocks are located at Jalan Matang (E-Mart Roundabout), Jalan Temenggong Tan Meng Chong, Jalan Kuching-Samarahan Expressway, Jalan Datuk Bandar Mustapha, Jalan Matang to […]
Thumbs-up for CMCO again!
KUCHING: Many Sarawakians applauded and supported the decision of the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) to impose the conditional movement control order (CMCO) again in Kuching district due to the rising Covid-19 cases. New Sarawak Tribune found that many agreed that the CMCO was necessary even though it would affect their work and the […]
Immigration counters closed for two weeks
KUCHING: The Malaysian Immigration Department service counters and offices here will be temporarily closed following the enforcement of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) here from tomorrow (Nov 9) until Nov 22. The department on Sunday (Nov 8) said the closure will involve service counters at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar in Simpang Tiga and Urban Transformation […]
CMCO in Kuching from Nov 9 to 22
KUCHING: The conditional movement control order (CMCO) will be imposed again in this district from Nov 9 to 22 as it is still a red zone. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the decision was made in view of a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in the […]
CMCO lowers daily new case numbers
WEEKLY ROUND-UP By Melati Mohd Ariff This is a round-up of COVID-19 related matters in Malaysia and globally from Oct 24 up to 12.30pm today. In Malaysia, case numbers have exceeded 30,000. Globally the virus has infected more than 45 million people and caused over a million deaths. More than 200 countries and territories are […]
242 students receive food aid from MPs
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 242 Sarawakian students at the Master Weld Academy College in Selangor received contributions in the form of food items from Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) MPs today. The contribution was presented by Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs) Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib to representatives of the […]
Cuepacs urges departments to comply with PSD instruction
KUALA LUMPUR: The Congress of the Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) has urged all heads of departments to comply with the instruction to only have a maximum of 30 per cent staff present issued by the Public Service Department (PSD) for Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Selangor, Labuan and Sabah. Its president […]
No lame excuses for inter-state travel
KUALA LUMPUR: Those applying for inter-state travel are reminded against giving lame excuses for the purpose, but to do so only with genuine urgent need. Gombak district police chief ACP Arifai Tarawe said since the conditional movement control order (CMCO) was enforced four days ago (Oct 14), a total of 1,587 applications for inter-state travel […]
IPTS allowed to conduct international exams during CMCO
PUTRAJAYA: Private higher learning institutions (IPTS) have been exempted from the conditional movement control order (CMCO) and are allowed to hold examinations conducted by external examination providers according to the schedule set. The Higher Education Department in a statement today said the exemption involved 3,031 local students and 195 international students of IPTS in four […]
Next two weeks crucial for Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: The next two weeks will be crunch time for Malaysia as it implements the conditional movement control order (CMCO) in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Putrajaya and Sabah, OCBC Bank said. In a research note today, it said the CMCO is enforced in the respective states from Oct 14-27 (Oct 13-26 in Sabah) to flatten […]
