Online gambling top up agent nabbed
KUCHING: Police arrested a woman for operating as an online gambling top up agent, in a coffee shop at Jalan Batu Kawa last Thursday (Sept 2). Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan, who confirmed the case, said the 29-year-old woman was detained by the district police’s task force around 5.45pm. “The team raided the premises […]
Coffee shop owners start receiving aid
KUCHING: Coffee shop owners have started to receive RM750 of the RM1,500 financial assistance under the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance (BKSS) 6.0 package, in which the monetary assistance has been channelled into their respective SarawakPay accounts. Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said the assistance under BKSS 6.0 will be […]
Pandemic, MCO hit businesses in Mukah hard
MUKAH: A coffee shop here, which used to earn a reasonable income during the good times, now makes a mere RM30 a day during the ongoing statewide movement control order (MCO). A kampua mee seller, who used to sell about 9kg of noodles daily, now only manages to sell half of the usual quantity. A […]
Mayor welcomes suggestion to issue licences to eateries with vaccinated staff
KUCHING: The suggestion to issue licences to eateries and coffee shops whose owners and employees have already gotten their Covid-19 vaccination is welcomed by Kuching South City Council (MBKS) mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng. “I think that this is a good idea. For me, whatever is good for the people, we should adopt and implement […]
Council to abide by ministry’s decision on licencing
KUCHING: Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) will wait for the Ministry of Local Government and Housing to issue licences to eateries and coffee shops whose workers are fully vaccinated. Its chairman Datuk Peter Minos said the council has to abide by the decisions made by ministry. Although he welcomes the idea by Sibu Municipal Council […]
Handy booklet on coffee shops, hawkers for public
KUCHING: Datuk Lily Yong and her volunteer team plan to assist coffee shops and hawkers in the Kuching area by compiling and printing their names, contact information, and food items offered into a booklet to be distributed to the public. The Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Kuching branch chairperson clarified that she was not representing […]
Coffee shop owner served with RM5k fine
SIBU: A coffee shop owner was fined RM5,000 for allowing 11 of his customers to dine in and gamble in the premises at Jalan Market on Thursday (May 27). Sibu OCPD ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said at around 11.48am, a standard operating procedure (SOP) compliance monitoring team led by ASP Kushairy Bujang inspected the premises […]
A quiet affair for eateries
MUKAH: It has been a quiet affair for many eating outlets here nowadays as not many customers are seen patronising the premises following a no dine-in order issued by the authorities which was in effect from May 12. New Sarawak Tribune found that since the order was enforced, eateries were almost empty, except for a […]
Shopkeeper arrested over attack in coffeeshop
PADAWAN: Police have arrested a 26-year-old shopkeeper to facilitate investigations into an attack on a man at a coffee shop in Kota Sentosa last Friday. The incident happened when the victim, aged 52, and his wife met with the suspect and his father-in-law at the premises purportedly to collect debts before the suspect allegedly called […]
Customers flee on seeing police at coffee shop
SIBU: Several customers who were enjoying kampua noodles at a coffee shop in Jalan Wawasan here, took off quickly after noticing the police’s presence today. However, two individuals — the premises owner and stall owner — were fined for allowing their customers to dine in at the place during the movement control order (MCO) period. […]
