Smokers in Sibu compounded RM89,500
SIBU: A total of 358 compound notices amounting to RM89,500 have been issued by the Sibu Divisional Health Office from Jan 1 to Sept 17 this year. The compounds were issued under the Control of Tobacco Product Regulations 2004 following inspections on 179 food premises. A spokesman for the Divisional Health Office said there has […]
MBKS Mayor pays up compound, admits mistake
KUCHING: Kuching South City Council (MBKS) Mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng compounded by the council traffic warden recently, in which paid up and admitted his wrongdoing. In his social media post, Wee said a complaint was raised by Pending assemblywoman Violet Yong regarding Wee’s official vehicle which was parked along the roadside ignoring the yellow […]
Police issue RM92,000 worth of compounds
KUCHING: Ninety-two compounds worth RM92,000 were issued by the police compliance monitoring team. Kuching district police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said in the statement today, most offences committed from Feb 25 to March 3 pertained to failure to limit the number of people at a premises and failure to register using the MySejahtera application. The […]
Failure to register main SOP violation
KUCHING: Failure to register via the MySejahtera application when entering a premises, remained the most common standard operating procedure (SOP) violation last week. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah said 64 compound notices were issued by the district’s SOP Compliance team from Feb 18 to 24. Of the figure, 40 men and 16 women were issued […]
RM1k compound each for 14 who violated SOPs
SIBU: Fourteen individuals in Sibu Jaya here who threw caution to the wind despite increasing COVID-19 cases in the district ended up RM1,000 poor each. They were compounded for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) on Tuesday (Feb 8). The individuals were caught during an inspection carried out by an integrated SOP monitoring team at […]
New cases mostly in categories 1 and 2
BY JACINTHA KUCHING: Sarawak recorded double digit new COVID-19 cases on Friday (Jan 21). The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its statement said the 14 new cases comprised 13 cases in categories 1 and 2 and one case in category 4. The state’s cumulative cases now stand at 252,674. Sibu topped the number of new […]
21 new Covid-19 cases reported on Wednesday
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 21 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday (Jan 19) with 20 of the cases being Category 1 and 2 while one was Category 5. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) reported that the cumulative total number of cases now stood at 252,646. Sibu topped the numbers with nine cases. Kuching recorded five new […]
Nine new cases on Monday push total to 252,609
KUCHING: Nine new Covid-19 cases were recorded in Sarawak on Monday (Jan 17), bringing the total to 252,609. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its daily update, said one of the cases was Category 5 while the rest were Categories 1 and 2. “Sibu recorded the most with four cases, Kuching with three and […]
Sarawak records seven new cases on Monday
BY JACINTHA JOLENE KUCHING: Sarawak recorded a total of seven new Covid-19 cases on Monday (Jan 10). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said in a statement that five of the cases were Category 1 and 2 while two were Category 4. Kuching recorded four cases, followed by Bintulu with two and and one in […]
Sarawak records 22 new cases
KUCHING: Twenty-two new Covid-19 cases were reported in Sarawak with 252, 498 cumulative cases statewide, disclosed the Sarawak Disaster and Management Committee in its press statement here on Sunday (Jan 9). The committee said six cases were reported in Lawas while five were reported in Sibu. Meanwhile, Bintulu and Limbang reported two cases each while […]
