Miri Hospital wants your blood
KUCHING: A transfusion medicine specialist at Miri Hospital Dr Norkhazarina Omar has appealed to the public to donate blood especially during the current Covid-19 pandemic as the blood bank here is facing low supply. “Our donations have decreased down to 50 percent for the past three weeks. All blood types are needed now, especially during […]
Kavadi bearer cleanses sins without piercings for Thaipusam this year
BY GOH KOK GUAN GEORGE TOWN: Apart from the large, colourful structures carried by the kavadi bearers during the Thaipusam festival, another significant characteristic about these worshippers was the piercings around their body, most notably using skewers or vel spears, symbolising the burdens they carried. However, 2021 is an unprecedented year in which the Thaipusam […]
Mayor praises SDMC
KUCHING: Sarawak has managed the Covid-19 pandemic well under the state Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), thanks to constant vigilance and hard work. Kuching South City Council (MBKS) mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng gave the SDMC a pat on the back in his speech released today in conjunction with SDMC’s anniversary on Wednesday. The anniversary, he […]
SPM, STPM school-leavers get education incentives
MUKAH: Sixteen SPM and STPM school-leavers here who have been accepted to further their studies or attend training at local institutions of higher learning (IPT) or training centres received study incentives today. Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo said they were the last batch to receive the financial aid allocated for 2020. He hoped that it would […]
Rep hopes Mukah stays green
MUKAH: Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo hopes that Mukah district would always remain a green zone. “We hope that Covid-19 would not spread here, although some cases have been reported nearby such as in Dalat and Selangau,” he said when handing over study incentives to 16 recipients at the Tellian Service Centre here on Thursday (Jan […]
Virus almost killed me
KUALA LUMPUR: Renowned motivation expert Datuk Azizan Osman today shared his traumatic experience with Covid-19, which almost killed him and took the life of a loved one. Azizan, in a Facebook posting, said 31 of his family members were also infected and his mother-in-law died due to the coronavirus. “Covid almost killed me! At 1.44 pm, […]
Super spreader Pasai Cluster records 74 new cases
BY NUR SHAZREENA ALI & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING: The Pasai Cluster in Sibu continues to be a super spreader infecting 74 more Sarawakians with Covid-19 today adding to the statewide total of 171 daily cases. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement today said, the total number of positive cases involving this […]
Delays in projects inevitable
KUCHING: The Covid-19 pandemic has affected many sectors including construction and resulted in either the delays or rescheduling of many projects and activities. “It is inevitable that some programmes, projects and activities are delayed and need to be rescheduled due to this pandemic. However, it is also imperative that there must be cooperation at every […]
On the streets and hungry on rainy days
KUCHING: State Welfare, Women and Community Wellbeing Minister Datuk Fatimah Abdullah on Wednesday night distributed sleeping bags and packed food to homeless people who were sleeping in the streets here. She was joining an operation organised by State Social Welfare Department. One of the recipients was Mostapha Rosli who has been living on the streets […]
Don’t make emergency an issue
BY NOR FARIZA MOHD RAZHI & N,SEVAGAMY The emergency proclaimed by the King to arrest the Covid-19 pandemic in the country should not be made an issue because Malaysia is not the only country that has declared it, said legal expert Datuk Mohd Haaziq Pillay Abdullah. He said countries such as New Zealand, Japan, Australia, France, Finland and […]
