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Help underway for affected durian farmers

KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will work out a mechanism for durian farmers in areas under the imposition of the Covid-19 lockdown to bring out their fruits to the market. SDMC chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said he would discuss with the respective Divisional Health Departments to work out a suitable arrangement […]

Durians on sale in Mukah

MUKAH: The king of fruit, durian, is back in the market here for a few days now. New Sarawak Tribune discovered that the supply of the fruits was still limited and the prices were also still quite high. The number of customers coming to the durian stalls was also few, perhaps due to the high […]

Durian farmers going online to cut out the middlemen

KANGAR: It is becoming a trend to sell products and goods via social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and others ever since the country was hit by Covid-19 and came under the first movement control order (MCO) on March 18 2020. Durian traders have also joined in the online bandwagon to market […]

Tiong donates pest control pumps

SIBU: Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) president Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has contributed three units of Pest Control Pressure Pump to durian farmers in the Dudong constituency. The contribution was handed over by PDP senior vice-president Cr Teo Boon Siew who represented Tiong to Dudong constituency Agriculture Affairs Working Committee chairman Joseph Yong last Saturday. […]