Free haircut event eases burden of parents
SARATOK: The initiative of the Kalaka Constituency Service Centre to organise a free haircut programme in conjunction with the opening of the school session next week aims to ease the burden of parents. Kalaka assemblyman Mohamad Duri said parents tended to spend more at the beginning of the school session. According to him, this was […]
Minister praises state govt’s Unity Package Fixed Internet initiative
KUCHING: Women, Early Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah has welcomed the government’s initiative in aiding selected groups for the Unity Package Fixed Internet Broadband. In line with the Malaysia Madani concept, Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil recently announced the package to ease the cost of living for the B40 […]
More aid for Rh Jungan fire victims
BINTULU: Fire victims at Rumah Jungan Gerang, Batu 36, Jalan Sibu-Selangau, are still receiving assistance from various parties. Today Senator Rita Sarimah Patrick Insol handed a RM10,000 contribution to the affected victims. The gesture is intended to help reduce some of the burden on those who lost their homes and belongings as a result of […]
Tanjong Batu rep helps ease burden of Sebiew fire victims
BINTULU: Concerned with the plight of Kampung Sebiew residents affected by a fire, Tanjong Batu assemblyman Johnny Pang channelled aid to ease their burden. On July 2, a fire broke out, destroying 11 houses and left 20 families homeless. Pang hoped that the Bintulu Disaster Management Committee would find ways to help the victims as […]
New ceiling prices for food items to ease rakyat’s burden
KUCHING: The new ceiling prices for standard chicken and Grade A, B and C eggs — effective July 1 — are imposed to ease the burden of the rakyat. In a statement, the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) explained that the federal government also announced the same ceiling prices for Langkawi, Sabah and […]
34 schools benefit from rep’s donation
SARIKEI: A total of 34 primary and secondary schools here received a personal contribution totalling RM1 million from Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii. The assemblyman said his personal contribution to the schools was for them to use in holding school activities as well as to ease the financial burden of parents, especially involving […]
Cash, hampers benefit 86 welfare recipients
DALAT: A total of 86 of the monthly welfare aid recipients in this district received receive RM100 cash and hamper worth RM80 each in conjunction with the coming Chinese New Year celebration. Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah, said the recipients represented 6.98 per cent of the total aid recipients […]
Sarawak Foundation local scholarship eases burden of students
We sympathise with students who are unable to continue their education because of poverty. Most of them are forced to drop out of school. “Berat mata memandang, berat lagi bahu memikul” means only people who are experiencing it know the real hardships. Undeniably, financial resources are one of the main constraints of students from low […]
Hope Place comes to aid of abandoned senior citizen
KUCHING: Hope Place has responded to a desperate cry for help from an abandoned senior citizen who has been struggling to make ends meet. The non-governmental organisation (NGO) is providing basic food aid to Dayang Gundi, 57, in the hopes that this would ease her burden. She had received quarantine aid from Hope Place a […]
PPC shows govt’s care for B40 group
By Petronella Felix KUCHING: Pelagus assemblyman Wilson Nyabong Ijang says the federal government’s Covid-19 Care Package (PPC) showed that attention was given to the B40 group in facing the endemic phase of Covid-19. The PPC would help ease their financial burden as it would include some items that might not be affordable for the recipients, […]
