Five without face masks compounded
SIBU: Five individuals working in an office as well as in a bank, were slapped with a RM1,500 compound each today for not wearing face masks. According to sources, a standard operating procedure (SOP) compliance monitoring operation led by Sibu deputy police chief Supt Collin Babat was conducted at the premises of the office concerned […]
Essential services providers don’t need police permits
SIBU: People in this division who work in the essential services sector do not have to apply for police permits if they go to work in their respective districts or zones only. Essential service providers, who are allowed to operate at 50 percent of their usual capacity, also do not require police permits within the […]
Permits only for essential public services
KUCHING: Only public transportation, essential services and emergency cases are allowed to obtain police permit to make inter-zone travel in Sarawak effective this Monday. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the committee had found out that a total of 505 positive cases and eight clusters recorded since January to […]
Police permit valid until extended Sibu MCO ends
SIBU: The police permit for work-related travel required for businesses categorised under essential services will be valid until the extension period of the movement control order (MCO) for Sibu Division ends, says the Sibu Divisional Disaster Management Committee (SDDMC). SDDMC said those who had applied for the permit need not make a fresh application. SDDMC […]
Essential and non-essential services confusion
SIBU: Some traders here are still unclear on whether their businesses belong to the essential services sector or not. Due to this, many were found still conducting their non-essential service businesses on the first and second day of the movement control order (MCO) here, said Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit. “We only […]
Only essential services may operate during MCO
KUCHING: Only essential services are allowed to operate in Sibu, Kanowit and Selangau following the imposition of movement control order (MCO) in Sibu Division effective midnight Friday. Under the latest MCO standard operating procedure (SOP), the police with the assistance of the army, Civil Defence Force and Rela are responsible to carry out movement control […]
Nurseries, kindies are essential services
KUCHING: Nurseris (taska) and kindergartens (tadika) are essential services particularly for working parents, said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She said some had questioned why taska and tadika were operating even in Covid-19 red zones. “There are children whose parents are both working or frontliners, so there […]
Govt reactivates additional SOPs for childcare centres
KUCHING: The state government has reactivated the additional standard operating procedures (SOPs) measures for all public and private childcare centres and nurseries in Kuching following the enforcement of the conditional movement control order (CMCO). Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah, however, said that these centres must obtain health […]
No panic buying in Kuching this CMCO
KUCHING: There has been no report of panic buying in Kuching. This is because there is enough food supply and daily necessities for the people throughout the conditional movement control order (CMCO). Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) Sarawak director Datuk Stanley Tan said proactive measures had been taken to ensure the supply […]
Mandatory screening extended until Aug 31
KUCHING: The mandatory screening conducted at all of Sarawak’s main entrances has been extended until August 31. State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the admission of all Malaysians from West Malaysia, Sabah, and Labuan entering Sarawak will undergo compulsory screening at all main entrances to Sarawak for the time being. […]
