Food aid will continue depending on needs
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will continue with food assistance for those in need. “If there is a need to continue the food assistance, we will,” its chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas assured during the Covid-19 daily update press conference yesterday. He said the Food Supply Chain Sub-Committee chaired by Deputy Chief […]
Merit longhouses receive face masks
KAPIT: Several longhouses in Merit area near here recently received face masks from Kapit District Office. District Officer Cerisologo Sabut accompanied by several of his administrative officers travelled by high powered speedboats passing through the treacherous Pelagus Rapids in Batang Rajang to distribute the face masks to the community at Nanga Merit sub district comprising […]
Every household to receive food aid, assures rep
MIRI: The distribution of food aid during the movement control order (MCO) in constituencies within the northern region is being closely monitored to ensure every household receive the aid. “Constituencies held by oppositions are no exception, as we deliver the food aid to all during this challenging times regardless of the recipients’ political inclination,” said […]
Show of thanks to police
KUCHING: Roselle’s Kitchen yesterday donated tea break food for police personnel who worked non-stop regardless of the weather, since the implementation of the movement control order (MCO). Hope Place founder Kelvin Wan helped distribute the food for police officers who are on roadblock duty in Samarahan. “They (police personnel) even slept overnight by the road […]
Serba Dinamik donates 2,000 food packs
BINTULU: Two thousand food packs were donated by Serba Dinamik to 11 areas in this district yesterday. The recipients were needy households affected by the movement control order (MCO) following the Covid-19 outbreak. Serba Dinamik director Datuk Abdul Kadier Sahib said the food packs were distributed by two non-governmental organisations (NGOs) -Sukarelawan Hikmah Bintulu assisted […]
Samling donates food, medical supplies
MIRI: Samling Group of Companies donated 4,000 food packs to the Miri Disaster Management Committee to be distributed to needy groups in the Tudan resettlement area. Yesterday’s contributions also included medical supplies for the Red Crescent Miri Chapter, various front-liners, Miri Polyclinic and other clinics in Miri and the upper Baram areas. According to Samling […]
What’s it like working under MCO?
KUCHING: The implementation of the movement control order (MCO) to curb the spread of Covid-19 has led many people including lawmakers to change their ways of working. Like most of his colleagues, who prioritise going to the ground to be with the people, Community Wellbeing Assistant Minister Datuk Francis Harden Hollis had to be proactive […]
Telang Usan rep looks out for his people
MIRI: Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau is continuing to get to more people in his constituency who are in dire need due to the enforcement of the movement control order (MCO). For the record, more than 4,224 families or ‘doors’ at 80 longhouses or settlements in the constituency have been given food aid. Dennis revealed […]
6,150 food aid given out in Batu Kawa
KUCHING: Another 1,000 sets of food aid had been distributed by Kuching District Office together with Kuching Disaster Management Committee Friday under the Sarawak government’s State Food Aid programme. As of yesterday, Kuching District Office and Kuching Disaster Management Committee have distributed a total of 6,150 food aid packages to the needy at Batu Kawa […]
324,224 household heads received food assistance
KUCHING: The Food Supply Chain Sub-Committee reported that as of Thursday, 324,224 households/individuals (91 percent) of the total 349,449 registered with the 12 Divisional Disaster Management Committees (DDMCs) throughout Sarawak have received food assistance from the state government. Food Supply Chain Sub-Committee deputy chairperson Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said that 63 constituencies had completed their […]
