Govt, NGOs urged to continue helping needy students
BY PETRONELLA LANGITA FELIX KUCHING: The Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) is urging the government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to continue assisting needy students, especially those in the rural areas. Ever since teaching and learning at home (PdPR) was implemented in March last year, students have been relying on the stability of internet connection to keep […]
Help those in need whenever possible
KUCHING: Recipients of assistance have been urged to help others in need whenever they can. “Today is an example of how the former students of Sacred Heart are paying it forward. Many of those who contributed to the funds are from humble beginnings. “After having left school and gone out to work, these former students […]
Sng helps settle debt
KUCHING: Julau MP Larry Sng said recently he was approached by a young Iban man from Kapit who had borrowed RM5,000 from a loan shark. “Due to the MCO, he has been unable to work to settle his debt and is being constantly harassed by his creditor. “He has three young children and has mental […]
Calling all Good Samaritans to help village under EMCO
KUCHING: Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang implored all Good Samaritans to assist Kampung Tematu, Jalan Batu Kitang which has been placed under a 14-day enhanced movement control order (EMCO). The lockdown will commence from June 29 to July 12 and tomorrow (July 2) is the fourth day of the EMCO. He commended the initiative […]
Kita Jaga Miri group lends helping hand in Covid-19 fight
MIRI: In order to address issues stemming from the increase in Covid-19 cases here, Kita Jaga Miri (KJM) has met with relevant stakeholders and charted the most appropriate solutions, including setting up new facilities and extending the existing molecular lab at Miri Hospital. KJM said the extension to the existing molecular lab would take approximately […]
Elderly bedridden man gets a helping hand
KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching recently visited and provided assistance to an elderly man who is bedridden. This was done after receiving a call from his daughter who requested for help. Ali Abg Dondang, 70, has been bedridden since March this year and he lives with his wife in Kampung Rampangi. The non-governmental organisation (NGO) stated […]
Helping those in need
The Repok service centre, on behalf of Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii, donated a patient bed to 67-year-old Hii Mee Fah (sitting, third left) recently (May 3). Su Suen Hua and Su Sieng Do, representing the assemblyman, delivered the bed and taught Hii’s family members how to operate it. Hii’s family later expressed […]
Help out a single mother
BINTULU: With the help of her neighbours, Nancy Semali’s plight has been made known. Nancy, 33, a single mother of five, is a Penan from Long Belok Baram and lives with her children — Wilson Nancy (17), Sheary Nancy (16), Maky Grace (13), Clen (10) and Roland Prangly (6) — in a rented house at […]
Army help with the closing of relief centre
SIMUNJAN: The 10th Battalion Royal Ranger Regiment (10 RRD) was involved in the closing of a temporary flood evacuation centre as well as transporting flood victims back home on Monday (Feb 8). A military spokesperson said a team of 19 personnel and two officers, led by Captain Ahmad Afif Afifi Shukri, were mobilised to Dewan […]
Soldiers give landslide victim a helping hand
KUCHING: Members of Regimen 511 Askar Wataniah (territorial army) helped clean up the mess left behind by a landslide that damaged a house at Kampung Garung, Puncak Borneo here. 511 deputy commander Lt-Kol Mohd Nadzri Ismail said the regiment was always ready to mobilise and assist civilians affected by natural disasters. This was also part […]
