Good to restrict inter-district movements
BY NAZRINZULAIQA HASBI KUCHING: Members of the public here agreed that the state government should restrict movements from the Southern Zone districts to other districts in Sarawak. The Southern Zone consists of Kuching, Bau, Lundu, Samarahan, Asajaya, Simunjan, Serian and Tebedu districts. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the crossing of districts was only […]
Celebrate Gawai only with your own families
KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department has advised all Gawai Dayak celebrants to celebrate the festival only with their own families. In a joint statement issued by Divisional Health Officer Betong, Dr Johnny Pangkas, Divisional Health Officer Kuching, Dr Eunice Melissa, Health Promotion Officer Kuching, Dr Gabriel Alexis and honorary consultant epidemiologist for the Sarawak government […]
10 roadblocks set up in Kuching
KUCHING: Police have set up 10 roadblocks throughout Kuching in view of the imposed conditional movement control order (CMCO) as well as enforcing inter-district travel ban to and from the district. The roadblocks are located at Jalan Matang (E-Mart Roundabout), Jalan Temenggong Tan Meng Chong, Jalan Kuching-Samarahan Expressway, Jalan Datuk Bandar Mustapha, Jalan Matang to […]
To ban or not to ban
INTER-DISTRICT TRAVEL KUCHING: In view of the increasing Covid-19 cases in the state especially here, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) is deliberating on the potential restoration of the inter-district travel ban while also considering the practicality of the situation. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas noted that as Kuching was the state’s […]
Roadblock puts paid to man’s inter-district travel plans
KUCHING: A driver under the influence of alcohol thought he could sneak from Padawan to Kuching despite the inter-district travel ban. The man, aged in his 20s, didn’t get far because he was stopped and arrested at a roadblock mounted at Jalan Lapangan Terbang at 3.15am this morning. Kuching district police chief ACP Awang Din […]
38 poorer by RM1k each for violating travel ban
KUCHING: Thirty-eight drivers in Sarawak who attempted to flout the inter-district travel ban during the first two days of Hari Raya Aidilfitri were compounded RM1,000 each. The authorities imposed the travel ban under the conditional movement control order (CMCO) as part of efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail […]
