Lawas, Long Lamai folk get Samling’s food aid
KUCHING: Samling Group has distributed food packs as part of its ongoing corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme for the benefit of villagers in Lawas and Long Lamai. Samling regional manager Chong Chii Ming said that the trip to the villages has enabled them to identify many more future CSR projects that they can carry out […]
Long Lamai folk receive much-needed assistance
MIRI: A total of 186 food packs were delivered and security personnel are sent to Long Lamai in Bario which is under enhanced movement control order (EMCO). According to a statement from Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) on June 6, six out of eight villagers tested positive for Covid-19. “The EMCO which started on […]
Medical team conducts swab tests on Long Lamai residents
MIRI: Eight Covid-19 swab tests have successfully been performed on villagers at a locality in Long Lamai after persuasion and insistence by health officers, who were flown there to conduct an investigation and swab test operation. The Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) said it received information regarding a viral message on Wednesday (June 2), […]
Long Lamai — role model for nomadic Penan
My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people’s sacred status, regardless of the past. — Steve Irwin, Australian wildlife expert At about 2pm on Hari Raya Haji Day on March 29, 1999, a pale and pint-sized native approached me at the […]
