Longhouse residents get fire prevention tips
BETONG: Everybody must know what to do when a fire occurred at their respective places to prevent the situation from worsening. This is the advice of Betong Fire and Rescue chief Vincent Baling Yabi, saying the first individual nearest to the fire site should act efficiently. “Imagine, the distance of the fire station to the […]
Resettlement scheme in the offing for longhouse residents
PADAWAN: A resettlement scheme is being planned for the longhouse residents of Kampung Annah Rais here. The Sarawak Public Communication Unit (UKAS) on Sunday (Jan 30) quoted Assistant Minister of Transport I Datuk Dr Jerip Susil as saying the scheme would be able to facilitate both the villagers as well as its residents now living […]
Longhouse folk turn up for booster
SIBU: A total of 120 residents from ten longhouses at Nanga Tutus, along Batang Igan near here turned up for their Covid-19 booster shots on Monday (Nov 15). The vaccination centre, set up at SK Nanga Tutus, was manned by staff from the Sibu Health Department. The programme was organised by Senator Robert Lau at […]
Two landslide scares get firemen busy
KANOWIT: Residents of Rumah Jepriten at Sungai Bejait, Jalan Tada here, were abruptly awakened with a landslide late Saturday night (Nov 6). A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire Department operations centre said no injuries or casualties were reported in the 11.55pm incident. Firemen from Kanowit station was despatched to the scene after receiving a distress […]
Our naughty acts displeased grave robbers
Even in prosperous times, the living robbed the dead. ― Jocelyn Murray, author The year 1966 was very significant for folk in Melupa as this was the very first time the Sibu-Kuching trunk road prided in its conquest and became useable. It was also the year that my dad’s original longhouse Munggu Embawang (shared together […]
Rep praises villagers for cooperation
DALEH LONG PELUTAN, MIRI: A community hall costing RM430,000 has been completed in Daleh Long Pelutan, Miri under the Telang Usan constituency rural transformation programme (RTP) to benefit the 150-door longhouse. Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau thanked the village chief, Tingang Pahang and the community of Daleh Long Pelutan for their cooperation in ensuring the smooth […]
Pandemic forces longhouse folk to change lifstyle
PAKAN: People living in longhouses have been urged to adapt to and adopt practices under the new norm to reduce the spread of Covid-19 among them. Sarawak Public Communication Unit (Ukas) reported on Friday (Sept 24) that Pakan assemblyman Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom stressed that certain ways of life in longhouses need to be […]
Seek medical treatment early
BY UMIE SYAZWANIE MOHD KUCHING: Longhouse folk and others in the state’s rural areas must seek immediate medical treatment even if they have mild health conditions or symptoms. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah said this was all the more vital with the current Covid-19 pandemic. “Health education is to allow people to respond […]
Mobile outreach vaccination team deployed in Mukah
200 longhouse residents get first jab DALAT: A total of 200 people from five longhouses have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine during the Covid-19 Vaccination Outreach Programme at Ulu Baoh near here on Friday. The programme, which was under Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) Dalat district, began at Rumah Simu with 37 […]
Stay put at home during Gawai, longhouse folk advised
KUCHING: With the Covid-19 situation in Sarawak still a concern, longhouse folk residing in urban areas should not return to their rural villages during the approaching Gawai celebration. In saying this, Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Women chief Datuk Seri Doris Brodie said under the current circumstances, it was better to stay put at home rather […]
