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Huang donates food to longhouse inhabitants

SARIKEI: Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii provided assistance to 64 inhabitants of Rumah Panjang Robert last Thursday (April 22). The 14-door longhouse is under enhanced movement control order (EMCO) for 14 days from April 21 to May 5 after Sarikei District Health Office detected a close contact of Covid-19 positive case among the […]

Huang fives food aid to longhouse residents

SARIKEI: Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii contributed food assistance to residents of Rumah Panjang Naning undergoing the enhanced movement control order (EMCO). The Repok assemblyman said the food assistance in the form of food supply is to ease their burden of the people during the EMCO. “Today the 30 doors longhouse received their food assistance […]

Longhouse folk briefed on fire safety

TATAU: The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) organised a ‘Fire Point’ programme at three longhouses here to create awareness on fire safety today (April 8). The programme was held at Rumah John Asan, Rumah Pada Selan and Rumah Jumput Sendok. During the event, longhouse residents were given a briefing on how to properly extinguish a […]

166 longhouse families receive assistance

SIBU: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Bawang Assan branch, led by its chairman Senator Robert Lau Hui Yew, today delivered essential items to nine longhouses in Kampung Rassau here, which is currently under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO). The branch said a total of 166 families received the aid. “The aid comprised rice, cooking […]

Families in flooded evacuated to nearby longhouse

SELANGAU: Flood waters inundated Gerinsa Narang longhouse on Monday (Mar 22) and forced two families to be evacuated to another longhouse nearby. A spokesperson of the State Fire Department operations centre said they received a distress call about the flood around 10.35pm and firemen from Selangau were despatched to the scene. Upon arriving, the team […]

MCC donates daily provisions to fire victims

MIRI: Miri City Council (MCC) responded to a call for help from residents affected by a fire outbreak which damaged their longhouse at Kampung Pa’Derung Bario last night (Mar 18). Under the advice of Miri City Mayor Adam Yii, and as part of its corporate social responsibility, MCC has arranged to provide the fire victims […]

21 residents made homeless in Bario fire

MIRI: Fire gutted an eight-door longhouse and a stand-alone dwelling at Kampung Pa Derung, Bario in the wee hours of Friday (March 19). Miri Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) chief Law Poh Kiong said fortunately, no casualties and injuries were reported. “The police along with (utilities company) Sarawak Energy Berhad were alerted of the incident […]

61 longhouse residents undergo screening

DEBAK: A total of 61 residents of Rumah Daniel Ranti at Menyalin Baru here had undergone Covid-19 screening on Friday (Mar 12). Sanitisation work was also carried out immediately in addition to the movement restriction order enforced until March 25. The Betong Division Social Welfare Department also came forward to deliver food aid to the […]

Longhouse residents receive food aid

JULAU: Residents of three longhouses, which are undergoing enhanced movement control order (EMCO) in this district, received food aid recently. The aid was handed over to the longhouse residents of Rumah Guyu, Rumah Nunying and Rumah Amba in Nanga Bulo on Saturday (March 13). The Julau District Welfare Department is responsible for coordinating the delivery […]

RTP projects not to fish for votes

SIBU: The minor rural project (MRP) and the rural transformation programme (RTP) projects implemented by the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government are not tools to garner votes. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Bawang Assan chief Romeo Christopher Tegong was responding to a recent statement by Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) Bawang Assan Bumiputera Unit chairman Andrew […]