Four Beluru longhouses still under lockdown
MIRI: Active contact detection (ACD) was carried out in Beluru after Covid-19 cases were reported in the district recently. According to the minister in charge of the Miri Division Disaster Management Committee, Datuk Lee Kim Shin today, 307 swab tests were collected from five localities, namely Rumah Baran; Rumah Hilary Tawan; Rumah Ramba; Kampung Haji Mohd Yusuf […]
RM1.6 mln in food aid for villagers during lockdown
DALAT: Up till Monday, a total of RM1,616,176 was spent on 5,428 food baskets for 2,714 villagers from 603 families and cooked food for frontliners during lockdown in two villages here. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said Mukah Division Community Welfare Department had channelled baskets of dry […]
Road works to longhouses progressing as planned
JULAU: Works for the road maintenance project to three longhouses, namely, Rumah Meru, Rumah Sumping and Rumah Umar in Ulu Entaih here is running smoothly. Meluan assemblyman’s representative Joshua Gundi said the project was among the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) projects in Meluan constituency. “Until today, the maintenance work on the road to the three […]
Melanaus used to live in longhouses
KUCHING: Longhouses are often synonymous with the Iban but a lot of people are not aware of the fact that the Melanau once lived in longhouses too. Dr Jeniri Amir, Melanau Historical and Culture researcher as well as author of the book ‘Masyarakat Melanau di Sarawak’, said that the Melanau community used to live in […]
Fatimah assures lockdown villages food on the way
KUCHING: The Social Welfare Department has been sending out food supplies to residents under lockdown at the respective areas especially in the longhouses. Minister of Welfare, Community, Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the welfare department, as one of the partners in Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) is tasked to […]
3,896 households in Ngemah get food aid
KANOWIT: A total of 3,896 households or about 300 longhouses under Ngemah state constituency have received food assistance since Jan 22 until now. According to Ngemah assemblyman Alexander Vincent, the assistance, which was given in stages, was a collaborative effort of the Sibu Resident’s Office and Kanowit District Office. “Thank you to all who have […]
Army to help police enforce MCO
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will be mobilising the army to assist the police in the enforcement of the movement control order (MCO), especially at the longhouses under lockdown. Its chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said SDMC would be working with police and the army on the matter. “We express concern over […]
Comply with movement control order
SIBU: Longhouse residents who are subject to movement restrictions are reminded to always comply with instructions from the authorities. Political secretary to the chief minister Romeo Christopher Tegong said that by doing so, it would aid the government’s efforts in combating the worsening Covid-19 situation here. “Your cooperation is necessary to assist the government for […]
69 longhouses in lockdown receive food aid
BINTULU: A total of 69 longhouses involving 1,043 residents within the Kakus constituency received food assistance on January 21 and 22 following a sudden lockdown imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. On Friday, four longhouses involving 480 residents received food assistance via the Sarawakku Sayang programme. Those four longhouses were Rumah Gansau, Sungai Arip; Rumah […]
Food aid distributed to 67 longhouses in Kakus
KUCHING: Food aid from the Bakul Makanan Sarawakku Sayang assistance was distributed to 1,080 heads of household from 67 longhouses in Kakus. “We were informed that the Selangau District is under movement control order (MCO) and the longhouses in Kakus are under the district,” said Kakus assemblyman Datuk John Sikie Tayai on Thursday (Jan 21). […]
