Lundu and Belaga now green zones
KUCHING: Lundu and Belaga have now been categorised as green zones. This came as no local infection cases were traced or recorded in the two districts in the past two weeks. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this increased the total number of green zones in the state to […]
Hope Place provides aid to 148 in Lundu
KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching continues to lend a helping hand to needy families affected by the Covid-19 pandemic situation in the state. The non-governmental organisation together with H&L Supermarket Group recently responded to an urgent call to help 148 families in Lundu who were under the imposition of enhanced movement control order (EMCO). The villages […]
16-metre-long road wreck alert
LUNDU: A road section near the Lundu Access Road had collapsed due to increased surface runoff caused by prolonged rainfall. The Public Works Department (PWD) Kuching stated that an approximate 16m-long section of the road had collapsed. The department reported that barriers and signages have been installed along with implementation of required traffic management plan […]
Suspected junkies arrested
LUNDU: The General Operations Force (GOF) detained two men for alleged involvement in drug-related activities. A GOF spokesman said a patrol team stopped a motorcyclist and his pillion rider in Kampung Raso, here at 2.40am, today (Feb 12). The team found a bag on them containing a transparent plastic packet with 0.18 grammes of crystallised […]
Lundu turns red
KUCHING: The Lundu District has turned into a red zone after recording 50 locally transmitted cases within the last 14 days. Saratok District has also changed its status from green to yellow after recording two new local transmissions. Beluru, Kapit, Song, Dalat, Bintulu, Kanowit, Miri, and Sibu Districts remained as red zones with a total […]
Flood cuts off Sebat-Pueh Road
LUNDU: Sebat-Pueh Road is impassable by low vehicles due to flood today (Feb 5). Lundu/Sematan District Civil Defence Force (APM) chief Lieutenant (PA) Rabuan Zulkeflee said water conditions in the area of Kampung Sebat Melayu/Baru started to spill onto the road since morning. He said due to the continuous rain from Thursday (Feb 4), the […]
Emco in Kampung Sebako
KUCHING: Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has announced the implementation of enhanced movement control order (EMCO) in Kampung Sebako in Lundu beginning Feb 6 to 19. The decision was made by the committee after the number of Covid-19 positive cases in the district had shown an increasing trend. Lundu is currently an orange zone with […]
802 water tanks for Tanjong Datu
LUNDU: The Sarawak government has approved a total of 802 water tanks for Tanjong Datu constituency here. Tanjong Datu assemblywoman Datuk Amar Jamilah Anu said 147 out of the total number of water tanks have been approved for the residents of Kampung Stunggang Melayu Baru and Kampung Stunggang Melayu Lama. “The Sarawak government has always […]
Controlled goods smuggling thwarted
LUNDU: The General Operations Force (GOF) successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle controlled goods out of Sarawak on Monday. According to a spokesperson of GOF, the incident happened at 4.50pm when a team from the GOF 11th Battalion was carrying out patrols at the Malaysia-Indonesia border in Kampung Raso, Lundu. The team spotted a local […]
GOF thwarts attempted cross-border crossing
LUNDU: A group of eight illegal immigrants, including a woman, whose attempt to enter the state illegally was foiled by the General Operations Force (GOF) today. GOF Sarawak Brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata said the incident happened at 6.45am in Kampung Biawak here. A patrol team detained and inspected the individuals, comprising seven men and […]
