It’s work as usual for the newsrooms
While all of Malaysia is staying at home, a large group of national heroes are working nonstop to ensure our safety. The frontliners are the light of this country. – DATUK HANS ISAAC, FINAS CHAIRMAN Despite the movement control order (MCO), it’s work as usual for the newsrooms. Take for example, the New Sarawak Tribune […]
Sibuti MP donates food press members
MIRI: Sibuti Member of Parliament (MP) Lukanisman Awang Sauni yesterday donating dried food rations to members of the Northern Sarawak Journalists Association (NSJA) as a gesture of appreciation during this movement control order (MCO) period which has been extend to April 28. During a simple handing over presentation yesterday, Lukanisman said that the media are […]
Media personnel allowed to use special lane at roadblocks
KUALA LUMPUR: Media personnel are allowed to use the special lanes set up at roadblocks during the movement control order (MCO) period. Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department director Datuk Azisman Alias however, said they were required to show their media and working passes to the authorities. “The media plays an important role during this crisis (MCO), they (media personnel) […]
‘Appreciate role of media personnel’
MUKAH: A concerned member of the public hopes that the government would also appreciate the role played by reporters and media personnel by considering some sort of ‘gesture’ to them during the movement control order (MCO) amid the global Covid-19 pandemic. The reporters and media personnel, also said to be frontliners, were among the sectors […]
Journalists are frontliners, too
SIBU: Journalists are frontliners in combating Covid-19, said Sibu Journalists Association (SJA) chairman Hii Hiong Wee. “This is because we go to the ground interviewing the public to get the real news, and we do not know whether the people we are dealing with are Covid-19 patients,” he explained. Hii urged the public not to […]
Consider incentives for media personnel
MUKAH: Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo is urging the Sarawak government to consider providing incentives to media personnel. He said it was their duty to report and disseminates information on the Covid-19 pandemic and they also faced risks. “Perhaps the incentive could keep their spirits up and motivate them to provide better and comprehensive coverage on […]
