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Samling donates food, medical supplies

MIRI: Samling Group of Companies donated 4,000 food packs to the Miri Disaster Management Committee to be distributed to needy groups in the Tudan resettlement area.  Yesterday’s contributions also included medical supplies for the Red Crescent Miri Chapter, various front-liners, Miri Polyclinic and other clinics in Miri and the upper Baram areas. According to Samling […]

6,150 food aid given out in Batu Kawa

KUCHING: Another 1,000 sets of food aid had been distributed by Kuching District Office together with Kuching Disaster Management Committee Friday under the Sarawak government’s State Food Aid programme. As of yesterday, Kuching District Office and Kuching Disaster Management Committee have distributed a total of 6,150 food aid packages to the needy at Batu Kawa […]

Food aid for needy at Native Resthouse

KAPIT: Kapit District Council (KDC) Native Resthouse (RumahTemuai No 1) located at Jalan Selirik here has become the temporary home of seven individuals for various reasons. Coming from various longhouses, they have stayed at the Native Resthouse for quite a while now. Their plight came to light on Wednesday when some Rela personnel on patrolling […]

Sarawak DAP’s ‘hunger’ statement baseless

By Nur Shazreena Ali & Nur Ashikin Louis KUCHING: Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah has rubbished allegations from Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen, who claimed that the Sarawak government was playing politics with the public’s hunger. Fatimah reiterated that the strategies and approaches taken by the […]

Rep worried about needy not getting aid

KUCHING: Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau wants knowledgeable and younger longhouse residents to help the needy in his constituency register for government aid. In a statement yesterday, Dennis said upon checking, some constituents, although eligible for benefits, had not received any aid due to their profiles absent from the government’s database. He said this was […]

SUPP Piasau helps the needy

MIRI: More than 200 packets of food rations will be delivered to needy families and daily wagers in this district that are affected by the movement control order (MCO) following the Covid-19 outbreak. Members of Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) Piasau branch led by its chairman Datuk Sebastian Ting and other volunteers were busy packing […]

Bringing CNY joy to the needy

KUCHING: Kota Padawan Hash House Harriers & Harriettes began their Chinese New Year (CNY) celebration last weekend by collaborating with Hope Place to visit unprivileged Chinese families in Kuching. The Kota Padawan Hash House was able to raise funds for the programme from last year’s 888 Run Kampung Babok on Dec 8.  Chin Kui Nam, […]