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Pakan district is green

KUCHING: Pakan district turned green on Sunday (Feb 28) after no local infection cases were reported in the last 14 days. In a statement, Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) also announced that Julau and Subis had changed their status to orange after reporting 40 and 25 local infection cases respectively in the last fortnight. “The […]

Come, see Pakan for yourself

KUCHING: Pakan assemblyman Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom has invited those who kept assuming that the district is the poorest in Malaysia to come and see for themselves whether it lives up to the ranking. He said those who have never been to Pakan, should not believe the lies and misleading judgment made by parties […]

Strong damages three longhouse rooms

PAKAN: Three rooms in the 23-room Rumah Ningkan Janteng at Mile 4, Jalan Engkamop here were damaged by a storm Monday morning (Nov 16). Bintangor fire station despatched firefighters to the scene after receivinga distress call on the incident around 8.45am. On arrival, operations commander PPgB Nicholas Belulin was informed that one of the longhouse […]

Unite against virus

PAKAN: Sarawakians, especially in the district, are urged to remain united, especially when the country and the state are facing the Covid-19 pandemic. Pakan assemblyman Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom said the people needed to adopt the new normal in their daily life to control the spread of the virus. “Sarawakians cannot be complacent but […]

Residents travel to Sarikei to withdraw cash

KUCHING: A posting went viral on social media showing residents from Pakan standing under the sun in a long queue at the Pakan police station, waiting to get permits to travel to Sarikei. It is learnt that the residents wanted to go to Sarikei to withdraw money because there is no automated teller machine (ATM) or fuel […]