Sarawak submits request to purchase own vaccines
KUCHING: Sarawak has submitted a letter to the Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin conveying its intention to purchase Covid-19 vaccines if the vaccines provided by the federal government could not meet the state’s vaccination schedule. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said Sarawak has planned for complete vaccination […]
Penang CM apologises for purchase of new official car
GEORGE TOWN: Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow today apologised to the people of the state after admitting that the purchase of his new official Mercedes S560e was not appropriate at a time when the country was facing the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Chow who is also the state assemblyman for Padang Kota said he took […]
Arrested for using fake RM100 banknotes
SIBU: A local man was nabbed for allegedly using counterfeit money to purchase a smartphone and a Digi reload card. On Saturday, a 24-year-old store assistant lodged a police report claiming to have received five counterfeit RM100 notes from a customer. He said that at 11am, a man came to his phone store in Jalan […]
Six new haemodialysis machines approved
KUCHING: The Sarawak government has approved an allocation to purchase six new haemodialysis machines for the Ministry of Health (MOH) to cater for kidney patients in the state. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the distribution of the machines would be managed by Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) […]
