Registered kindergartens to resume
KUCHING: Registered private childcare centres and kindergartens were given the green light to operate. This was enforced in order to meet the needs of working parents and guardians, said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She said sending children to registered kindergartens would ensure their safety. “We don’t […]
Committee lauded for initiative
MIRI: The Miri Disaster Management Committee (MDMC) has been applauded for taking the initiative in assisting operators and owners of spa and wellness centres, to observe the costs of taking swab compulsory tests for Sarawakian staff members and masseurs. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) secretary general Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew lauded the committee following the […]
Sudden hike in bus fares
SIBU: Chairman of Sarawak Bus Transport Company Association, Lau Khing Seng, has responded to public complaints about the sudden increase in the fares of express buses. After buses resumed operations two weeks ago, commuters were shocked by the sudden hike in fares. The operations were suspended for about three months following the implementation of the […]
A haircut, at last!
Barbershops, hair saloons to open Tuesday KUCHING: Barbershops and hair saloons are finally allowed to resume operation effective next Tuesday (June 9). However, Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas stressed that the operation shall focus strictly on hair-cutting activities only. “No facial and other services are allowed,” he said during […]
Construction work resumes
MUKAH: Construction work on development projects here has resumed and workers are back at work. However, the progress of the projects depends very much on the availability of cement as there is no supply in the local market currently. The construction sector was allowed by the government to resume operation during the current conditional movement […]
Hotels as quarantine centres not allowed to open
KUCHING: Hotels which have been gazetted as Covid-19 quarantine centres are not allowed to check in new guests as yet unless their status as a quarantine base has been revoked by a gazette notification, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. He said that with effect from May 12, during the […]
Shop owners happy to resume operation
MUKAH: Owners of hardware shop and vehicle workshop as well as the public here at large gave thumbs-up to the government for allowing those shops to resume business twice weekly beginning yesterday during the ongoing movement control order (MCO). A check by New Sarawak Tribune found that business at those hardware shops and vehicles workshops […]
