Returning O&G employees must undergo screening
SARIKEI: Those oil and gas (O&G) employees wishing to return to their respective longhouses from outside the country must undergo Covid-19 screening test to ensure the safety of everyone. The advice came from Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU) President Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom in response to the several Covid-19 positive cases reported in the […]
Minister leaves after a day’s visit
KUCHING: Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah and his delegation returned to Kuala Lumpur yesterday. They went home after finishing their one-day working visit to Sarawak the day before. The delegation arrived at Kuching International Airport on Thursday evening. Also present to see them off was Sarawak Information director Swady Guliling.
Home sweet home for stranded S’wakians
KUCHING: Stranded Sarawakians will arrive home soon after being stranded in Lagos, Nigeria because of the restricted movement in that country due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Leaders from the state have shared their joys in welcoming the group home. On Monday, Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar told […]
Stranded Malaysians want home
KUCHING: Fifty Malaysians stranded in Nigeria since March 20 following the country’s restrictive measures due to the Covid-19 pandemic are pleading to the Malaysian government to expedite their return. The group, in a statement on Friday, wants the government to take immediate action by sending a one way flight from Victoria Island, Lagos in Nigeria […]
Mother pleads for first born to come home
MELAKA:- “This Syawal has lost its meaning…I miss him very much, he’s my first child and the backbone of our family,” lamented Asiah Basiron whose son Muhd Akmal Sharul Nizam Ab Rahim, 22, has been missing for eight months. The mother of six said her son did not return home after leaving for work at […]
Covid-19 screening for all these students
KUCHING: All public higher learning institution (IPTA) and private higher learning institution (IPTS) students who returned to their hometowns in the state recently must undergo Covid-19 screening in their respective divisions. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement said the respective divisional SDMC would contact the students who had not been screened yet. “SDMC […]
Stranded MM2H allowed to return
KUCHING: Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) members stranded overseas are allowed to return to Malaysia starting today (May 17), said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri. She said this was following the easing of the movement control order (MCO) imposed since March 18 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which had now been […]
IPT cluster prompts samples on landing
KUCHING: All those arriving from Semenanjung, Sabah and Labuan will have their samples taken on landing. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this is one of the latest precautionary measures taken by the committee following an IPT (higher learning institution) cluster reported outside Sarawak. “They will be screened and […]
Going home on a motorbike with dad
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A 46-year-old man used a motorcycle to fetch his son at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) here yesterday. The man, known only as Pak Man, was overjoyed he could bring his son, Mohd Faizul, home after being stuck in the institution for over a month because of the movement control order (MCO). “I have […]
First batch of Curtin Malaysia students go home
MIRI: Seventeen Sarawakian students of Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia), who were stranded due to the movement control order (MCO), are the first batch from the university to return home. They left for Bintulu, Sibu and Kuching last Saturday as part of the returning students from across the nation that began from May 1. The […]
