Bus used to transport flight passengers sanitised
MIRI: Disinfection work on a bus, which was used to transport flight passengers from Kuala Lumpur and Labuan to Miri, was conducted by Miri Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) personnel on Sunday (Oct 11). There were 29 people aboard the bus, and all of them have been taken to a local hotel here for a […]
Soak cutleries in hot water
KUCHING: Eateries are advised to provide cutleries soaked in hot water to kill bacteria or viruses. Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman Lo Khere Chiang said this was one of the council’s licensing conditions for food premises. “For those who do not obey, action can be taken including revocation of licence,” he said in a statement […]
Thank you, God, for the sunshine!
Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done. – Burt Reynolds, American actor It was very sunny in Kuching yesterday. I was pleased I could dry all the clothes I washed the previous night as well as the canvas shoes I washed earlier in the morning. Besides that, […]
Medan Niaga Satok disinfected
KUCHING: Medan Niaga Satok here was closed yesterday for sanitisation work following the detection of a new Covid-19 cluster (Satok Market Cluster) there. Four traders at the market had tested positive for Covid-19 on July 27. None showed any signs or symptoms. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas told a […]
Fire department carries out 33 transport missions
MIRI: A total of 15 missions were carried out by the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department transporting 33 Covid-19 patients including persons under investigation during the movement control order (MCO) period. According to the director, Khirudin Drahman, the missions involved nearly 1,000 foremen statewide. “Those were among the risks that we faced as frontliners while […]
Most temples in Bau disinfected
KUCHING: Eighty percent of the worship places in Bau has been disinfected, revealed Bau Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Senior Assistant Fire Superintendant Tawang Lingem. He said 20 mosques and suraus as well as 40 churches in Bau had been disinfected. “The sanitising work was carried out at the requests of the community heads (Kapitan) […]
BEM Morsjaya church premises sanitised
MIRI: A group of firemen of Miri central fire station on Thursday carried out sanitisation work on Borneo Evangelical Mission (BEM) Morsjaya church, here. According to Penghulu Randi Elon, who is in-charge of the church’s property and development, the team arrived around 9am to carry out the sanitisation work on the first and second floors […]
46 schools in Bau to be sanitised
KUCHING: Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department will sanitise 46 schools in Bau after the SOPs for school resumption are announced. “We have received a lot of applications from schools for sanitation work,” said Kuching zone fire chief, Senior Superintendent Henderi Ardimansyah when met by New Sarawak Tribune on Wednesday after the handing over of sanitisation […]
Sanitisation exercise continues statewide
KUCHING: The ongoing statewide sanitisation exercise carried out by State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) continued yesterday at multiple locations. According to a Bomba report, three locations in Asajaya namely Tabika Kemas Kampung Asajaya Ulu, Taska Permata Kemas Kampung Asajaya Ulu and SK Asajaya Ulu pre-school, covering a total area of 541 square feet, were […]
Schools ready to be disinfected for reopening
KUCHING: The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) is always on standby to do disinfection works, including at schools. State Bomba director Khirudin Drahman said Bomba would also give priority to schools, despite the limited number of students allowed as per standard operating procedure (SOP). “We will make sure that the areas are completely safe for […]
