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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 […]

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 […]

Lessons go on for Julau village students

BY SAKINI MOHD SAID Since the enforcement of the Movement Control Order (MCO) on March 18, online platforms like Google Classroom, Zoom and Google Meet have become popular teaching and learning tools. While teachers and students in Peninsular Malaysia, as well as urban and sub-urban areas in Sabah and Sarawak, may enjoy access to Internet […]

287 students back in S’wak; 26 isolated at point of arrival

KUCHING: The first batch of 287 Sarawakian students from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) arrived here today.  Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas was present to monitor the students’ arrival and the implementation of the standard operating procedures (SOPs). He said that of the 287 students, 26 would have to be quarantined at […]

‘Safety of students utmost priority’

KUCHING: Rumah Sarawak Kuala Lumpur and Sarawak Volunteers are giving their best to help Sarawakian students stranded in Peninsular Malaysia since the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) on March 18. On April 19, four Sarawakian students of Alor Gajah National Youth Advance Skills Institute (IKTBN) in Melaka were reported stranded in Kelantan following […]

Four Sarawakian students stranded in Kelantan

BACHOK: Four Sarawakian students of Alor Gajah National Youth Advance Skills Institute (IKTBN) in Melaka are currently stranded in Kelantan following the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) on March 18. Lika Doris Guang, 24; Dally Angkang Joseph, 25; Siti Noraziera Ramlee, 24, and Betty Bulan Ambrose, 24, have been in the state for nearly a month now after […]

Many Sarawak students stranded in Malaya, Sabah

KUCHING: Sarawak House and Sarawak Volunteers, entities overseeing the wellbeing of Sarawakian students outside the state, are doing their best to help Sarawak students in Malaya and Sabah who were affected by the movement control order (MCO) which began on March 18. It was reported that all universities and higher institutions of learning (IPTs) throughout […]

Help comes to stranded varsity students

KUCHING: The state government, through the Sarawak House and Sarawak Volunteers, is taking care of accommodation, food and drinks of Sarawak students in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Labuan during the movement control order. During the period, all universities and higher institutions of learning (IPTs) throughout the country have been ordered to close and students asked […]

No restriction on Sarawak students in Malaya to return home

KUCHING: There is no restriction for Sarawak students from Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah to return to their home state during the Movement Control Order period beginning yesterday until March 31, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said. He said these students, however, would have to undergo a two-week self-quarantine in accordance with the […]