Secure shelter for the destitute elderly

AS a person ages and grows frailer and more dependent in their senior years, they would often need to rely on receiving care and assistance from their children or family members. There are also some who may opt for formal care systems such as residential care homes or domiciliary services. However, unfortunately, not everyone has […]

Bigger canopies for MCO enforcers

MIRI: Miri Disaster Management Committee will provide bigger canopies for three movement control order (MCO) roadblocks in this district, said Minister of Transport Datuk Lee Kim Shin on Sunday. Lee, who also the minister-in-charge of Miri Disaster Management Committee, these canopies were for roadblocks at Jalan Bulatan Pujut 3, Jalan Hiltop and Jalan Tanjong. “They are […]

Miri shelters its homeless community

MIRI:  A hall of the Malaysia Red Crescent Miri chapter at Jalan Bulan Sabit here has been transformed into a temporary relief centre to accommodate the city’s homeless population during the movement control order (MCO). A total 15 partition tents are being provided by the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) for the homeless occupying the […]

Homeless find shelter at one-stop centres

KUCHING: Homeless people will be placed at designated integrated one-stop centres during the Covid-19 pandemic. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said this measure was taken to ensure that the virus infection curve could be flattened during the movement control order (MCO). She revealed that as of March […]