Smooth operation for Kota Samarahan PPS
KOTA SAMARAHAN: The two temporary evacuation centres (PPS) at the Kota Samarahan Civic Centre and Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Kampung Baru here are operating smoothly. During a visit to the two centres today (Dec 25), Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said she was satisfied with the condition of the PPS, which […]
Civil servant pleads not guilty of sexual abuse
KUCHING: A civil servant pleaded not guilty today in the Sessions Court here to the accusation of sexually abusing a girl in an event last year in which the girl’s father sold the child for the purpose of sexual activity. The 45-year-old accused, a staff member at a Public Institution of Higher Education (IPTA), confessed […]
NGO lends help to widowed cancer patient
KUCHING: A popular non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hope Place recently aided one Law Sie Kiaw, who lost her spouse in September and is battling breast cancer. It was said that the mother of two was first diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in 2019 and is now still undergoing chemotherapy. Her husband died last month from […]
Food aid worth over RM20.4 mln distributed to EMCO areas
KUCHING: The Social Welfare Department has spent more than RM20.4mil in food aid for people impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic as of July this year. Sarawak Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said as of July 28 this year, food aid had been given to 181,233 heads of […]
Three longhouses under lockdown receive food aid
KUCHING: Three longhouses under lockdown due to positive Covid-19 cases had received food aid from Datuk Francis Harden Hollis. The Simanggang assemblyman, in collaboration with Sri Aman Divisional Social Welfare Department, delivered the food supplies to 32 families at Rumah (Rh) Suntie Sayup, Sebujok, Undop; 30 families at Rh Rose Emma Stanley Gate, Temudok Atas; […]
Social Welfare Department staff visits Hope Place
KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching recently received a courtesy visit from the Social Welfare Department staff. In a statement, Hope Place said the department commended it for helping the community. Hope Place added that the courtesy visit was led Hilda Amanda Felix who was accompanied by Haliza Din and Noor Hafizah Wahab. “The official annual visit […]
Childcare centres registered with JKM can operate during MCO
PUTRAJAYA: Childcare centres (taska) registered with the Social Welfare Department (JKM) are allowed to operate during the implementation of the movement control order (MCO), conditional MCO and recovery MCO, said the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry (KPWKM). In a statement today, it said the permission is in line with the Prevention and Control of […]
Department well-prepared for floods
KUCHING: The Social Welfare Department is fully prepared to help flood victims during the current northeast monsoon while adhering to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) at evacuation centres in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said preparations have been made to […]
Pantai Damai rep to look into OKU assistance
KUCHING: Pantai Damai assemblyman Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi will follow up on the stoppage of monthly assistance for the disabled (OKU) with the Social Welfare Department (JKM). He said he recently visited two community-based rehabilitation centres (PDK) in his constituency — PDK Wawasan Harapan, Kampung Buntal and PDK Satu Sinar Malaysia, Kuching Family Park. […]
Compliance to ensure safety of residents
KUCHING: There must be compliance to ensure the safety of a proper day-care centre, said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. “Every day-care centre or nursing home have to comply in terms of the size of area, floor space and the ratio of residents to caregivers. “It is […]
