Federation donates gloves

KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister and State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas Uggah (fourth right) receives 50,000 surgical gloves donated by Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM). They were handed over to him yesterday at the Old State Legislative Assembly Building by the federation’s Sarawak branch vice chairman, Leslie Phuan Puay Khing […]

Sarawak posts impressive results to contain Covid-19

KUCHING: A group of eight medical experts from China currently in Sarawak are impressed with the results achieved by the state so far in containing the Covid-19 pandemic. China’s Consul-General in Kuching Cheng Guangzhong today said the experts led by Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dr Li Jun, expressed their satisfaction after visiting the […]

Travelling from red to green zone — No quarantine but permit needed

KUCHING: Sarawakians from Covid-19 red zones in the state who need to travel to green zones need not undergo the 14-day quarantine but they must apply for travel permit from the police if they really needed to do so. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the police would only allow those from […]

Uggah tight-lipped on KL meeting

MIRI: There are no specific discussions on any ministerial posts for the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) representatives (as yet) during a meeting with the newly-elected Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, revealed Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. On Sunday (March 1) evening, Uggah along with Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun […]

Education fund for Bukit Saban students

KUCHING: An education fund to assist selected students in Bukit Saban to further their education will be set up next year. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that together with Betong MP Datuk Robert Lawson Chuat, they would contribute to the funding. Uggah, who is also Bukit Saban assemblyman, added that the […]