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Monitor customers’ temperatures

KUCHING: Business operators and shop retailers are urged to monitor carefully the patrons who enter their premises. “The temperature screening procedure must be monitored by personnel or staff to check the eligibility of the customers before they are allowed to enter the premises,” said Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas […]

56 compounds issued to SOP violators

KUCHING: Police have issued a total of 56 compounds to errant individuals for failing to comply with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) in public places. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said Kuching recorded the most compounds issued with 48, followed by two each in Sarikei and Lawas and one […]

State passes Covid-19 Bill

THE State Legislative Assembly (DUN) Sarawak passed the Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Bill, 2020, yesterday (Nov 9). Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, in tabling the bill, said it sought to reduce the impact of Covid-19 and to modify the relevant provisions in the Ordinances referred […]

Uggah lambasts DAP reps

DEPUTY Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas has lambasted Chong Chieng Jen (DAP-Kota Sentosa) for accusing the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) of double standards in enforcing the standard operating procedure (SOP). Uggah explained that the SOP for VIPs or officials was necessary to enable them to perform official duties during the enforcement of […]

14 new positive cases in state

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 14 new positive Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number in the state to 906. Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said all cases were reported here. He said five of the new cases came from the Green Hill Cluster. “One of them was an employee on a premises […]

New cluster — Wisma Saberkas Cluster

KUCHING: A new Covid-19 cluster, dubbed the Wisma Saberkas Cluster, has been identified in Sarawak. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the addition of the newly declared cluster brings the number of active clusters in the state to six. The other five clusters are the Bah Arnab Cluster, Baki Cluster, Greenhill Cluster […]

2,274 aliens arrested from March to Oct

KUCHING: The Sarawak Immigration Department arrested a total of 2,274 illegal immigrants from March to October this year. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas revealed that the department had conducted five operations throughout the state within a period of six months. “As a result of the operations, 2,274 illegal immigrants […]

Don’t travel to and from Kuching district

KUCHING: Sarawakians are advised not to travel to Kuching district, a Covid-19 red zone, while Kuchingites are also advised not to travel outside the district within these two weeks. Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas gave this advice during a press conference on the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) Covid-19 update at the […]

CPPC site in Kapit identified

KAPIT:  The government has identified a site   for the Collecting, Processing and Packaging Centre (CPPC) here. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, who is also the Minister of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development, revealed this after launching the Agriculture Department’s Agriculture Community Outreach Programme (AgriCOP) at a 44-door longhouse, Rh Manok Manchal, […]

Collecting, processing and packaging centre for Tasik Biru

By Natasha Jee & Voon Yih Boon BAU: A collecting, processing and packaging centre (CPPC) will be set up in Tasik Biru constituency to allow crop growers particularly banana grower to sell their produce. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the centre would be developed next year after the Department of Agriculture […]