RM1.6 mln in food aid for villagers during lockdown
DALAT: Up till Monday, a total of RM1,616,176 was spent on 5,428 food baskets for 2,714 villagers from 603 families and cooked food for frontliners during lockdown in two villages here. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said Mukah Division Community Welfare Department had channelled baskets of dry […]
Village stores history of Sarawak Malays
Located at Jalan Datuk Ajibah Abol, Kampung Bintangor Kecil is one of the Malay villages in Kuching, which stores historical anecdotes and heritage of the Malay community in Sarawak. Besides that, apart from producing Sarawak Malay leaders such as Datuk Ajibah Abol, Pengarah Moh, Datuk Abang Kassim and Datuk Patinggi Abang Haji Abdillah, this village […]
Bottled petrol in high demand
BY AFIEZUL SAMIT KUCHING: Since the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) in March last year, the demand for bottled petrol, especially in areas far from petrol stations, has been very high. Bottled petrol trader Radiah Undi, aware of the villagers’ concern to get out of the house for fear of being infected with […]
Approval for ‘No Entry’ at longhouses
KUCHING: Some longhouses and villages in the state have taken the initiative to put up “No Entry” signs at their entrances in view of the hike in number of Covid-19 cases in the state. Mulu assemblyman Datuk Gerawat Gala said such efforts showed that the Tuai Rumah and other village chiefs were serious in helping […]
12 special bins for villages along Sarawak River
KUCHING: The authorities will provide special roro (roll-on roll-off) bins for 12 villages in Seberang Hilir here to facilitate the removal of large amounts of waste. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs and DBKU) Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi noted that every time floods occur, there will be a pile of rubbish […]
20 fire extinguishers for 3 villages
MIRI: Twenty fire extinguishers were presented to three villages within the Telang Usan constituency on Wednesday during a Petronas Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSGP) fire safety programme with the Zone 6 Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba). The three villages were Kampung Long Ikang, Kampung Long Bemang and Kampung Long Kevok. During the two-day programme which ended […]
Commitment to serve
SIBU: The Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) councillors are committed to solving problems faced by villages under their administration. SMC deputy chairman Bujang Zainuddin Abdul Majid said that his team always worked closely with the villagers; often holding briefings and meetings with them through the respective Village Development and Security Committees (JKKKs). “This makes it easier […]
Farmers donate veggies to two villages
MIRI: Local farmers in this district on Sunday donated vegetables to two villages in Riam to help them survive the movement control order (MCO). A total of 250kg of vegetables were distributed to Kampung Lembah Hijau and Kampung Lopeng Tengah. The fresh produce was earlier handed over to Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) Senadin branch […]
