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Don’t be complacent, warns health director

KUCHING: The daily Covid-19 cases in the state remained on an upward trend with an R-naught (Rt) value of 0.19 as of May 15, said State Health Department Director Dr Chin Zin Hing. He advised the public not to be complacent and to comply strictly with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) set by the State […]

Teacher accused of making rape jokes transferred to state education dept

KUALA LUMPUR: The teacher of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Puncak Alam (SMKPA), Selangor, who was accused by a student of uttering inappropriate jokes about rape during a teaching and learning session, has been transferred to the Selangor State Education Department until the investigation into the allegation is completed. The Ministry of Education (MOE) in a statement […]

Move to tackle open burning issue

KUCHING: Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) is conducting on-going joint operations or investigations with the Natural Resources Environment Board and Department of Environment to tackle the issue of open burning at residential areas. MPP chairman Lo Khere Chiang said this included advising and warning offenders. He emphasised that members of the public must play their roles […]

Record number of cases should serve as a warning

KUCHING: The record number of 555 new positive cases registered today (April 9), should be a warning to all, said Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. He said as long as people do not comply with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) and as long as the cases in the state […]

MetMalaysia warns of severe weather in Sabah West Coast

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a warning of severe weather with continuous heavy rains expected in Sabah west coast from tomorrow until Tuesday. MetMalaysia in a statement at 11.30 am also issued a weather alert warning with heavy rains expected in several areas in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan, until tomorrow. The […]

Bad weather, heavy rain warning for Sarawak and Sabah

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) today issued a warning of bad weather and heavy rain in Sarawak and Sabah until Thursday (Jan 14). It said in a statement the heavy rain in Sarawak is forecast for the districts of Kuching, Serian, Samarahan, Sri Aman, Betong, Sarikei, Sibu and Mukah. “Similar weather is also […]

Court urged to reprimand Najib for attack on Zeti

KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution in Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) case has urged the High Court to impose a strict warning on the former prime minister for attacking former Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz, who is a witness, on his Facebook. Senior deputy public prosecutor […]

Warning of strong winds and rough seas

KUCHING: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a warning of strong winds and rough seas in Sarawak until this Thursday (Jan 7). MetMalaysia said the first category warning also involved areas in Western Sabah and Labuan and Eastern Sabah. “There will be strong north-easterly winds of 40 to 50 km/h (kilometre per hour) with […]

Heavy rains warning today

KUALA LUMPUR: Heavy rains are forecast in the east coast and rural areas of the peninsula and west coast of Sabah, as well as Labuan, until tomorrow. The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) in a statement today issued a yellow level weather alert for areas in Kelantan comprising of Tumpat, Pasir Mas, Kota Bharu, Jeli, Tanah […]

MPs warned against using seditious, racist, sexist remarks throughout sitting

KUALA LUMPUR: All members of Parliament (MPs) have been warned against using seditious, racist, rude, and sexist remarks throughout the Dewan Rakyat sitting. Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun, who was presiding over the House this morning, said that he and his deputies will take stern action according to the Standing Orders if such words continue […]