Author: News Desk

Task force in each Miri districts to track down unvaccinated folk

KUCHING: The Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) has decided to establish a task force in each of Miri’s five districts. “We want to track down those yet to be inoculated, and inform them of their last chance to get the vaccine shot as we do not want anyone to

Miri food operators, handlers required to get vaccination letter

KUCHING: Miri City Council (MCC) is requiring all food operators and handlers to obtain a letter from MCC confirming their Covid-19 vaccinations before they can resume normal operations. This compulsory requirement was announced by the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) as the state moved into Phase 2 of the National

Make vaccination mandatory!!

KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing suggests that Covid-19 vaccination be made mandatory for eligible Malaysians. “If anti-vaccination groups refuse to believe in science, for reasons best known to themselves, we force them to believe by vaccinating them. It is the government’s duty to

TVS to hold singing competition

KUCHING: The search for P. Ramlee and Saloma enthusiasts starts now with TVS’s Getaran Jiwa, a singing competition made for those with a classic soul. TVS stated that the competition is open to singers aged 18 and above with the aim to revive renditions composed by the Malaysian singing legend,

NGO brings hope to widow

KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching recently assisted a widow and her four children with basic food aid. The charitable non-governmental organisation (NGO) said Rasidah Mahdi lives with her children who are between the age of 9 to 20 at Kampung Stampin Baru. The 44-year-old underwent a bypass heart surgery approximately seven

Four bodies get grants worth RM360k

KUCHING: Mambong assemblyman Datuk Dr Jerip Susil on Wednesday handed over a grant worth RM360,000 to four organisations during a simple ceremony at Mambong Constituency Service Centre. According to Sarawak Public Communication Unit (Ukas) in a news report on Thursday (Aug 12), one of the recipients, namely Seventh Day Adventist

35 primary schools in Kanowit to get Raspberry Pi computers

KANOWIT: A total of 35 primary schools in the district here will be receiving the Raspberry Pi computers. According to Sarawak Public Communication Unit (UKAS) in a news report today (Aug 12), Assistant Minister of Education, Science and Technology Research Dr Annuar Rapaee said this was the initiative of the

Lodge International School scores outstanding results in A-Levels

KUCHING: Lodge International School achieved a record-breaking result in the Cambridge International A-Level Exams taken in May and June. Nine students scored straight A*s for four subjects and in total, close to 35 percent of the cohort attained straight A/A*. Head of A-Levels, Frances Tan, said the results were a

Sarawak Foundation’s Student Exchange Scholarship Programme

The Student Exchange Scholarship Programme is one of the earliest initiatives in the history of the Sarawak Foundation establishment. This programme aims to create national integration between Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Sabah. The scheme involves a sponsorship as well as sending outstanding Form 1 and Form 4 to: •           Full

Inculcate patriotic spirit, Sarawakians urged

LAWAS: Sarawakians are urged to inculcate the spirit of patriotism by flying the Jalur Gemilang flag during the Merdeka month. “If not us, who else will fly the Jalur Gemilang?” said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan when addressing villagers at the Kampung Dato Mosque, Kuala Lawas