Author: Ma Chee Seng

1,555 cases recorded today, no new clusters

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded a slight decrease in Covid-19 cases, recording 1,555 today compared to yesterday number of 1,867. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its daily update said the new cases brought the cumulative number to 283,018. No new clusters were recorded. SDMC said that 1,542 out of the

Firm tasked with clearing Baleh River of ‘logjam’

KUCHING: The Sarawak government has appointed Hardwood Timber Sdn Bhd as contractor to clean up the ‘clogged’ Batang Baleh in Kapit. The company was given a one-year contract starting today (March 15) to clear the river upstream of deadwood, gravel and sand deposits. Sarawak Forest Department director Datuk Hamden Mohammad

Shell’s role in developing local entrepreneurs

KUCHING: Shell Malaysia expressed its commitment to the local communities by empowering them to develop transferable skills relevant to the local economy. Shell Malaysia chairman and senior vice-president Upstream Malaysia, Ivan Tan, said that effort involved partnering with local stakeholders, governments, educational institutions, and local community organisations to understand and

Ulterior motive to naming of cluster, Abdul Karim questions

KUCHING: Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah would like to see life back to normal, and this includes  tourism events getting off the ground. “Currently, Malaysia, including Sarawak, is in Phase 4 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP). Everything is almost back to normal but for the (Covid-19) standard operating

1,963 new cases, new cluster declared

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 1,963 new cases today, pushing the cumulative number of cases to 274,105. Of the total cases, 1,942 are in categories 1 and 2, while the others are in categories 3, 4 and 5. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said Kuching topped the list with 699, followed

Kuching tops today’s Covid-19 cases

KUCHING: Sarawak today registered a total of 1,727 new Covid-19 cases, a slight decrease to Tuesday’s number of 1,903. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said from the total, 1,714 were categories 1 and 2 cases, while 13 were categories 3, 4 and 5. Kuching has the highest number of

Two underprivileged people from Kampung Kudei Baru Iban receive aid

KUCHING: Two residents of Kampung Kudei Baru Iban received solar lights and installation was done by non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hope Place on Thursday (March 3). Michael Tugat, a 53-year-old physically disabled man lives alone without any electricity or clean water supply. His only source of water is from the rainwater

40 per cent of SEB vendor are Sarawak Bumiputera

KUCHING: Sarawak Energy Berhad has engaged more than 500 vendors comprising Sarawakian, other Malaysian and international vendors with significant expenditure in works, goods consultancy and services last year. Its Chairman, Datuk Amar Abdul Hamed Sepawi said out of this number, more than 200 or 40 per cent were Sarawakian Bumiputera.

Teaching hospital to complement existing centres

KUCHING: Construction of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (UNIMAS) university teaching hospital is going smoothly and is expected to see its completion by next year. During the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the university and Normah Medical Specialist Centre on Wednesday (Mar 2), UNIMAS vice chancellor Professor Datuk Mohamad Kadim Suaidi announced

Unimas inks ties with Normah

KUCHING: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) and Normah Medical Specialist Centre was signed on Wednesday to further bolster long-standing cooperation between the two parties. The MOU signing ceremony was represented by UNIMAS vice chancellor Professor Datuk Mohamad Kadim Suaidi, while Normah Medical Specialist Centre was