KUCHING: Three Covid-19 related deaths were recorded on Wednesday (March 16). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said in its daily update that the deaths were reported in Sibu Division and the victims had passed away in Sibu Hospital. The first victim on March 13 was a 91-year-old woman who
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
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
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
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
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: 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
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
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.
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
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