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Get National Fund To Secure Covid-19 Vaccine – Social Activist
KUCHING: A prominent social activist in Sarawak has appealed to lawmakers in the country to set aside their differences to approve a national fund for securing sufficient amounts of COVID-19 vaccines once they are available. Datuk Seri Ang Lai Soon today
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MCO: Homeless people in Sarawak receives attention
KUCHING: The enforcement of the Movement Control Order (MCO) may be a blessing in disguise for the Sarawak government in dealing with the homelessness issue. Sarawak Welfare, Community Well-being, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah today
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Cancellation on the cards for annual MBKS Ramadan Bazaar due to Covid-19
KUCHING: Kuching South City Council (MBKS) is deliberating the cancellation of the annual MBKS Ramadan Bazaar in light of the current Covid-19 pandemic. Kuching South mayor Dato Wee Hong Seng said that the council would be sitting down with the
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Movement control order: Forty six individuals were detained
KUCHING: Forty-six more individuals were detained for breaching the Movement Control Order (MCO) throughout Sarawak in operations conducted from 8am yesterday to 8am today. Sarawak Deputy Police Commissioner Datuk Dev Kumar MM Sree said with the latest arrests, the total
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Coronavirus: Reporter, family under quarantine in Kuching as precaution
KUCHING: A reporter from a local newspaper, Suara Sarawak, has been placed under house quarantine on suspicion of having contracted the novel coronavirus. Aina Azizah Yeo, 24 (pix), who has been working with the media outlet for three months, is reported as saying
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Kuching Customs seizes RM800,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes
KUCHING: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department here today announced its confiscation of 1.172 million sticks of smuggled cigarettes valued at RM261,560 last Friday. Sarawak Customs director Datuk Sharifah Halimah Tuanku Taha said the raid conducted on a house suspected of
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RM21.5m for survey of NCR land in Sarawak: Baru
KUCHING: A grant of RM21.5 million out of an allocation of RM40 million this year is reserved specifically for the survey of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land in Sarawak, Works Minister Baru Bian said today. He said the RM21.5 million
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