News about Sarawak

KUCHING (April 23): The federal government has approved the Sarawak government’s request to purchase its own Covid-19 vaccines for the use of the people of the state, according to Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 20): New Covid-19 cases in the country rose to 2,341 today from 2,195 yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases jumped to 2,551, from 2,148 yesterday, with Sarawak once again accounting for the most cases at 960.

KUCHING (April 16): The whole of Sarawak will remain under the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) until April 26, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): Sarawak-based Sarawak Consolidated Industries Bhd (SCIB) is acquiring a loss-making construction firm in Seri Kembangan, Selangor for RM4.

KUCHING (April 3): The Sarawak Health Department has declared another new cluster in Kuching district involving a wedding ceremony in Kampung Binyu, Jalan Tanjung Bako here.

SIBU (March 30): It is high time for the policy on interdistrict travel to be reviewed for those who have received their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, said Sarawak Public Health and Housing Assistant Minister Dr Annuar Rapaee.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 29): Former Federal Court Judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram and former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas' law firm will represent Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown and two others in an appeal hearing related to the defamation suit filed against the defendants by the Sultanah of Terengganu, Sultanah Nur Zahirah.

KUCHING (March 26): The Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) today decided to extend the conditional movement control order (CMCO) in the state until 11.

KUCHING (March 20): Individuals wishing to enter Sarawak from the peninsula, Sabah and Labuan will no longer have to undergo the Covid-19 screening test three days before travelling to the state, effective next Monday.