SIBU: Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo has described incidents of people receiving their mail three months after they were posted from Kuala Lumpur to Sibu, as isolated cases. Gobind said this in reply to Sibu MP Oscar Ling at the ongoing Dewan Rakyat sitting, adding that the complaints
SIBU: The National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) wants theatres throughout the country to screen more locally produced movies and not just foreign movies. Speaking to reporters after a visit to King’s Trioplex here yesterday, Finas board member Onn Norshal Hamzah said that the corporation has been visiting theatres nationwide
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg will officiate at the Good Design Week (GDW) 2019 to be held at Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus here from July 14 to 17. The event will bring together the best industry experts, academic, researchers and brightest design students from
KUCHING: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) in collaboration with Sarawak Research and Development Council (SRDC) will develop a new diagnostic kit for rabies. The university and SRDC inked a memorandum of agreement on the project yesterday. Under the MoA, the council will fund the project with a grant of RM500,000. The
KUCHING: This year’s edition of the Borneo Jazz Festival (BJF) will bring several world-renowned artistes from all over the world. The line-up includes instrumentalist performers Alberto Marciso Trio, Chanda Rule, Fox Capture Plan, and Kirk Lightsey. Alberto Marciso Trio, born in 1966 in Turin, Italy is one of the most
KUCHING: Sarawak’s Pride has achieved its target of 1,000 short stories. The organisers received a total of 1,007 stories when submission closed on June 30. Yayasan Perpaduan Sarawak (YPS) chief executive Datuk Aloysius J Dris expressed his thanks and appreciation to all those who had shared their short stories on
KUCHING: A bank officer who lost his car on Wednesday morning found it yesterday morning with all its four wheels gone. The officer reported his car missing from his house in Jalan Stutong at 8am. Padawan received a call from a member of the public yesterday informing them that a
KUCHING: Three thieves who were stealing from a farm in Rantau Panjang were unable to escape as villagers surrounded and apprehended them. The trio, all in their 20s, were attempting to steal fertiliser and pesticides from a farm at 3.30pm when they were noticed by a neighbour, who then called
MIRI: Sarawak Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) on Wednesday evening arrested a local man, 32 , for drug possession. According to state NCID chief Supt Sahar Abd Latif the suspect was nabbed near a car park of an entertainment outlet at Jalan Marina 3 at 6.30pm. The arrest was made
MIRI: A woman in her 50s lost not only RM500 in cash to thieves on Tuesday afternoon, but also several important documents inside her car. It was believed that the thieves had sneaked into the victim’s car when she entered a house to get her grandchildren. The incident occurred around
