KUCHING: One died, two suffered burns and close to 800 people were made homeless due to longhouse fires throughout the state since the beginning of this year until yesterday. Within the span of the last five days alone, three longhouses, involving 89 bilek (individual units) with a total of 798
161 residents of community dwelling made homeless SIBU: Over a hundred dwellers of Rumah Umpang in Ulu Bauh, Chelon in Selangau are now homeless following a fire that razed their longhouse Thursday night. The single-storey longhouse with 25 doors (individual units) was totally destroyed and its 161 occupants are putting
SIBU: Twenty-two home owners of a housing estate in Lorong Teku here were told to liaise with the Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) to sort out their problem pertaining to the occupation permit (OP) of their properties. The home owners could not obtain OP for their houses because its developer went
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Research and Innovation deputy vice-chancellor Prof Dr Wan Hashim Wan Ibrahim on Thursday launched the Smart Campus Integrated Operations Centre (SIOC) at its Faculty of Engineering here. The establishment of SIOC is a result of Memorandum of Agreement (Moa) on October 18, 2016 between
KUCHING: Promising to be bigger and better this year, the nation’s favourite Big Bad Wolf Book Sale will be at Mydin Petra Jaya from April 25 to May 5. The 11-day event opens from 10am until 12am daily with free entrance. Known for its tempting discounts of 75 to 95 percent
KUCHING: The formation of Malaysia is the result of Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). It is never the product of Federation of Malaya 1957, said Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office (Law, State-Federal Relation and Project Monitoring) Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali (pic). “In simple term, MA63 is the basis of
KUCHING: A total of 34 new records were set out of 100 events during the recent 4th PASC Inter-Primary School Swimming Championship for Kuching and Kota Samarahan divisions held at the Pandelela Rinong Aquatic Centre, here. Out of the 33 schools that took part, 22 of them won the medals.
KOTA SAMARAHAN: The Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Sports Centre in collaboration with Malaysian Rugby Association will hold the Unimas Rugby 7s Open Championship 2019 at Unimas Sports Complex starting today. The two-day championship is being divided into the men’s and women’s categories. A total of 31 teams have confirmed their participation
KUCHING : SMK Matang Jaya emerged as overall champions when they dominated in all categories in the Kuching Division Inter-School Kabaddi Championship held at SMK Matang Jaya at Jalan Matang, here from April 16 to 17. A total of 19 teams from six schools took part in the tournament which
PADAWAN: Fourteen teams took part in a volleyball competition held in conjunction with the 212nd Police Day celebration at IPD Padawan level on Wednesday. A team from Royal Malaysian Police Voluntary Unit also took part in the competition to strengthen the spirit of volunteerism among officials and personnel at IPD
