KUCHING: A stray bullet has been identified as the culprit of the power supply cut-off to 12 villages in Bario recently. A thorough investigation by Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) technical support team led to this finding. Initially, SEB’s on-site technical support team in Bario had suspected the power failure could
KUCHING: Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) emerged champions in this year’s edition of Mini Gemaputera Golf Tournament 2018 held at Damai Golf and Country Club (DGCC) on Sunday. SEDC Sarawak was represented by three teams in the one-day event and SEDC Sarawak C finished first placing after the players carded
KUCHING: The rule requiring travellers to show their passports, identity cards, or other documents when entering Sarawak indicates that the State has immigration autonomy. This was pointed out by Tourism, Art, Cultures, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, in response to a statement made by State Reform
KUCHING: Most respondents to a verbal survey carried out by this publication recently did not welcome the idea of making Malaysians who are non-Sarawakians show their passports when travelling to the State. A statement made by State Reform Party (STAR) president, Lina Soo, urging the State to revive the old
More than 12,000 have received certificates in various fields KUCHING: More than 12,000 former prisoners throughout the country have received skills certificates since the system of skills certification was introduced in 2012 by the Malaysia Prisons Department. Managing director of Malaysia Prisons Headquarters KP Abd Kadir Rais said the certificates
KUCHING: A total of 40 inmates of Puncak Borneo Henry Gurney School and Kuching Prisons received course certificates yesterday at Auditorium Sri Sarawak at Jln Puncak Borneo near here. Prisons managing director from Malaysia Prisons Headquarters KP Abd Kadir Rais said the inmates had completed basic courses on iron works
KUCHING : Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing retained his post as the president of the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) during the party’s Supreme Council meeting last Sunday. Newly appointed secretary general of the party Datuk Nelson Balang Rining stated this at a press conference held at the PDP headquarters here
KUCHING: Fourteen staff of the Urban Development and Natural Resources Ministry received the Excellence Service Awards at a dinner held at a local hotel last Sunday. Five retiring staff and ten other staff who had been transferred to other departments were also honoured at the dinner. Urban Planning, Land Administration
KUALA LUMPUR: DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng (pic) says any decision on holding local government elections must be agreed to by all parties within the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He said although local government elections was something that the DAP had fought for, the party cannot override the four-party coalition
KUCHING: Bersih Sarawak chairperson Ann Teo views with great concern the hasty announcement by Tun Dr Mahathir stating that the federal government had no intention to implement local council elections despite Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamarudin’s announcement that her ministry was conducting a study to bring back the
