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Lions Clubs to organise rabies talk this Nov 24

          With the knowledge gained from the seminar, the people could complement the council’s effort in the fight against the spread of the disease SIBU: Twelve chapters of the Lions Club International District 308-A2 will be organising a seminar on Rabies Control at 1pm on November 24 at RH Hotel

12 receive KWKPK Excellence Service Award

KUCHING: A total of 12 staffers and officers of Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Ministry (KWKPK) received excellence awards in conjunction with KWKPK Excellence Service Award and SKGT Appreciation Night at UCSI Hotel here on Tuesday. Among the recipients were Dayang Norashikin, Stanley Kuncit, Dr Zufar Yadi Brendan Abdullah,

Worker hit by cement wall lands in ward

KUCHING: A construction worker sustained injuries on both legs and his back after a cement wall fell on him. The worker, aged 22, was dismantling the walls of an old school quarters at SK Pajar, Sejingkat when the whole wall gave way and fell on him at about 10.45 am

46 operators attend smoking ban dialogue

SARATOK: Forty-six food operators participated in the Control of Tobacco Product Regulations 2004 dialogue session here yesterday. Present to deliver the talk was Betong Division Health Officer Dr Johnny Pangas. In the briefing, Johnny said that operators must put up the ‘No Smoking’ sign and those caught smoking in the

Weekend matches to decide last semi spots

KUCHING: Three matches this weekend will determine the fate of five teams to grab the slots to the semi-finals of the KSRRSK-H2 Sports Friendly Cup 2018 football championship. Earlier, Scarlore FC team as leaders of group A qualified for the semi-finals by collecting nine points after winning all three games

1,234 pieces of info received until Nov 15

SIBU: From January 1 to November 15, the police have received a total of 1,234 pieces of information on illegal gambling activities statewide. Of the number, State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Dennis Leong said that 993 of the informations had led to arrests and seizures. Thus,

Rajapakse sacked

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s parliament on Wednesday voted out the bitterly disputed government of former strongman Mahinda Rajapakse, removing one controversial figure but leaving the country in a power vacuum. The island nation has been in crisis since the president sacked prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on October 26 and replaced him

‘Robocop’ on patrol at Singapore summit

SINGAPORE: Hi-tech Singapore has deployed an autonomous robot with a swivelling camera for a head and flashing lights to patrol a summit venue — arresting the attention of amused passers-by who stopped to snap selfies. The white, four-wheeled buggy, measuring about five-feet (1.5 metres), trundled around the perimeter of a

Three young men found guilty of Christmas terror plot

SYDNEY: Three young men have been found guilty of plotting terror attacks in Australia’s second-largest city, intending to inflict mass casualties during the Christmas festive season. The court was told the men – Hamza Abbas, 23, Ahmed Mohamed, 25 and Abdullah Chaarani, 27 – bought machetes and ingredients to make

‘We’re capable of self-government’

Excerpts of winding-up speech by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg at the 18th Meeting of Dewan Undangan Negeri, yesterday. Tuan Speaker Sarawak rights and  strategic interests I am speaking to all the Honourable Members of this August House with great pride in my heart, because the time