Wednesday, 8 April 2026

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Persistent dry weather affects prices, quality of vegetables

KUCHING: Recently, the state is experiencing dry weather with polluted haze from the neighbouring country. Hence, local vegetable production is affecting the farmers, the sellers and the consumers, as well as the price and quality. New Sarawak Tribune took the intitiative to interview some of the hawkers at Stutong Wet

SMK Tapang’s Team Uchiha wins Tabletop Competition Kuching 2018

KUCHING: Team Uchiha from SMK Sungai Tapang IB Word School became champion with their fun and interactive games in the Second Tabletop (Board Game Creation) Competition Kuching 2018. Team Uchiha managed to come up with their crazily funny and interactive board game that enticed the jury for the first place spot

Kuching champion in Special Olympic State Games 2018

KOTA SAMARAHAN: The Kuching contingent emerged overall champion for Special Olympic State Games 2018 which was held at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Stadium. The three-day event which began on Saturday (August 18) and ended yesterday was the fourth edition of the biennial games and involved three contingents – Kuching, Miri

Police in anti-dengue campaign

KUCHING: A total of 190 police personnel from Kuching District Police Headquarters (IPD) were involved in the Gotong-Royong Mega 1.0 Perangi Denggi 2018 programme at the IPD compound, Jalan Simpang Tiga here yesterday. The programme, which was graced by Kuching Deputy Police Chief, Superintendent Ismail Mahmood, was held simultaneously throughout

POLIKU students dance their way into MBORafter

KUCHING: Students of Kuching Polytechnic Sarawak (POLIKU) successfully made it to the Malaysia Book of Records by organising an Alu-Alu dance performance with the most number of participants. The 1,289 participants comprised not only students, but also staff members who organised and performed the Melanau dance at the Kuching Polytechnic

RM60,000 allocated for CHMS No. 1 alumni

KUCHING: Local Government and Housing Minister, Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian announced an allocation of RM60,000 for Chung Hua Middle School No.1 alumni during its 60th anniversary dinner held in the school compound here on Saturday night. RM50,000 was allocated by the Chief Minister, Datuk Patinggi (Dr) Abang Johari Tun

DBKU encouraging use of bio-degradable plastic bags

KUCHING: Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) Deputy Director, Dr. Morshidi Ahmad said yesterday that DBKU was actively promoting the importance of conserving the environment to the public through its programmes. He said it was DBKU’s vision to make Kuching clean, safe and beautiful and the public had a role to

Local councils must meet public expectations – Sim

KUCHING: Local councils must keep public expectation on par with their services as they are the front line of the government, said Minister of Local Government and Housing, Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian. “The people are their customers and their expectations of the services provided by the local council must

10th air quality confab in Nov

KUCHING: The 10th Better Air Quality (BAQ) Conference 2018, a biennial event will be held from 14 to 16 November 2018 at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) here. The conference is jointly organised by Clean Air Asia, Clean Air Forum Society of Malaysia (MyCAS), Malaysia’s Ministry of Natural Resources

Sacofa, residents hold dialogue to resolve tower issue

  KUCHING: Sacofa Sdn Bhd (Sacofa) will come out with proper data regarding radiation emitted from their telecommunication tower in residential areas. Following complaints from the residents of Lorong Stapok Selatan 8, Taman Park View, a dialogue session was held between the Sacofa and the residents in order to solve