SIBU: No one is immune from the consequences of climate change, the only difference being the severity of its effect. Stating this, Deputy Minister of Public Health, Housing and Local Government Michael Tiang said its direct effect is something that would be experienced immediately, namely, disaster. “For example, last year,
SIBU: An Indonesian shipyard worker pleaded not guilty in the High Court here yesterday (Mar 21) to a charge of murder. Muh Sakkar Arakee, 34, was charged with murdering his countryman Hapil Jamal at a workers’ living quarters in Bandar Baru Tanjung Manis at about 10.30pm on Oct 14 last
SIBU: A health talk entitled, ‘Dementia’ held at Xin Fu Yuan Church at Brooke Drive here recently received a good response from church members and the -public. Prior to the talk organised by Brooke Drive Neighbourhood Committee under the Ministry of National Unity in collaboration with Women and Senior Citizen
SIBU: Five undergraduate students from University of Technology Sarawak (UTS) were awarded with the Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) Scholarship Programme yesterday. The MC Scholarship programme is a scholarship provided by the MC that aims to provide financial support to the selected students from the B40 family. Those recipients were Dennis Phiong
SIBU: A 76-year-old man claimed trial in the Sessions Court yesterday to a charge of raping a teenage girl. Jok Merang pleaded innocence to the charge when it was read and explained to him which he understood. The charge against him stated that he did commit rape on the victim,
SIBU: A 45-year-old man claimed trial in the Sessions Court on Tuesday (Mar 14) to three charges of raping an underaged girl. On the first count, Tile Aing stands charged with raping the minor aged 10 years and 11 months, at a timber camp in Song district at about 1am
SIBU: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between University of Technology Sarawak (UTS) and SSR Rover Sdn Bhd (Rover) at the UTS campus here today. At the signing ceremony, the UTS was represented by its vice chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Khairuddin Abd Hamid while Rover was represented by its
SIBU: A habitual drug offender was yesterday ordered to spend the next five years behind bars by the Sessions Court for repeated drug abuse. In passing sentence, presiding Sessions Court Judge Marutin Pagan also directed that Christopher Japing, 25, to be given a stroke of the whip. In addition, Marutin
SIBU: A total of 28 Year One students who will begin the new school term next week received school bags and stationery from the Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Bukit Assek service centre here Tuesday. Bukit Assek assemblyman Joseph Chieng said the donation of school bags and stationery was an
SIBU: The High Court here yesterday (Mar 13) sentenced a former log grader to death by hanging for trafficking in dangerous drug – methamphetamine. Justice Christopher Chin Soo Yin found Loi Kwong Kiat, 54, guilty after he was called to enter his defence. Loi was jointly charged with another person,