MUKAH: Kampung Bedanga Ulu here finally has its own multipurpose hall after a few years of waiting for their application to be approved. The villagers are thankful to the two state assemblymen who helped get the project approved and implemented. The application was brought up by the villagers to Tellian
MUKAH: The Sarawak Ministry of Youth and Sports office here has not received any Sarawak Youth Venture Fund (SYVF) forms from applicants so far. Officer in-charge Timothy Dominic Atong said no youth had come forward to ask for the forms yet. He added that many forms were also distributed during
MUKAH: Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Datuk Seri Michael Manyin Jawong lamented that there are neither plans nor allocations for additional schools in Sarawak although the state is in dire need of more schools. In an interview with New Sarawak Tribune recently, Manyin said that education was under the
MUKAH: The influence of social media is wide and far reaching and it has been found to be one of the reasons for divorce. This was revealed by Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah when officiating at the closing of ‘Baitulmuslim: Islamic Smart
MUKAH: Politeknik Mukah (PMU) was among the few areas hit by flash floods following continuous rainfall since Thursday night until yesterday morning. This was the first time that the polytechnic was inundated by flash floods. Based on a photo which went viral on social media, the water level at the
MUKAH: The Sarawak government welcomes the formation of non-governmental organisations (NGO) because the latter complements the work done by the former. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said an NGO was formed with certain noble objectives. She added that in trying to achieve
MUKAH: The federal government has approved SMK St Patrick Parent-Teacher Association’s (PTA) application to purchase 400 new desks for the new school building. This was confirmed by PTA chairman Zaidi Morshidi yesterday when asked about the status of the application. It was made during SMK St Patrick’s Excellent Students Award
MUKAH: The annual Mukah Kaul Festival has been proposed to be held at Kala Dana Beach from April 11 to 19, 2020. While the event date is still subject to change, the meeting at Menara Pehin Setia Raja here on Monday had fixed ‘Kaul Tugek’ on April 17 and ‘Keman
DALAT: Some 580 people attended a briefing by the Housing Development Commission (HDC) at Stadium Perpaduan Dalat here. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah welcomed the initiative by HDC in providing housing for the people here. However, she said HDC’s housing programme catered
BALINGIAN: The existing mini Balingian Waterfront will be extended to make the area more vibrant. Balingian assemblyman Abdul Yakub Arbi said there have been efforts by the state government to extend the waterfront to the Tua Pek Kong area, but it will be done in a series of phases. He
