BY AWANG MUHAMMAD SYAHMI KUCHING: The merriment of the Gawai Dayak festival should be used as a platform to strengthen friendships and maintain unity among the various communities. Kuching North City Hall (DBKU) mayor Datuk Junaidi Reduan said that Gawai Dayak festival needed to be maintained to foster the spirit
By Farihan Razali MUKAH: Mukah Hospital is currently facing challenges related to a dilapidated dialysis machine that has been in use for 18 years, according to Tellian assemblyman Royston Valentine. “This urgent issue, along with the frequent breakdown of replacement machines and the lack of necessary tools, needs immediate attention.”
THE High Performance Rural Schools (HIPERS) programme, which was initiated by Sarawak Foundation in 1996, provides rural schools with a platform to improve their academic performance and be on par with secondary schools in the urban areas of Sarawak. Last year, 4,631 HIPERS students from 25 rural secondary schools sat
KUCHING: The Batang Ai Floating Solar Farm is the first large-scale Floating Solar Photovoltaic (FPV) initiative to be constructed on a hydro dam in Sarawak. Sarawak Energy said the project, which spans over 190 hectares, will create value through hybridisation of renewable technologies and optimisation of grid connection. The construction
KUCHING: Sarawak weightlifters Darriel Bravellen and Joel Daven won a gold medal each at the 2023 National Sports Council (MSN) Talent Carnival in Bukit Jalil. Darriel took the gold in the Under 13, 45kg category, while Joel won the Under 16, 60kg category. Meanwhile, another Sarawakian Darren Busang brought home
SERIAN: A total of 24 organisations from the Bukit Semuja constituency received Minor Rural Programme (MRP) funds amounting to RM120,000 from assemblyman John Ilus. The recipients comprised associations and clubs from secondary schools, primary schools and the Sarawak State Government Office Club in Serian District. John reminded organisations that are
MIRI: The 722 Sarawak Independence Day Blood Donation Campaign 2023 will be held on July 22 from 8.30 am to 1 pm at the Malaysian Red Crescent (MRC) Training Institute, Jalan Bulan Sabit here. Miri Blood Donor Recruitment Committee chairman Karambir Singh said the blood donation drive is supported by
KAPIT: Efforts to preserve the Iban traditional music, taboh, and traditional dance, ngajat, must continue, said Datuk Gerald Rentap Jabu. The Deputy Youth, Sports, and Entrepreneur Development Minister said the preservation efforts should be concentrated especially among the younger generation. “Hence, I am glad to see that the original tradition
BY AWANG MUHAMMAD SYAHMI KUCHING: Hope Place recently extended help to a family of five living in Tapah near here by providing them with basic food aid and drinking water. The family, consisting of Recky Batu, his wife, two sons and his elderly father, was facing severe difficulties when the
BY ELLISIA TINGASS & AWANG MUHAMMAD SYAHMI KUCHING: The announcement of a six-day concert by British rock band Coldplay in Singapore next year, has Malaysian fans requesting the rock band to perform a second show in Malaysia. For the record, Coldplay’s Music of the Sphere World Tour will be held