SEPANG: Head coach E. Elavarasan believes that the presence of four Super League players in the national Under-22 squad will give Harimau Muda an advantage in the ‘Group of Death’ at the 2023 Cambodia SEA Games. Despite being grouped with defending champions Vietnam and last edition’s runners-up Thailand in Group
BY NEVILLE TIMOTHY SANDERS and ABIDGAIL MERTA GANGGANG KUCHING: The path for women in academia is rarely a simple and easy one, said Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. The Minister For Women, Early Childhood and Community Well-being Development said despite having come a long way in educational attainment, there are fewer
KUCHING: Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has hit out at Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) Sarawak commissioner Jofri Jaraiee for claiming that opening of casinos in Sarawak would do more harm than good. According to Tiong, PAS leaders are often seen resorting to religion when issuing statements
BY JAMES WONG and MA CHEE SENG KUCHING: Kuching Hokkien Association (KHA) is planning to reach a wider audience with an array of remarkable photographs it received for its ‘Harmonious Sarawak’ photography contest here. Its president Datuk Richard Wee said they are hoping to collaborate with Borneo Cultures Museum to showcase the winning
KUCHING: It’s not uncommon several decades ago to see people resorting to plastic bags to collect human excreta when there was a lack of proper toilets and people were forced to practise open defecation. These plastic bags were later discarded in rivers or ditches. Thus emerged the term ‘flying toilets’.
KUCHING: Some Peninsular Malaysians still think that Sarawakians live on trees and are not so educated as there is not much of an integration or stories being portrayed about Sarawak, said Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Hamzah. “I don’t think there are major misconceptions (that Peninsular Malaysians have about Sarawakians),” he
BETONG: Sarawak is fortunate to have the Unit for Other Religions (UNIFOR) which provides assistance to non-Islamic places of worship such as churches, temples and various other religious organisations. Deputy Minister of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneur Development Datuk Gerald Rentap Jabu said the establishment of UNIFOR shows Premier Datuk Patinggi
KUCHING: Beting Maro assemblyman Razaili Gapor has urged the relevant authorities to resolve the lack of lack of clean water supply and non-functional water taps which are affecting residents in Pusa and Beladin. He said the shortage of clean water supply in Kampung Pusa and Beladin is long standing even
SINGER and TV personality Ifa Raziah was thankful and relieved that her husband has now successfully undergone surgery. The 47-year-old posted several photos of her watching over husband Mohd Yani Abdul Rahman in hospital, and captioned, “Alhamdulillah, Yani has been discharged from the operation theatre, but is currently still unconscious.
MIRI: A total of eight households affected by the Jalan Pujut Corner fire incident will be displaced to Kampung Lusut, Lambir, as the state government has recently approved and endorsed residential lots in the area. The fire on April 23 razed nine wooden houses and left 66 people from 15