Thursday, 15 January 2026

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Peninsula family experiences living in longhouse

  BELAGA: A family from the peninsula is having an experience of their life staying in a longhouse at the Bakun Resettlement Scheme in Sungai Asap here. “There are many interesting things we can learn in Sarawak, their culture, the way of life of the people from various ethnics and

HSL offers zero down-payment over Merdeka weekend promo

  KUCHING: Hock Seng Lee (HSL) is launching an attractive promotions package for its Highfields housing project at Batu Kawa in the state capital. The promotion includes waived legal fees and stamp duty for Sales & Purchase Agreement (S & P), Memorandum of Transfer (MOT) and Memorandum of Charge (MOC),

Engaging grassroots communities in digital dev’t

KUCHING: As an effort to familiarise and educate grassroots leaders on development strategies and trends under the digital economy agenda, Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) in collaboration with Angkatan Zaman Mansang (AZAM) Sarawak is organising a one-day workshop called Randau Digital Sarawak themed “Ke Arah Masyarakat Digital” on 5 September 2018

Records, archives management symposium on Sept 3, 4

KUCHING: The Sarawak State Library (Pustaka) will hosting the Symposium of Records and Archives Management for Sarawak State Goverment Agencies and Workshop on Government’s Records Classification on 3 and 4 September 2018 at the UCSI Hotel here. Among the activities during the symposium and workshop are Digitization and Microfilming, Hands-on

SDO urged to prepare themselves for Perak Sukma

KUCHING: The respective Spor ts Development Officer (SDO) from the Sarawak Sports Council (MSNS) who are involved in the preparation of state’s contingent to the 19th Malaysia Games (Sukma) in Perak were urged to work hard to ensure the welfare and comfort of athletes are well taken care of. This

Fire destroys house, leaving nine homeless

KUCHING: A fire destroyed a house in Kampung No. 5, Jalan Ajibah Abol, here yesterday, leaving the nine occupants homeless. The fire, which started at about 2pm, was put out by 23 firefighters who rushed there in three trucks, said a spokesman of the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department operations

MATTA Fair returns Sept 7

KUCHING: 18 travel agents and seven banks will be participating in the 13th Sarawak MATTA Fair 2018 to be held at CityOne Megamall here from 7 until 9 September. The travel agents are Ibanika Tours Sdn Bhd, Orient Holidays Sdn Bhd, Ming Ming Travel Services Sdn Bhd, Good Times Travel

Body of missing student found three hours later

KUCHING: The body of a missing student was found at 7pm on Tuesday at the Landeh River near here. John Alfeus ak Kasim from SMK Wira Penrissen here went missing on the afternoon at 4pm while playing with his friends paddling on the river. It was raining at the time

Car badly damaged, two injured in scary mishap

KUCHING: A group of teenagers had a scare after the car they were in went out of control and then sliding down into a ravine yesterday along Jalan Matang.  The accident occurred at 3 am and it was alleged that the driver did not have any driving licence.  At the

Private college lecturer nabbed for drugs

KUCHING: An IT lecturer from a private college here was caught at a Pos Laju premises on Monday evening at about 5.45pm for peddling drugs and would face the death sentence if found guilty.  A police team from Badruddin headquarters acting on information received checked the man from Jalan Laruh