Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

KWJF 2018 hosts first ever Jazz Band Search today

KUCHING: The Kuching Waterfront Jazz Festival (KWJF) 2018 will be hosting a one-of-a-kind Jazz Band Search talent competition today at 7pm at the Kuching Waterfront GoDown Amphitheatre. The KWJF Jazz Band Search had shortlisted four local bands performing jazz numbers to a panel of judges in a bid to win

Breathing new life into Malaysia’s historic landmarks

Malaysia is a country rich in culture, diversity and history. While history is mostly remembered in black and white, there’s no reason why historical landmarks should remain in monochrome. Thanks to a new splash of paint, some refurbishment, or being completely rebuilt, the landmarks featured in this article have been

Men’s beach volleyball squad hoping for favourable draw

PALEMBANG: The Malaysian men’s beach volleyball squad are hoping that they can avoid the four top teams in the grouping draw at the Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Asian Games today. National player Raja Nazmi Saifuddin Raja Hussin, 24, admitted that although Malaysia lagged behind in the sport, they were capable of giving

Mooncake Festival to return in September

KUCHING: The Kuching Inter-Cultural Mooncake Festival will return for its 17th instalment on September 17 to 24, 2018 at Carpenter Street here. This yearly event is hosted by the Federation of Kuching Division Community Associations and the Old Market Community Association. The organising chairman, Sim Kiang Chiok said that the

Man robs 24-hour convenient store

KUCHING: A 24-hour convenient store at Jalan Satok here was robbed around 5am on Wednesday. The female cashier, 35, reported that a man wearing a full face helmet came into the shop armed with a sumurai sword. Fearing for her life, she opened the cash register and handed him all

Follow-up raid on shop at Marina Square

MIRI: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) here raided a shoplot at Marina Square around 3.30 pm on Wednesday. The raid was a follow-up to an earlier raid conducted last Saturday (Aug 11) in the same area. “We suspected that the premises were operated by the same group, operating backend online

3,000 to attend CHMS 60th anniversary dinner

KUCHING: Chung Hua Middle School (CHMS) No. 1 will be holding their 60th anniversary dinner at the CHMS No. 1 Sports Field, Pending Road here on Aug 18 (Saturday). The guest-of-honor at the dinner will be Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian, Minister of Local Government and Housing, who will be

Lo: MPP strives to engage with local communities

KUCHING: Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) strives to be accountable to the local communities by playing a key role in community engagement towards building a stronger and more cohesive community. “Besides providing municipal service, the function of the council now includes community development. “Engagement with the local communities enables the council

Sarawak Baru: Cobbold John first pro tem Chairman

KUCHING: The four-component Sarawak Baru coalition has set up its Presidential Council with Cobbold John (pic) as the first pro tem Chairman. Sarawak Baru has designed and agreed to a party logo and now it is in the midst of applying for registration as valid political party. Cobbold who is

28 students in Mukah get incentive

Earlier in his speech, Yussibnosh hoped the recipients would use the contribution wisely especially for buying education related material and basic necessities. He urged the students to make a thorough plan before departing to their respective learning centres so that everything would going on as expected. The Balingian Assemblyman also