DALAT: A 47-year-old man was killed on the spot after he was hit by the falling sago palm tree yesterday morning. In that fatal incident, the deceased known as Sia Yuk Kwong was cutting or felling down the sago tree alone at a land located at Kilometre 3 of Oya-Dalat
MIRI: Adjoining workers’ quarters in one block of building at Kuala Baram here were saved from fire on Tuesday night, after alert residents spotted smokes coming out from the building. Ten firemen led by PBK II Peter Ngumbang were immediately despatched to the scene after responding to an emergency call
KUCHING: A former insurance company agency manager has lodged a report at the Sungai Maong Police Station here claiming that he has suffered a loss of RM200,000 as the money which was supposed to be paid to him had been wrongfully given to a third party by an insurance company
SRI AMAN: Around 400 attended a ‘Gawai Raya’ celebration which was held at Dewan Suarah Sri Aman on Tuesday night. Dur ing that night, Deput y Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said that the state government had approved an industrial estate with an area of 13 acres
KUCHING: The Minist r y of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development is engaging Universiti Malaya (UM) to help do a research on the State Social Wellbeing Index, its Minister Dato Sri Hajah Fatimah Abdullah disclosed. “We want to see how do we stand, the position of Sarawak
KUCHING: Ten students from Kolej Datuk Patinggi Abang Haji Abdillah in Kuching will represent Team Malaysia in the Singapore Int e rnat iona l Mathemat i c s Olympiad Competition (SIMOC) 2018 on July 7, 2018 in Singapore. Yestereday afternoon the students who are from Form Two, Three and Five,
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi (Dr) Abang Haji Johari bin Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg received courtesy visit from Asian Tour led by its Chief Operating Officer Cho Minn Thant. The visit was in conjunction with the ongoing Sarawak Championship which started yesterday. As the official sanctioning body for professional
KUCHING: The newly opened Datuk Temenggong Abang Kipali bin Abang Akip interchange in Petra Jaya is one of a kind in Sarawak whereby it is adopting a shallow underpass concept, said the State Public Works Department (JKR). In a press statement issued here yesterday, JKR emphasised that since it opened
Political will of 2nd Rajah Charles Brooke, 16 December, 1913. In order to do his work properly and effectively it is necessary that the Rajah should spend at least eight months of each year in Sarawak at his post unless his health or other unexpected difficulties or old age present.
KUCHING: About 600 people attended the Aidilfitri ceremony organised by Persatuan Anak Kabong (PAK) which is at every end of the Syawal month to strengthen bond among the people of Kabong. Kabong Member of Parliament Mohd Chee Kadir said this is a unique ceremony of inviting everyone from the party