KUCHING: About 100 people comprising public members, officials of government departments, agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) participated in World Quran Hour 2018 Programme held at Sarawak Islamic Information Centre (IIC) here in Kuching yesterday. ‘World of Compassion’ is the theme of this year’s World # Quran Hour 2018 while ’Bangsa
MIRI: By last Monday (June 4), a total 42 premises here have been inspected by Miri Domestic Trade, Consumerism and Cooperative (KPDNKK) personnel, with eight complaints lodged. The routine check was held in order to ensure traders complied with instructions from the ministry to implement zero-rated GST. The figure was
MIRI: Miri Narcotic police on Tuesday arrested two persons suspected for their involvement in drug addiction activity. Aged 44 and 27 respectively, the two suspects were nabbed in two separate locations, namely in Krokop and Piasau. The suspects, both unemployed, were arrested following public tip-off in raids that were
KUCHING: Sarawak has got to be ‘sold’ as a place of culture, adventure and nature, stressed Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Haji Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. “In this Ministry we are not going to sell Sarawak as a shopping centre. We want to sell Sarawak as
KUCHING: A DAP delegation led by Member of Parliament for Bandar Kuching Dr Kelvin Yii paid a courtesy visit to the State Director of the Fire & Rescue Department Malaysia Sarawak PKPjB Nor Hisham bin Mohammad at their headquarters at Jalan Setia Raja, Tabuan Jaya in Kuching yesterday. During the
KUCHING: Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Haji Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah (pic) hopes businesses as well as hotels no longer impose GST which has been abolished. He said any action taken by the government to reduce the burden of the rakyat should be welcome. “So my hope
KABONG: Kabong Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Women’s wing distributed a total of 2,500 packs of ‘bubur lambuk’ to the residents here yesterday. According to Kabong Assemblyman Mohd Chee Kadir, the high commitment shown by the Kabong PBB Women in preparing the ‘bubur lambuk’ was very impressive as they could
SEPANG: Passengers of Kuala Lumpur International Airport can now enjoy a whole new digital airport experience with MYairports, a new mobile application by Malaysia Airports that enables users to plan their journey to the airport ahead of time and be navigated intelligently through the checkpoints. In a press statement issued
KUCHING: Cambridge University Press – the publishing business of the University of Cambridge, England – is calling for teachers across Malaysia to take part in its World Teacher Survey. The publishing business through the survey aimed to discover teachers’ needs to better understand how they can be effectively supported. The
KUCHING: Kampung Opar, Bau is located about 50 kms from Kuching. Most of its residents are Bidayuh Jagoi. The village is now quiet but during the recent Gawai Dayak festival, especially on the first day, the village was full of people. On the first day of Gawai, a few rituals,
