SIBU: Digital economy and e – c ommerce are the two main thrusts of the Sarawak Government to spearhead the economy and give people the opportunity to enhance their entrepreneurship and their standard of living. Minister of International Trade and E-Commerce Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh said that he
SIBU: A total of 329 native customary rights (NCR) landowners who participated in an NCR land development project, Durin Block in Sibu received early Gawai cheers in the form of dividends on Tuesday. The dividends totalling RM450, 000 was from their joint venture with Ta Ann Pelita Durin Plantation Sdn
SRI AMAN: Senior citizens make up the highest monthly number of recipients who receive help from the Sarawak Welfare Department, said Minister of Community Wellbeing, Datuk Francis Harden Hollis. He revealed this while officiating an event entitled “Majlis Sejambak Kasih Hari Gawai dan Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2018” organised by the
KUCHING: Kuching Fire and Rescue (Bomba) personnel yesterday rushed to the fire scene after receiving a distressed call. Upon reaching the fire scene at Sejingkat Sawmill in Jalan Demak Laut, Bako near Kuching, the team found out that the premises on fire was a temporary structure where they sharpened the
KABONG: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi (Dr) Abang Johari Tun Openg wants the temporary alternative project to overcome water woes in this area which is worth a total of RM6.5million to be completed within a month. He said the State Government had approved a number of provisions to the Rural Water
PUTRAJAYA : The Communications and Multimedia Ministry will set up a legal team to consider whether to amend or repeal the Anti-Fake News Act 2018 that was passed in April this year, said the new minister, Gobind Singh Deo. Gobind Singh, a lawyer himself, said he would sit together with
KUCHING: Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud yesterday received a courtesy call from the Sarawak State’s Public Service Commission led by its Chairman Datu Abdul Ghafur Shariff at Demak Jaya in Kuching. This courtesy visit is an annual event to brief Tun Taib on the latest development
KUALA LUMPUR: Non-performing Cabinet ministers would be dropped and replaced by other more qualified members of parliament, said Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He said selecting cabinet ministers was not an easy task and that no cabinet was ever perfect and free of public criticism. “There is no perfect Cabinet. There
KUCHING: Entries are now open for the 5th Sarawak Grand Golf Championship 2018 which will be held Damai Golf and Country Club (DGCC), Santubong on July 20 to 22. This was announced by DGCC general manager, Roslan Mohd Salleh who said the defending champions in the men’s and ladies categories,
PUTRAJAYA: The government will not increase the number of civil servants or set up new institutions to achieve the country’s goals, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. He said the existing institutions would be utilised in a more efficient manner, without increasing the cost. “We are confident that with the wisdom
