Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Safer grounds for five Tatau schools soon

TATAU: The state government’s decision to issue an immediate approval to move five flood prone schools in Tatau  district to safer grounds recently has met with sighs of relief from the teachers and parents in these affected schools. The five schools are  Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Nanga Penyarai, SK Rumah Keseng,

Gov’t to develop RM8b water grid project in Oct

LAWAS: RM8 billion water grid supply project will be developed in October, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi (Dr) Abang Johari Tun Openg when laying the foundation stone for Centre of Technical Excellence (Centexs) here yesterday. He hoped that through the project implementation, water supply problems in some parts of the

Entulu not contesting as independent

  SELANGAU: Datuk Joseph Entulu Belaun yesterday confirmed that he will be not be contesting as an independent candidate for the Selangau parliamentary seat in the 14th General Election (GE14). This literally put to rest all the speculations that Entulu might stand as an independent candidate. Entulu, who is among

Passengers saved by driver’s quick action

PANTU: The quick action of  the driver managed to save the lives of nine passengers of an express bus traveling from Kuching to Sri Aman late afternoon yesterday. The express bus with nine passengers suddenly caught fire when passing Kampung Abok, Pantu at 3 pm. “The driver, Joseph Lepa, had

15 convenience stores robbery cases solved

  KUCHING: A total of 15 cases of robbery at 24-hour convenience stores reported this year have been resolved by the a special unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Sarawak Police Contingent Headquarters (IPK) with the arrest of a suspect. State CID head, Datuk S. Dev Kumar,

P.205 Saratok expects three-cornered fight

SARATOK: The P.205 Saratok Parliamentary constituency is expected to see a three-cornered fight in this coming 14th General Election (GE14). This three-cornered fight will be between the Barisan Nasional (BN), Jagah@ Subeng Mula who is a new face, a Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Ali Biju and an Independent Hamka Othman

Northern Sarawak new growth area for oil and gas sector

LAWAS: Northern Sarawak, especially  Lawas, will be the new growth area for ​​the oil and gas sector in the state through the opening of an oil processing plant here. Chief Minister, Datuk Patinggi (Dr) Abang Johari Tun Openg revealed this yesterday at the laying of the foundation stone for the

Grab offers discounted rides on polling day

KUALA LUMPUR: Grab, Malaysia and Southeast Asia’s leading on-demand transportation and fintech platform, is offering discounted rides to or from polling stations nationwide on May 9 in conjunction with the 14th General Election. The discount is valid for all polling stations across the 25 cities nationwide that Grab currently operates,

NIIT new campus to roof over 2,500 students

KUCHING: NIIT College gears up its students’ intake game through the leverage on OBOR participation, in preparation for its new campus relocation to Tropics City Enrichment Mall. Strategically located between Jalan Tun Jugah and Jalan Song, the new Tropics City campus will roof more than 2,500 students with more high-tech

KPA hosts visit by UNIMAS students

  KUCHING: A group of 20 marketing students from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) made a study visit to Kuching Port Authority (KPA) recently, said a press statement yesterday. The 3rd year students are from the Faculty of Economics and Business, University Malaysia Sarawak and they were received by Robert Lau,