Tuesday, 30 December 2025

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

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,

Temporary closure of Cats Museum, Perpustakaan Bandaraya

KUCHING:  The Muzium Kucing or Cats Museum and Perpustakaan Bandaraya will be temporarily closed on this 1 May (Tuesday) for Labour Day celebration and on 9 May (Wednesday) for the 14th General Election (GE14) Polling Day. For any further information please refer to Muzium Kucing at telephone contact number 082

Three-day SHFF 2018 now in session at SCV

KUCHING: Sarawak Cultural Village (SCV) is presently hosting annual festival ‘Sarawak Harvest and Folklore Festival (SHFF)’. It is co-organised with The Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Sarawak (MTACYS) with the aim to position itself as an international community event on Sarawak tourism calendar. Previously known as ‘World

Sarawak Energy fully prepared for GE14

KUCHING: Sarawak Energy is mobilising all necessary resources to ensure reliability of power supply for the 14th General Election (GE14). The State-owned Electricity Utility has put in place a preparedness framework,with additional standby teams dedicated to quick restorations especially on nomination and polling days. Group Chief Operating Officer Lu Yew

Hope Place gets pleasant surprise at new premises

KUCHING: Hope Place in Kuching recently received a pleasant surprise just after the team moved to its new premises. According to Hope Place founder Kelvin Wan, the new store needed some renovation to maximise it’s full capacity. Their plan to build a mezzanine floor in the store soon became a

Construction of SK Merdang has started

SAMARAHAN: Samarahan incumbent Rubiah Wang informed that construction works for SK Merdang is already ongoing. “It started last month and in time. We will check on it from time to time with the Ministry of Education to ensure that the construction process goes smoothly,” she said. Rubiah said this to