Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Commuters look forward to easier, faster travel with LRT

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Residents in Kota Samarahan welcome the proposal by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg to build the Light Rail Transit System (LRT) from Kampung Rembus, here to Damai. According to Paolo Senin who is a resident of Kampung Rembus, the construction of LRT in the next

ERT for every department

SRI AMAN: Every government department should have an Emergency Response Team (ERT) to deal with possible fire incidents in their respective workplaces. In view of this, the Sri Aman Division Health Office with the cooperation of the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (JBPM) and the Sri Aman Fire and

Sum hands grants for JKKK in Ba’kelalan

  LAWAS: Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism, Dato Henry Sum Agong continues to channel government grants to the Village Development and Security Committee (JKKK), Offices and Clubs in Lawas parliament parliamentary constituency. Sum, who is also Lawas Member of Parliament,was at a ceremony to hand over the

Man injured in fall

MIRI: A man was injured after he was believed to have fallen from the first floor of the Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) at Jalan Chia Tze Chin here yesterday morning. In the 11am incident, the 30-year-old victim fell from a height of about four metres which resulted in the victim

Smuggling attempts foiled,drugs worth RM14.400 seized

KUCHING: This month the Enforcement Division of the Royal Customs Department Kuching Office managed to foil two smuggling attempt cases with the confiscation of ganja (cannabis) weighing a total of 5,130 grams worth a total of RM14,400. In the first case on 15 March, the Enforcement Division of Customs Department

245 Bumi youths trained under TUBE since 2014

SEMATAN: Entrepreneurs as well as Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) operators in the state are urged to take the opportunities from various development programmes and assistance schemes offered by the government through the ministries and agencies involved. This was pointed out by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali

CM receives courtesy call from PMU

KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi (Dr) Abang Johari Tun Openg received a courtesy call by a delegation from Mukah Polytechnic (PMU) in his office at Wisma Bapa Malaysia here, yesterday. The courtesy call led by Director of Mukah Polytechnic, Lieutenant Colonel (PA) Abdubrani Yunus was to invite Abang Johari to

SSM ONE Carnival begins today

KUCHING: The Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) Online Networking Entrepreneurs Carnival is back from 30 March to 1 April 2018 to be held at CityONE Megamall Kuching here.  SSM expects 20,000 people to visit the carnival throughout the three days. This would be the third time that SSM has been

Legal skills essential for Residents, District Officers

KUCHING: A four-day training programme, ‘Effective Execution of Legal and Statutory Functions in Resident and District Office (R&DO)’ which began on Monday (March 26), saw a total of 30 participants at the training programme on legal competencies. In a press statement issued yesterday, the Leadership Institute stated that it was

High tea with Tun Taib, YPS on April 10

KUCHING: The Yayasan Perpaduan Sarawak (YPS) under the chairmanship of the Head of State, Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, will organise a high tea on April 10 to kick start the year’s unity engagement programme. In a press statement issued yesterday, the Chief Executive Officer of Sarawak Unity Foundation,