SERIAN: St Theresa’s Parish Pastoral Council (STPPC) has chosen Sept 28 to celebrate the feast of their patron saint, St Theresa. The event will be held at the church compound here, to be followed by Thanksgiving Mass at 8.30am the next day at the church. STPPC special function committee chairman
KUCHING: State PKR chairman Baru Bian has expressed disappointment with the decision of the Federal Court to dismiss a review application by the native plaintiffs in the Tuai Rumah Sandah case. He, nevertheless, said he fully respected the discretion given to the Court to make such a decision under the
State to reserve 40-50 per cent gas resources as feedstock BINTULU: About 40 to 50 per cent of production from new gas resources in Sarawak must be retained as feedstock for gas-related industries in the state, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg yesterday. This is to ensure
MIRI: A male student of a skills training centre in Lutong went berserk after his female teacher asked him about his homework on Tuesday morning. The boy reportedly took a ‘gun’ from his bag and pointed it at his teacher. The incident happened around 9.15am during an electronic class session.
KUCHING: More than 2,000 runners are expected to take part in the Kuching-level Forest Fun Run to be flagged off at the Sarawak State Library (Pustaka) on Nov 3. According to Sarawak Forest Department (SFD) officer Salina Hamdi, the 5-km run is organised in conjunction with the SFD’s 100th anniversary.
KUCHING: Kuching Hilton Hotel is partnering with Ecolab and charity organisation Hope Place to recycle used soaps from the hotel under a project called ‘Solution for Life’. Under the project, Hope Place volunteers will repack the used soaps, using the technology provided by Ecolab, for distribution to the underprivileged families
KUCHING: The venue for the Malaysia Day celebration has been shifted from Padang Merdeka to Stadium Perpaduan. This was decided at a meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan yesterday, according to Unit Komunikasi Awam Sarawak (UKAS) in its FB Page posting. The decision was
By Mukhriz Mohamad KUCHING: The state government is in the process of selecting a qualified contractor for the Batang Rambungan bridge in Lundu. According to Infrastructure and Ports Development Assistant Minister and Sebuyau assemblyman Datuk Julaihi Narawi, the project was put under the purview of the state government after its