Saturday, 28 March 2026

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Premises’ owners not allowed to ’reserve’ parking space

KUCHING: Motorists have made lots of complaints on premises’ owners who put objects on parking space or spaces in front of their premises to ’reserve’ the lots for their own vehicles, a press statement from North Kuching City Commission (DBKU) said yesterday. These parking spaces are meant for public parking

Eight firemen attend to mercury spill

SRI AMAN: Firefighters from the Sri Aman Fire Station rushed to Temudok GOF Camp near here yesterday after receiving a report of a mercury spill. A spokesman said the incident happened at Room 13, 1st Floor of Cempaka Flat at the GOD Temudok Camp at 11.05am. “After we receiving the

Southern Zone athletes to get high level exposure

KUCHING: Six months ago, a Kuching karate training centre was set up by the Sarawak State Sports Council (MSNS) and most of the members were from tang soo do. Come Sarawak Game s (Suksar) in Dec 14-17, they will be getting their first experience in high level competitions against the

Sunway to offer professional certificate in book-keeping

KUCHING: Kolej Sunway Kuching recently signed a collaboration agreement with the International Association of Bookkeepers (IAB) to offer the Level One Professional Certificate in Book-keeping, a qualification which is recognised internationally. Under the terms of the agreement, Kolej Sunway Kuching will become the only exclusive partner and registered training provider

Sarawak Energy wins in Gold Category of CM’s Awards 2017

KUCHING: Sarawak Energy’s initiatives in its journey to become ‘Best in Class’ paid off when it was awarded the State Secretary Trophy for the Gold Category of the Chief Minister’s Awards 2017 in conjunction with Sarawak State Civil Service Day. Aisah Eden, Sarawak Energy Execut ive Vice Pres ident of

24 attend Focal Persons (Public Health) meeting

KAPIT: A total of 24 environmental health officers and assistant environmental health officers from the various local councils throughout the state attended the Focal Persons (Public Health) meeting held at the conference room of Sibu Rural District Council recently. Chairing the meeting was the head of the Public Health Division

Bid to extract sand illegally foiled

KUCHING: The enforcement unit of the Land and Survey Department managed to foil an attempt to extract sand illegally at Sg Sebaok, Sematan near here at 12.30pm yesterday. In the operation two units of heavy machinery used in the illegal sand extraction and a heap of sand were seized as

11 teachers take part in English workshop

KUCHING: Eleven teachers from Sarawak, Selangor and Penang had the opportunity to be part of ‘The Next 100 Workshop’, an English workshop recently organised by the Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak campus) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) at the university’s campus. The workshop series, funded by the U.S. Embassy in

Smart Reader donates over RM1,300 for Xmas

KUCHING: Smart Reader Worldwide Sdn Bhd together with Smart Reader Kids at Jalan Keretapi and Jalan Rock here brought Christmas cheers to the Salvation Army Children’s Home by donating RM1300 and var ious items. The event took place at the Salvation Army Children’s Home at Jalan Uplands yesterday saw items

BR1M service counters this weekend

KUCHING: SUPP Pending Branch BR1M service team will set up service counters at Hing Ann Tian Miaw Temple’s Canteen in Bintawa tomorrow (16 December) and Kenyalang Market on Sunday (17 December) to assist members of the public to apply and update their Bantuan Rakyat 1 Malaysia (BR1M) information. The public