Monday, 30 March 2026

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Rev Danald Jute visits Sibu

SIBU: Bishop of Anglican Churches of Sarawak and Brunei Darussalam, the Right Reverend Danald Jute made a two-day working visit here recently. Danald, accompanied by the priest in charge of St John Anglican Church, Reverend Ramdan Mejem and Sub Deacon, Obed George, visited the site of the Anglican church in

Year-end promo on HS L’s Highfields II homes

KUCHING: Hock Seng Lee Construction Sdn Bhd (HSL) will hold a year-end sales promotion at its prime residential project in Batu Kawa, Highfields II starting this weekend. HSL, the wholly-owned subsidiary and property development arm of Hock Seng Lee Berhad, will offer great deals on its contemporary Highfields II terraced

Male robbery suspect nabbed, detained

Kuching : An unemployed man in his 30s was arrested yesterday morning at about 10 am in Kampung Melayu. The suspect had robbed a victim a few days ago outside a house in the same kampung. He took out a cock fighting spur and threatened the victim who was forced

130 new buses with special features a year from now

KUCHING: A total of 130 new buses equipped with OKU-friendly features, Electronic Ticketing Machine (ETM), as well as GPS and Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) will be used as public transport in Sarawak particularly in Kuching area in a year’s time. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Depar tment Dato’ Sri Hajah

SUKSAR 2017 to be held at 14 different venues

KUCHING: The Sarawak Sports (SUKSAR) 2017 Games will be held at 14 different venues in Kuching and Samarahan Division from December 14 to 17. Most events will take place at the State Stadium Complex, Petra Jaya. Weightlifting will be held from December 14 to 17 at the Indoor Stadium Kuching

A Sleepy Bazaar called Claudetown

VERY few people know that 140 years ago a remote Chinese bazaar along the Baram River was named after an Englishman Claude Champion de Crispigny. de Crispigny was one of Rajah Charles Brooke’s right-hand men sent to the Baram in 1882 to establish an outpost in at a time when

iCATS convo at BCCK Nov 29

KUCHING : Pusat Pembangunan Kemahi ran Sarawa k (PPKS ) and the Int e rna t iona l Col l e g e of Advanced Technology Sarawak (i-CATS) will organise its 20th Convocation on Nov 29 at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK). The ceremony is expected to be graced

Investments in SCORE worth over RM104 bln by this Dec

KUCHING: The Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) is one of the five economic development corridors which leverage on vast hydropower potentials to spur economic development in the state. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said Sarawak endowed with vast river streams, that if fully developed, it

Dalat to hold Sukan Asal Sarawak

DALAT : A combined sports programme will be held at Stadium Perpaduan Dalat this coming Saturday(25 November). The event, dubbed “Program Sukan Lombak Asal Sarawak & Kayuhan Solidariti serta Program Sarawak Cergas” is expected to kick off at 7am. Among the sports events featured would be Senam Kenyalang, Sepak Raga

Hornet’s nest near school destroyed

MIRI: The Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM) personnel took about half an hour to destroy a hornet’s nest, the size of lorry’s tyre at a secondary school in Lutong near here on Wednesday night. APM District Officer, Captain Mohd Hazle Shah Abdul Hamid said he received a call from a