First Anglican Church in a Bidayuh Area In 1865, a belian church, St James, was built in Kampung Kuap, about 10 miles from Kuching. Bishop Dr. Thomas McDougall consecrated it on 7 December 1865. Even though a new church had been built next to St. James Church, the older
BARAM: More than 250 residents of Kampung Uma Akeh, Kampung Long Puak, Kampung Long Banyok and Kampung Long Ikang attended a Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu (PBB) Women’s Empowerment Programme at Kampung Long Ikang here, recently. Baram District Police chief, DSP Gabriel Risut delivered a talk on crime prevention and anti
SERIAN: Minister of Public Utilities (Water Supply), Datuk Roland Sagah Wee Inn, presented an allocation from the State government of RM500,000 to the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) of Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (SJK) Chung Hua Tapah to its chairman, Chong Kuek Fah. The allocation is intended for the PTA to carry out
KOTA PADAWAN: Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman Ir. Lo Khere Chiang urged dog and cat owners to neuter their pets. Lo said the problem in the increasing number of stray dogs has to be acknowledged and the public must work together with the council in solving the problem. He said
SARIKEI: More than 200 people comprising college students, lecturers and civil servants took part in the Sarikei Division-level National Transformation 2050 (TN50) Dialogue Session here, yesterday. The programme was co-organised by the Youth and Sports Department Sarikei and the Institute of Teacher Education (IPG) Rajang. Member of the panel were
BINTULU: A female driver was injured after the Proton Iswara car she was driving crashed into a tree in front of Masjid Assyakirin here yesterday afternoon. Bintulu Fire Station chief, Di-Hatta Gobel said they received a distress call at 5.34pm and dispatched nine personnel with a fire engine and an
KUCHING: Unhappy with a policeman’s action of advising her against lodging a report on a road accident involving her car, a woman, from Kota Sentosa, sought help from the Sarawak United People’s Party Public Complaints Bureau (SPCB) recently. During a meeting with SPCB chief, Wilfred Yap, the woman told him
MUKAH: A 35-year-old man, Poling Luhat, from Tubau, Belaga, is urged to appear in the Magistrate’s Court here on 3 May at 9.00am for a trial of a family case. Poling’s wife, Sema Alexander Beti, 34, when met at a longhouse in Sungai Sebuloh, Jalan Balingian, said her husband went
KUCHING: Sungai Asap Resettlement Scheme at Bakun recently made headlines for all the wrong reasons. The more than 10,000 residents at the resettlement scheme were relocated to make way for the development of the Bakun Hydro Electric Dam. Having made the resettlement area as their homes, the issue of not
KUCHING: Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) took up the challenge by transforming its Friendly Information Bureau (BMM) in accordance with its mission which is “To Improve the Quality of Life by Creating Condusive Environment, Residents’ Involvement and Deliver The best Service”. In pursuit of this mission, residents of Kuching North