Thursday, 2 April 2026

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Woman claims police refuse to take report

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

Man urged to appear in court

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

Call for accountability in projects implemented

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

Just WhatsApp DBKU to complain

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

Outlook stable for M’sian banks — Moody’s

SINGAPORE: Moody’s Investors Service says that the outlook for Malaysia’s banking system is stable over the next 12-18 months. “The key drivers of our stable outlook for the Malaysian banking system are our expectation that operating conditions will stabilize, on the back of a gradual recovery in global growth, resulting

Three-day celebration at Zhu Sze Kung Temple

KUCHING : Zhu Sze Kung Temple, a popular Chinese temple in Tabuan Laru here, has lined up a series of activities to celebrate its deity’s birthday from 29 April to 1 May, 2017. The three-day event is also to commemorate the 8th anniversary of the place of worship. A temple

Borneo Food Fighters team emerges victorious

KUCHING: Out of the six teams that participated in the Startup Weekend Kota Samarahan Unimas  (#SWKSUNIMAS) recently, Borneo Food Fighters wowed the judges with its business pitch to emerge champion. The team’s social enterprise venture focused on turning food waste, namely, unsold vegetables into fermented food products, which were then

Amazing Sarawak – Part 7

Most decorative  Tua Pek Kong Temple The Eng Ann Teng Tua Pek Kong at JalanTemple, Sibu, faces the Rajang River signifying that Tua Pek Kong is guarding the wealth of Sibu town. The temple began as a small wooden hut in 1871 and was re-built in 1897. During the big

Marudi given over RM100m for dev’t

MARUDI: Assistant Minister of Local Government, Datu Dr. Penguang anak Manggil said the federal government had allocated RM3 million which was pledged during the campaign in the last election for projects in Beluru. Part of the total allocation was channelled to longhouses, he said. At the same time Penguang said

Majang appointed MMEA honorary commander

BINTULU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Sarawak Region Director Maritime First Admiral Ismail Bujang Pit and MMEA Bintulu District Director Maritime Captain Aminuddin Abdul Rashid appointed Samalaju State Assemblyman Majang Renggi as MMEA honorary commander during the agency’s ‘Friends of Maritime’ programme held at Kampung Kuala Nyalau, recently. The