Tuesday, 13 January 2026

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Riot: M’sia targets 35 pct skilled workforce

SERIAN: Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem describes his England visit for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Emerging Leaders Dialogue dinner hosted by Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, Princess Anne at St James Palace, London, as “most fruitful and historical”. On his return here Friday, Riot, who is

Women’s Heart Day at the Spring on 23 April

KUCHING: The Sarawak Heart Foundation is collaborating with the Sarawak Heart Centre once again to organise Women’s Heart Day at the Spring on Sunday, 23 April 23, 2017 from 10am to 5pm. Wife of the Chief Minister, Datin Amar Dato Hajjah Juma’ani TunTuanku Haji Bujang will officiate at the event

Three injured after bike hits dog

KUCHING: A couple and their 6-year-old daughter were injured in an accident at Jalan Canna here yesterday afternoon. In the 3.00pm incident, the victims were heading to a hypermarket at Jalan Canna from Tabuan Jaya when the motorcycle they were riding hit a stray dog. An ambulance was called to

Motorcyclist killed in road accident

SRI AMAN: A motorcyclist from Rumah James Drew Nyelam, Sri Aman was killed in an accident at KM7 Jalan Sri Aman-Kuching yesterday. In the incident that occurred at around 7.30am, Paul Galatians Ranggong Gima, 23, was heading to Sri Aman from Kuching when the motorcycle he was riding rammed the

46 collared in 26 anti-gambling raids

KUCHING: Police arrested 46 suspects, aged between 15 and 57, after carrying out 26 raids against illegal gambling operations in Sarawak last week. Sarawak Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief, SAC Dato’ Datuk Dev Kumar said the operation was conducted from 10 to 16 April with 21 of the raids involving

Woman loses RM2,120 in Internet racket

LIMBANG: A woman was made RM2,120 poorer after falling victim to an online scam, involving the sale of 56 novels recently. Limbang District Police chief, Supt Mohd Bukhori Saffai said the victim had ordered 16 books and 40 novels from the suspect and deposited a total RM2,120 into the latter’s

Youth held over drug possession

SIBU: A 24-year-old man was detained for allegedly possessing drugs believed to be syabu on Sunday. Sibu District Deputy Police chief, Supt Martin Khoo said the suspect was detained by a police team from the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) at Lorong Rambutan at around 6.00pm. “During the inspection, police

203 students benefit from rotary clubs’ gifts

KUCHING: The Rotary Club of Kuching Central collaborated with the Rotary Club of Penang from District 3300 to hand over school kits to 203 students of SMK Pending. These kits consisted of school bags, uniform, shoes, and stationery. This handover ceremony was officiated at by the President of Rotary Club

Proposal to rename Sibu Hospital as Wong Soon Kai Memorial Hospital

SIBU: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Lanang potential candidate for the coming parliamentary election, Kelvin Kong, has proposed that the Sibu Hospital be renamed Wong Soon Kai Memorial Hospital. Kong, 45, opined that the name change was necessary to commemorate the late Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr Wong Soon Kai

800 Leos have registered for forum

KUCHING: The 44th Multiple District 308 Leo Forum 2017 to be held from 28 April to 3 May here being jointly organised by the International Association of Lions Clubs District 308A2 Region 1 comprising 12 Lion Clubs of Kuching, Kota Samarahan and Serian, and 15 Leo Clubs.  Nearly 800 Leos