Friday, 1 August 2025

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Vice-Chancellor loses over RM10,000 in break-in

KUCHING: A Vice-Chancellor of a university here lost more than RM10,000 in belongings after his house was broken into yesterday morning. According to the 56-year-old victim, from Taman Satria Jaya, his wife woke up him at around 7.00am and told him that their gas cylinder was missing. Upon checking his

Sarawak exponents bag two silver, four bronze

  KUCHING: Eight taekwondo exponents from the Sarawak Taekwondo Association (WTF) colleted two silver and four bronze medals at the 13th Taekwondo Southeast Asia Championship event held in Kangar, Perlis recently. Medals were won by Tan Yen Ming (silver/Male Heavy), Nurul Nur Hafizza Mahdi (silver/Female Middle), Caren Li Ying Ming

SRDC is monitoring contractors’ services

SIBU: Sibu Rural District Council (SRDC) is seriously monitoring the quality of services provided by its contractors. These services include scavenging and maintenance. Chairman of SRDC, Sempurai Petrus Ngelai said the contractors must improve their services. Otherwise, they must go. “The quality of the contractors’ services directly reflects the image

KPDNKK Sri Aman confiscates 846 units of CD, DVD

SRI AMAN: Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism (KPDNKK) Sri Aman branch has come up with a case involving the confiscation of discs sold without the optic label. Branch chief Thomas Chua said such confiscations were done during their enforcement done on a business premise in Saratok town on

Big bikers donate to Sri Aman fire victims

SRI AMAN: Fire victims of the two longhouses that were destroyed in the 22 March fire incident in Jungkong Atas, here continued to gain the attention of various parties here One of these groups was the Sri Aman Big Bikers Club known as Simanggang Kayau Bikers (SKB) that recently donated

Pasar Tani Pekan Sabtu Oya Building ready by June

OYA: The permanent building of Pasar Tani Pekan Sabtu Oya is scheduled to be completed by  June. Work on the RM2 million project for the marketing of agricultural and fishery products is progressing smoothly. Acting Chairman of Pasar Sabtu Oya, Councillor Arini Suhaili revealed that the walls of the toilets 

State gov’t to follow CM’s decision on Act 355

KUCHING: The state government  will follow the Chief Minister’s decision on Act 355. “Since the bill is going to be tabled as a Private Member’s Bill, it will not have any impact on any of us in Sarawak.  “There will be no voting or whatsoever and what the Chief Minister

Councillors to attend seminar on LKRA

SIBU: Sibu Rural District Council (SRDC) will conduct a one day seminar for all the Councillors and Section Heads on 10  April at Premier Hotel to align the council’s Local Key Result Areas (LKRA) with the Local Government Ministry’s seven Local Key Result Areas, SRDC Chairman, Sempurai Petrus Ngelai said: 

SITC International Holdings team visits Bintulu Port Holdings Berhad

BINTULU: SITC’s VIP Delegation yesterday visited Bintulu Port Holdings Berhad and conducted technical visit to Bintulu International Container Terminal (BICT). Group CEO of Bintulu Port Holdings Berhad, Dato Mohammad Medan Bin Abdullah received the delegates from SITC which consist of SITC Vice-Chairman of the Board and Group CEO Mr. Yang

Jobs for two Sarawak Bumiputera contractors

KUCHING: Two Sarawak Bumiputera contractors have been awarded jobs to construct about 15km of the Serian Roundabout to Pantu Junction works package contract of the Pan Borneo Highway Sarawak. The two contractors – Konsortium Mahligai Budi Sdn Bhd and Konsortium Jajaran Borneo Sdn Bhd, will each construct about 7.5km at