Saturday, 28 March 2026

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

RM38,000 worth of prizes await lucky couples

KUCHING: Couples stand a chance to win prizes worth RM38,000 in the seventh edition of the ‘Romance About Wedding’ which is being held at Boulevard Shopping Mall here, until today. Among the prizes to be won include trips to Penang, Langkawi, Redang Bay and Bali. In addition to that, couples

500 attend ‘Program Taklimat Minda’

  LAWAS: A total of 500 students and parents attended the state-level briefing programme (Program Taklimat Minda) held at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Merapok here yesterday. The programme was organised by the State Information Department. Industrial and Entrepreneur Development, Trade and Investment Minister, Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan who

Four women, two men detained for CBT

SIBU: Four women and two men are being detained on suspicion of having involved in criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving total sum of RM825,942.37. Sibu police chief, ACP Saiful Bahri Abdullah, said a representative of a company here had lodged a complaint that several workers were believed to have

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