KUCHING: A Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) central exco member has condemned allegations against the party’s deputy president Datuk Seri Azmin Ali. Zakaria Abdul Hamid strongly believed that this was an attempt to oust Azmin, calling the allegations “slander” and “a political conspiracy”. “My colleagues and I strongly reject such dirty
KUCHING: The Fourth Phase Anti-Rabies Operations covering Serian and Simunjan districts has been scheduled for June 20 to 25. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas announced this after chairing the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) meeting on rabies here yesterday. He said to-date the rabies outbreak, now declared
By NUR HAZIRAH SHUKUR KOTA SAMARAHAN: A wet market with 100 booths at Aiman Mall and 60 stalls at the Batang Samarahan bridge will be rented to traders at a very reasonable price, said Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos. According to him, the booths were built
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded an increase of 543 dengue cases from January to June 10 compared to just 219 cases recorded in the same period last year. According to the state Health Department in a statement yesterday, the latest dengue fever case was on May 13 at Kampung Ajibah Abol here.
KUCHING: Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) blood bank is calling on eligible and new donors to assist it in increasing its type O and B blood supplies. According to a statement yesterday, the blood supply is decreasing due to lack of blood donors during the festive seasons and an increase in
HAVE COCONUT, CAN PLAY… it doesn’t matter if you don’t have a bowling bowl, pins or alley. Just grab hold of a coconut, 10 plastic mineral bottles and seek a straight road or lane and viola, you can have a game of 10-pin bowling. Here, a participant in a recent
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg will grace the state-level Gawai Dayak gathering at Imperial Hotel here on June 15. The invitation was extended to him during a courtesy call on him at his office made by the main organising committee led by its chairman Datuk Amar
By TANIA LAM KUCHING: These days, commercial shoplots are mushrooming at an accelerated pace all over Kuching, but overhang (completed but vacant units) is becoming a rampant issue. According to the Valuation and Property Services Department (JPPH), the Malaysian property market as of last year showed good progress, recording an
SPAOH: Ten suraus from four villages in Spaoh recently received grants totalling RM100,000 from Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. Meanwhile, a mosque received RM500,000 from the Gabungan Parti (GPS) government. Lembaga Amanah Khairat Islam Spaoh (Lakis) chairman Dr Abang Ismail Abang Julhi said the grants from Uggah
KUCHING: Shopping malls are more attractive prospects compared to traditional shoplots despite the increasing development of commercial areas here. According to Santubong MP Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, the trend to own and rent spaces in new malls is more promising than the commercial shoplots. “In fact, we don’t