Thursday, 19 February 2026

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Three shooting suspects charged in court

MIRI: The three suspects involved in a shooting and robbery incident in Taman Jelita on May 16 were produced and charged at two Magistrate’s Courts here yesterday morning. The first accused, Su Seng Kwang, 50, was charged on two counts. On the first count, Su was charged under Section 3

Keep ‘You touch one, you touch all’ principle, GPS urged

KUCHING: The ruling coalition Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) must continue to uphold the principle of “You touch one, you touch all” at all cost. This is because each component party strengthens the coalition, said Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) president and Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Masing.

Chief Minister gives out RM592,500 to associations

KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg and wife Datuk Amar Juma’ani Tuanku Bujang attended ‘Majlis Khatamal Al-Quran dan Iftar Perdana Agensi-agensi Islam’ at the Sarawak Islamic Complex here Wednesday. Earlier the couple joined the other guests to perform the Maghrib, Isyak and Tarawih prayers. Later, the chief

Honor 20 series to unveil three new colours

KUALA LUMPUR: Newcomer on the mobile technology market, Honor has swept up interest with its mega-sibling Huawei, aiming at a youth demographic for their sassy line of handsets. Featuring cutting edge four-camera features, and bright reflective exteriors, Honor prepares for its global unveiling of the new Honor 20 series with

37-year-old goes missing during fishing trip

KUCHING: A 37-year-old man in Kuala Sg Alo, Mukah is feared to have fallen into the sea and drowned after failing to return home from a fishing trip. Zarina Bagek, 31, said her husband, identified as Lee Ah Leng, an asthmatic, had gone out on a fishing trip as early

Missing children: Body of 13-year-old found  

KUCHING: The Search and Rescue (SAR) team today successfully recovered the first among three victims who went missing while swimming at Sungai Nanga Tutus in Sibu on Wednesday. The body, belonging to 13-year-old Nurul Syahiera Salam, was spotted drifting at the jetty at about 2.30pm. It was immediately fished out

RM116,300 in Ramadan contribution given to underprivileged students

KUCHING: A sum of RM116,300 has been donated by the Sarawak State Mosques Welfare Trust Board (LAKMNS) to 2,142 students comprising 184 orphans and 1,958 underprivileged children in conjunction with the board’s ‘Sumbangan Derma Ramadan’ (Ramadan contribution) event. Held from May 13 to May 21, among the schools involved were

35 dilapidated Batu Kitang homes upgraded

KUCHING: Thirty-five houses in Batu Kitang area have been repaired under the Phase 1 of Program Penambahbaikan Rumah Miskin Sarawak (PPRMS). According to a statement today, this Gabungan Parti Sarawak’s (GPS) programme aims to assist the poor households who need a proper and safer shelter. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang

Ik Pahon is acting Deputy State Secretary

KUCHING: Permanent Secretary to the Modernisation of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development Ministry, Datuk Ik Pahon Joyik, has been appointed acting Deputy State Secretary. He took over from Datuk Jaul Samion who has been elevated to the post of acting State Secretary replacing Tan Sri Morshidi Abdul Ghani who

Unimas student among 10 for MOE-Huawei project

KUCHING: A Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) student has been selected for the Ministry of Education (MOE)-Huawei Seeds for The Future Programme 2019 in China. Logasshini Nilavezhilan, a final year student from the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology (FCSIT), was among the 10 Malaysian university students who were selected