Friday, 8 August 2025

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Online classroom, are we ready?

Learning institutions are called upon to embrace the curriculum change in education in preparing the learners to enter the relevant industry. They are supposed to prepare learners for jobs that have yet to exist today. These tasks have been carried out fairly well by academicians for a long time through

Trapped cat rescued

SIBU: A cat which was trapped on the roof of a motorcycle shop here was rescued by firefighters yesterday. After receiving a distress call at 11.28am yesterday firefighters immediately went to the location. It took the firefighters only five minutes to rescue the trapped cat using a ladder. After the

BGC Level champion of ML2018 Challenge

KUCHING: One of the many activities held in conjunction with the State-level Hari Sukan Negara 2018 (National Sports Day) at Summer Mall, Kota Samarahan near here last Saturday was Mobile Legends (ML) 2018 Challenge which attracted 50 teams of seven members each. The tournament played on a knockout basis started

Redevelopment of SGH: Ahead of schedule by 20 days

KUCHING: The redeveloping project of Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) is ahead by 20 days of the actual work progress which is expected to end February 22, 2021. The project comprising Medic Hotel with multistorey car park, Day Care Centre, and a multistorey car park, commenced on February 23, 2018 by

Three scam victims make police reports

KUCHING: Three victims reported to police on Thursday after being cheated by scammers. In Kuching, a teacher, aged 42, was cheated of RM4,700 after receiving a call from a person who identified himself as Awang Ibrahim Bin Mohd a police officer who said the victim had opened Hong Leong Bank

JKM looking for biological mother of Siti Nabila

KUCHING: The Welfare Department (JKM) of Kuching Division or Pejabat Kebajikan Masyarakat Bahagian Kuching (PKMB Kuching) is currently in the process of looking for the biological mother of a six-year-old child (girl) Siti Nabila. Based on details received from PKMB Kuching, they are searching for Puan Hamira Rasit, who holds

Looking for owner of belongings

KUCHING: The Sarawak Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) at the Sarawak Police Contingent’s Headquarters here are in the process of tracing one Rozana Bte Merais who is the owner of belongings at SL6, Lot 5685, Taman Rafia Phase 2, Jalan Matang Baru, Kuching. Based on information received from NCID Rozana

‘Ops Noda’ nets an Indonesian woman

MIRI: A 32-year-old Indonesian woman was arrested by the police on Wednesday night at a budget inn here on suspicion of prostitution. The suspect was arrested during ‘Ops Noda’ conducted in the area around 10.30 pm. Ten unused condoms and a tube of lubricant were also seized from a room

Be vigilant, public advised

KUCHING: Sarawak Commercial Crime Head, Supt Mustafa Kamal advised members of the public not to reveal their personal data through social media or mobile phones as government agencies only deal with complaints through their respective counters. He said enforcement agencies like PDRM, Courts, MACC, Inland Revenue, financial institutions, Bank Negara

Four vehicles, three bikes damaged in crash

KUCHING:  Four vehicles and three motorcycles were badly damaged after an accident at the traffic light junctions in Kota Sentosa near here around 1 pm on Wednesday. Fortunately, none of those involved in the accident were seriously hurt. The accident caused a massive traffic jam. Police were at the scene