Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Megamall operator caught stealing electricity

MIRI: Sarawak Energy’s utility arm, Syarikat SESCO Berhad (SESCO) recently raided a megamall located at Bintang Jaya Commercial Centre following a public tip-off that led to the discovery of power theft activity by the mall operator and one of its anchor tenants.  Initial investigation found that there were abnormalities in

Python in chicken coop captured

MIRI: Loud barking by her dogs resulted in the discovery of a three-metre long python inside a chicken coop in Kampung Senadin Jaya here early Wednesday morning. The discovery was made by a 50-year-old woman around 6.14am. The woman was stunned when she was a python inside her chicken coop

Sabariah: Use ‘smart farming’ method to develop agriculture sector

KUCHING: The ‘smart farming’ method should be used by young farmers to develop Sarawak’s agriculture sector. Deputy State Secretary (Performance and Service Delivery Transformation), Datu Dr Sabariah Putit said this would facilitate young farmers especially youths to develop their farms to a higher level. “Smart farming or Internet System for

Naroden: RM50,000 to build SK Samalatong hall

  SIMUNJAN: Gedong Assemblyman Datuk Mohd Naroden Majais promised to allocate RM50,000 to build a hall for Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Samalatong. However, according to him, the allocation will only be issued in January next year. Naroden, who is also Entrepreneur and Small, Medium Enterprise (SME) Development Assistant Minister, stated this when

Three women share experiences, struggles in talk

KUCHING: Three women shared their experiences and struggle with cancer at the ‘My Story, Your Story, Our Story’ talk organised by the state Women and Family Development Department on Wednesday. The event was held in conjunction with the state-level Women’s Day themed ‘Women and Health’ which will be celebrated in November.

Dr Hazland: Five new futsal courts to be built

KUCHING: The upgrading of a futsal court at Kampung Tanjung Bako costing around RM200,000 was part of the Demak Laut Rural Transformation Project (RTP) in 2017. This was pointed out by Demak Laut Assemblyman, Dr Haji Hazland Abang Hipni when he declared open an upgraded  futsal court at Kpg Tanjung

210 pupils attend crime prevention talk

KUCHING: A talk was conducted at Chung Hua Primary School No 4 here yesterday morning by the police to educate the pupils on crime prevention. The police was represented by Sub Inspector Simon Low who spent two hours at the school to alert the pupils from falling prey to online

Parish pastoral council celebrates Feast of St. Theresa

SERIAN: The St. Theresa’s Parish Pastoral Council here celebrated Feast of St. Theresa, the Patron Saint of the Parish Pastoral last weekend, a press statement said yesterday. Huge number of participants from far and near Serian attended the activities of the two-day feast to attend Holy Mass, the procession around

MyRIS Outstanding Leadership Award for UNIMAS Vice Chancellor

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Professor Datuk Dr Mohamad Kadim Suaidi, Vice Chancellor of UNIMAS was awarded the MyRIS Outstanding Leadership Award by Malaysian Research and Innovation Society (MyRIS) in recognition of his outstanding contribution in promoting innovation of young scientists through the International Science, Technology and Engineering Expo (i-STEEx). i-STEEx has hosted

Be wary of rabies, people told

KAPIT: Bukit Goran State Assemblyman Jefferson Jamit Unyat (pic) yesterday advised the people of Kapit to be wary of rabies as Kapit has been declared as a new rabies infected areas. “Kapit particularly at Jalan Airport Lama is among the five newly declared rabies infected areas by Sarawak State Disaster