Sunday, 4 January 2026

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

RM3,000 presented to SK Jalan Arang

KUCHING: Sekolah Kebangsaan Jalan Arang received RM3,000 assistance from Stampin Member of Parliament, and Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Deputy Minister Chong Chieng Jen recently. Present to hand out the cheque to SK Jalan Arang Headmaster Edward Peter Bajat was Chong’s special assistant Abdul Aziz Isa. According to Aziz, the

PPMS holds meeting today

MUKAH: Federation of Sarawak Melanau Association (PPMS) will hold its second Executive Committee Meeting at 2pm today. To be held at Wisma PPMS, the meeting will be chaired by former Mukah Member of Parliament and PPMS President Tan Sri Dr Muhammad Leo Michael Toyad Abdullah. PPMS Secretary Jennifer Sukor@John called

Kim claims maiden pro title at CIMB National Championship

KUALA LUMPUR: Kim Leun Kwang held his nerve to beat Amir Nazrin Jailani in a sudden death play-off to win the CIMB National Championship and secure his maiden professional title at TPC Kuala Lumpur’s East course in Bukit Kiara, here yesterday. For his feat, Kim received the competition trophy from

Ora Et Labora Run December 8

KUCHING: The Old Josephians Association (OJA) Kuching will be organising the second consecutive Ora Et Labora Run on December 8 at 6am starting from the school compound. Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian who is also the OJA President said the run aimed to raise funds for student’s

New UN panel to prepare indictments over Myanmar atrocities

GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council voted on Thursday to set up a panel to prepare criminal indictments over atrocities committed in Myanmar, amid allegations of genocide against the Rohingya minority. The top UN rights body voted to “establish an ongoing independent mechanism to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence

Germany beat Turkey for right to host Euro 2024

NYON, Switzerland: Germany on Thursday won the race to host the 2024 European Championship as UEFA backed a bid seen as safer than a rival proposal from Turkey. Politics, national unity and respect for human rights in Turkey emerged as key themes in the campaign to host Europe’s premier international

Plane crash-lands in Pacific lagoon

MAJURO (Marshall Islands): Passengers were forced to swim for their lives yesterday when an airliner ditched into a lagoon after missing the runway on a remote Pacific island and began sinking. The Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 was attempting to land at Weno airport in Micronesia but ended up half submerged

‘Very strong’ typhoon Trami churns towards Japan

TOKYO: A large, very strong typhoon churned towards Japan yesterday, with the weather agency warning the storm would rip through the nation over the weekend, bringing violent winds and torrential rain. Typhoon Trami, packing gusts of a maximum 162 kilometres (100 miles) per hour near its centre, was in the

RM41.2 mln Bako Bridge to open Oct 12

BAKO: The RM41.2 million Sungai Bako Bridge project will open to the public on this Oct 12. Assistant Minister of Coastal Road Datuk Julaihi Narawi said the 280-metre bridge began in March 2016 and is completed within two years. But he said, for some reason unexpectedly, the completion date has

Discussions on federal funding of bridges in Sarawak ongoing

BAKO: The discussions on bridge construction projects that the federal government should  fund in Sarawak are still going on.  This was revealed by Assistant Minister for Coastal Road Datuk Julaihi Narawi when met by reporters during a visit to the Sungai Bako Bridge project in Kampung Bako yesterday. According to