Tuesday, 6 January 2026

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Padungan Food Safari 29 Sept – 28 Oct

KUCHING: To acknowledge the active food culture in Kuching City, two business owners  of Jalan Padungan, namely Batik Boutique Hotel and Meritin Hotel, have initiated a month-long eating  programme. The Padungan Food Safari is organised in collaboration with What About Kuching (WAK) 2018, and will run from 29th September 2018 to

Australian lady visits Hope Place

KUCHING: Hope Place received a visit from an Australian lady Rebekah Mccallom yesterday. Rebekah was in Kuching for a church conference accompanied by her children Caleb Mccallom and Kezia Mccallom. According to the association Founder Kelvin Wan, Rebekah paid them a visit to learn more on how to set up

Unifi is now available in Mukah

KUCHING: Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) continues to strengthen its position as Malaysia’s Convergence Champion, bringing unlimited experiences, unmatched choices and unbeatable value to customers in Sarawak withits comprehensive suite of High Speed Broadband service offerings when the company, through TM Sarawak recently expanded its unifi service to Mukah, Sarawak. A

Nestlé to accelerate No Deforestation commitment

VEVEY: Nestlé yesterday announced its accelerated plan towards reaching the company’s 2020 No Deforestation commitment by becoming the first global food company to implement Starling, a satellite-based service, to monitor 100 percent of its global palm oil supply chains. Starling was developed by Airbus and The Forest Trust (TFT) as

Seven polytechnics, community colleges join ‘Gerak Usahawan’

KUCHING:  Seven polytechnics and community colleges including Politeknik Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Politeknik Mukah Sarawak, Politeknik Metro Betong Sarawak, Kolej Komuniti Kuching, Kolej Komuniti Mas Gading and Kolej Komuniti Santubong participated in the ‘Gerak Usahawan Kampus Zon Borneo 2018’ on Sunday. Held at Kuching Waterfront, present to officiate the event closing ceremony

Disabled senior citizen gets help from Hope Place

KUCHING: Hope Place recently donated a wheelchair to physically-challenged Awel Uchan, 81. According to Hope Place Founder Kelvin Wan, Awel is paralysed since two years ago. “Currently, Awel’s daughter Cecelia takes care of him on full time basis. Cecilia who works in a hotel before had no choice but to

RM12,000 donated to SADIA-APAN

KUCHING: Sadia-Apan received a donation of RM12,000 from a businessman, Sybestine Gambong, in support of the ‘Learning Awareness and Study Smart’ programme. The donation is received by Sadia-Krian Chairman Andrew Paul and witnessed by PEDAS Vice President Victor Ason at a dinner recently. “After listening to the details about this

PETRONAS to carry out maintenance work in Baram

MIRI: Sarawak Gas Distribution Sdn Bhd wishes to inform the public that PETRONAS will be carrying out maintenance work for its Baram field facilities from Sept 29 to Oct 1 and on Oct 5, 2018. During this period, gas supply to Miri is limited to West Lutong and Tg Baram

Motorcyclist badly injured in collision

KUCHING: A motorcyclist, aged 16, was injured after he collided head on with a car Sunday afternoon. The victim was heading to Samarahan and the car was reportedly coming from the opposite direction when they collided at about 3 pm. Due to the crash impact, the motorcyclist was flung from

Jamit inspects drainage dev’t project at longhouse

KAPIT: State Assemblyman for Bukit Goram, Jefferson Jamit Unyat paid a site visit to inspect the drainage development project at Rumah Jambon at Nanga Ensilai, Batang Rajang over the weekend. The visit was also held to coincide with the ‘Meet the leaders session’ held at the said longhouse. The 600