MIRI: Residents, whose houses along Sungai Niah, in Batu Niah town were destroyed by fire, have received assistance. Women, Family and Childhood Development Assistant Minister Rosey Yunus presented donations in the form of household goods to the fire victims yesterday. No one was injured in the Friday night incident. The
BAU: The Siniawan Country Music Festival (SCMF) 2019 this year recorded the biggest crowd with 20,000 country music lovers attending the festival. The fourth edition of the festival themed ‘Take me home to Siniawan Country Music Festival 2019’ at the ‘cowboy town’ of Siniawan started last Friday and ended on
MIRI: Don’t ever leave your car unlocked even when you are changing one of your tyres. A 62-year-old woman learned this valuable lesson after losing a bag she placed on the front passenger seat while she and her husband were replacing a tyre in front a supermarket here on Sunday
KUCHING: Any oil and gas subsidy given by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government would be most unfair if Sarawak and Sabah don’t get the same. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing made this point in response to Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail’s remarks. However,
KUCHING: Kuching Life Care Society (KLCS) charity sales held at the Kuching City South Council (MBKS) Community Hall yesterday raised over RM200,000. That’s RM200,000 for its Hospice and Palliative Care Centre project. Thus far the society has raised over RM8 million whereas to have a building with full medical equipment
KUCHING: The Sarawak government wants the federal government to give the state administrative autonomy in healthcare sector and more funding for its operation so that it can better manage its healthcare services. Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian said with administrative autonomy, the state government could
KUCHING: The merging or closing down of healthcare clinics in the rural areas that receive few patients is not a practical option, said Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian. Dr Sim, who recently had a meeting with the Ministry of Health (MoH), said poor public response
BETONG: The Sarawak government is continuing its efforts to develop Betong Division and efforts are being made to develop the Bukit Sadok Agropolitan Areas and the Sarikei/Betong Food Basket Areas. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that some 60,000 hectares in the food basket areas had been
BETONG: The formation of the village community management council (MPKK) by the Pakaran Harapan (PH) government is a serious affront to the credibility of longhouse chiefs, Ketua Kampungs and Kapitans. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said it basically shows Democratic Action Party (DAP), Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)
KUCHING: The federal government’s move to establish the village community management council (MPKK) is a violation of Article (3), Sarawak Community Chiefs and Headmen Ordinance 2004, said Sarawak Patriots Association (SPA) chairman Datuk John Lau. He added that since Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the federal government would