SIBU: An elderly woman suffered burns when escaping from a fire which engulfed her residence at Kampung Paloh Lot, Tanjung Manis, here, today. Six people were made homeless in the incident. The Tanjung Manis Fire and Rescue Department Station received a call at 6.55am this morning (Dec 5) regarding a
KUCHING: The food sector will be the main agricultural focus to increase food security in Malaysia. Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said the focus will also help the agriculture industry to generate higher income. “Therefore, one of the important focuses now is to strengthen the food supply
KUCHING: The government is committed to empowering the cooperative sector to improve the socioeconomic status of the community. Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said cooperatives are on the right track for community developmentin Sarawak. “Furthermore, it will realise the government’s target to improve the socioeconomic position of
KUCHING: Cooperatives should be more competitive and proactive in line with the accelerated changes taking placeglobally. Co-operative Institute of Malaysia (IKMa) director general Datuk Mohd Ali Mansor told a seminar that in the face of an increasingly hypercompetitive business world, the cooperative movement needs to think outside the box. He
KUCHING: A middle–aged woman’s quick action to put out a kitchen fire saved a single-storey residential building, but her brave effort resulted in her sustaining an injury on the leg. The Fire and Rescue Department received a call around 8.11am today (Dec 5) that there was an explosion in a
KUCHING: The Sarawak Scout Council members and commissioners are called to work in sync when implementing various programmes for the youth. In stating this, its president Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom said that such programmes will help in preparing the youth to play positive roles and be able to shape
KUCHING: The new Federal Government led by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is expected to consider giving the state a larger allocation. Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said the allocation is needed for the development here especially in terms of infrastructure, education, health and security so that Sarawak
KUCHING: The new Cabinet line-up in the Unity government is hoped to ease the matters in returning Sarawak’s rights. In expressing this, Deputy Minister in the Premier’s Department (Law, MA63, and State-Federal Relations) Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali said that with Petra Jaya MP Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof being
KUCHING: Calligraphy enthusiasts can now rejoice as the first-ever national level Arabic calligraphy and Chinese calligraphy competition workshop will be held here. The three-day workshop from Dec 19 to Dec 21 is jointly organised by the Sarawak Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) and Kuching-Samarahan Chinese Calligraphy Society, and supported by the
KUCHING: The Kuching Division Welfare Office (PKMB) is tracing for the biological mother or next of kin of a child named Mohamad Imran Fitri. According to its statement, the child was abandoned by his biological mother, Wahidah Muhammad Saleh, who is believed to be an Indonesian citizenship. It added that
