Thursday, 29 May 2025

Author: Noor Syahhira Hady

Trust and support pillars of Sarawak’s strength

KUCHING: Sarawakians must continue standing together to further elevate political stability and harmony in the state. In saying this, Yayasan Perpaduan Sarawak (YPS) deputy chairman Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu said the unity and harmony that Sarawak has is far stronger than any other state in the nation. He

RM10mil allocation for new church in Sebauh District

BINTULU: Sebauh District will have a new church soon. As reported by the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas), the Sarawak government had approved an allocation of RM10mil for the construction of the church through the Unit for Other Religions (Unifor). Bishop Richard Ng said the estimated cost of the building,

Workshops help achieve national unity goals

KUCHING: The ‘Advancing Racial Cohesion and Harmony (ARCH) Unity Lab Workshop’ is a comprehensive initiative to help achieve the goals of the National Unity Blueprint 2021 to 2030. Datuk Aloysius J Dris, chief executive officer of Yayasan Perpaduan Sarawak (YPS) that runs the workshop pointed out that the ARCH project

Workshop on racial issues this Thursday

KUCHING: The continuation of Phase 3 of the Advancing Racial Cohesion and Harmony (ARCH) Unity Workshop will be held this week. According to its statement, the said workshop will be the eighth one organised by the Yayasan Perpaduan Sarawak (YPS). Thus far, similar workshops have been held at nine locations

Onus on young to keep sape music alive

KUCHING: The sape has now become an iconic global instrument, thanks to Sarawak’s Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF). With its fame, young musicians are now building international careers playing this traditional Sarawakian instrument. William Dharmawan for instance said he has been playing the sape since he was eight years old.

How about some sushi, sago worm sushi?

KUCHING: Ulat Mulong, traditionally a Melanau delicacy in Sarawak, has grown into somewhat of a niche dish on the dinner table. If you have the stomach for it – ulat mulong for the uninitiated, is basically the humble sago worm which is often served fried – then a new twist

Negligible top brass gets CUEPACS Sarawak’ attention 

KUCHING: The CUEPACS Sarawak (CNS) will take the initiative to approach the issue of the low percentage of top government officials from the Bumiputeras of Sabah and Sarawak more comprehensively. In stating this, its chairman Omar Bahrein Unin said that since the issue has been raised by a certain party,

Bootcamp to empower digital entrepreneurs

KUCHING: A total of 200 micro, small and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) from all over Sarawak were selected for the inaugural Juh Digital Bootcamp. According to Borneo Digital chief executive officer and Juh Digital Bootcamp lead faciltator Azhar Rashid, the four-week virtual digital marketing programme is an effort by the Ministry

60pct rice production self-sufficient level target by 2030

SERIAN: The Sarawak government is targeting to increase the self-sufficient level (SSL) for rice production to 60 per cent by 2030. According to a Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) report, Deputy Minister for Modernisation of Agriculture and Regional Development Martin Ben said Sarawak had achieved 38 per cent rice production

Speaker’s reasoning absurd

KUCHING: Stampin MP Chong Chieng Jen has hit out at Speaker Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun’s rejection of the motion to discuss the seizure of Petronas’ subsidiaries by the Sulu sultanate’s descendants on the grounds of sub judice as ‘absurd’ and ‘ridiculous’. He pointed out that the matter is in