KUCHING: Education officers state-wide have been told to be considerate towards students who wanted to celebrate local religious festivals. Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen said the District Education Office or State Education Department should be empowered to make decisions for the schools under their jurisdiction based on the
KUCHING: The Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (SOPPOA) has called on the state government to relax its foreign worker recruitment policy. In making the call, its chief executive officer (CEO) of the Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (SOPPOA) Dr Felix Moh Mee Ho said Sarawak’s palm oil industry needed
SERIAN: Education, Innovation and Talent Development Minister Datuk Roland Sagah Wee Inn has granted a total of RM450,000 from his rural transformation projects (RTP) fund to construct two projects in Kampung Darul Islam Belimbing. According to Sagah, RM150,000 was used to construct a new fence for a mosque in the
KUCHING: The lack of land for the expansion and upgrade of the Tanah Puteh Health Clinic here needs to be addressed if the government is to tackle the problems faced by the clinic, said Bandar Kuching Member Or Parliament (MP) Dr Kelvin Yii. To better understand some of the complaints
LIMBANG: Brunei Darussalam will extend the temporary suspension of cross-border activities after April 15. It’s Prime Minister’s Department (PMO) said the extension would last for 15 days from April 16 to 30. “Admission of foreign nationals through land and sea control posts includes transit travel across Brunei Darussalam. “Entry and
SERIAN: Five telecommunication towers and fibre optic development will be built in some areas in Serian, which are under the jurisdiction of Kota Samarahan. According to Kota Samarahan MP Datuk Rubiah Wang, the construction of fibre optics by Telekom Malaysia (TM) would give internet network services in practically all areas
KUCHING: Qasrina Kassmadi Abdullah has been expressing her ideas and thoughts through drawings since she was in kindergarten. The 10-year-old pupil from Sekolah Kebangasaan Semerah Padi started with drawing anime characters or fictional characters from Japanese animation before she tried her hands at drawing portraits during the Movement Control Order
SERIAN: A Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem is confident that the country will achieve stable politics after the 15th general election (GE15). “As a seven term MP with 30-years of experience being a politician, I dare to say the country will have a more stable politics after
PAKAN: Sarawak Premier, Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg, has agreed to allocate RM39 million to build a missing link on the Ulu Paku/ Pakan Road. His deputy Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah said there are only two roads available to connect these townships. “But there is a six-kilometre long missing
ASAJAYA: Any plans to hosting open houses for the upcoming Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration should be carefully considered. Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said while big-scale open houses should be given careful consideration, households could still receive guests who include close families