KUCHING: Celebrated on March 8 annually, this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD)—themed “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”—challenges everyone to confront bias. IWD provides a platform to help forge positive change for women through its global awareness campaign, #BreakTheBias. What does a world free of bias look like? A
KUCHING: Parents and guardians must not be overly concerned about sending the children back to physical classes for the 2022/2023 session from next month. This is because the Ministry of Education would have worked things out thoroughly before announcing the end of the rotating system for most classes. Sarawak Teachers
SERIAN: Sarawak X-Tive 2022, a state sponsored programme to inculcate a healthy lifestyle through sports, is potentially also an avenue to find talents waiting to be discovered. Modernisation of Agriculture and Regional Development Deputy Minister Martin Ben said the community must therefore take a proactive approach to cultivate sports in
KUCHING: Sarawak’s Covid-19 cases on Friday (March 4) escalated from 1,206 on Thursday (March 3) to 1,333 – 1,327 of which are under categories 1 and 2. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) reported that of the other six cases, two had lung infections while four required the use of
BINTULU: Sixteen eateries were served with closure orders while 74 compound notices were issued during the “Ops Premis Bersih” last February. According to a statement by the Food Safety and Quality Unit of the Bintulu Divisional Health Office, 86 food premises were also inspected during the one-month operation. The operation
KUCHING: More than 406 households from ten villages in Pantai Damai were recently connected to the grid through the Sarawak government-funded Additional or Late Applicant Fund (ALAF). ALAF is a programme designed to assist new rural homeowners in already-electrified areas with the costs of connecting their homes to the power
KUCHING: The Sarawak government is committed to ensuring every household throughout the state, whether in urban or rural areas, will have full access to electricity. Deputy Minister of Utilities and Telecommunications Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi called on the people, especially in rural areas, to therefore remain patient as the
KUCHING: Efforts are being stepped upon the delivery of rural electrification projects to achieve the government’s aspiration to become a developed state in 2030 To meet this goal the state government is working with Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) on numerous fronts like the Rural Power Supply System (RPSS) Project, Rural
SARIKEI: Repok assemblyman Datuk Sri Huang Tiong Sii has urged the education sector here to keep up with their good work among school going children. “I have always supported education, including infrastructure development as well as educational assistance such as for uniforms, school bags and shoes throughout my time as
KUCHING: Bukit Aman has been told to provide for more police manpower in Sarawak. The call comes from Sarawak Patriot Association (SPA) chairman Datuk Dr Lau Pang Heng who said it has always been their wish to ensure a better police to citizen ratio in the state. “The police to