SIMANGGANG: Youths who strive to create a legacy and support the struggles of Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) should be given recognition, says Datuk Francis Harden Hollis. “SUPP is a party that strives for development, the wellbeing of the people and prioritises education. “I am proud that the young people
SIMANGGANG: Loan financing from the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has made it easier for the Iban community in the area to build new longhouses. Assistant Minister for Education, Innovation and Talent Development Datuk Francis Harden Hollis said each family/door is given a loan facility up to RM30,000. “Today I had
SARATOK: A man, placed under police supervision (OPP) for two years, ran away recently. Police re-arrested him today after he was found sleeping in a car in town here. Saratok OCPD DSP Mordani Tanin said the 22-year-old suspect was arrested at midnight when a team from the district’s Criminal Investigation
SIMANGGANG: Pusa and Lingga have been selected as the venues for the Malaysia Family Sales Programme (PJKM) for the Batang Lupar parliamentary this weekend. District chief enforcement officer, Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) Sri Aman, Al Redzamani Abdul Razak said it was an initiative to help lessen
BETONG: The gazetting of the Constitution (Amendment) Act 2022 [Act A1642] especially involving clauses (6) and (7) of Article 161A of the Federal Constitution is very important so that Sarawak ethnic groups will no longer be referred to as ‘others’. Betong MP Datuk Robert Lawson Chuat described the amendment to
BETONG: Four pickup trucks were reported to have vanished after they were parked far from a longhouse on Saturday night. Betong OCPD DSP Zamry Alli said they received a police report regarding the disappearance of four Toyota Hilux at 7 am on Sunday. He added the disappearance of the four
TANJUNG MANIS: One person survived while two are missing after the ship Laning Drat sank in Batang Serdeng, early Thursday (Feb 10). According to a statement from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), they were informed of the incident at about 9am. It was understood that the Laning Drat was
KABONG: Two rural transformation programme (RTP) projects in the Kabong state constituency have been completed for the benefit of the people. These involve a new RM400,000 Jambatan Sungai Peruntung in Nyabor, as well as a parking area at SK St Paul in Roban which cost RM200,000. “Thank you to the
DEBAK: People here have to go to either Betong or Saratok to withdraw money from the bank and it is not because attempts have not been made to get banks to provide their services here. A frustrated Saribas assemblyman Mohd Razi Sitam said there had been no response from the
PUSA: The Sri Aman Development Agency (SADA) is looking for new opportunities to benefit communities in the division with the relocation of Indonesia’s capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan. Sada chairman Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim said Sarawak including SADA must be prepared for the impending development. “My main concern