PUSA: Batang Lupar assemblyman Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim has urged the authorities to allow Mohamad Azmeir to sit for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination using temporary identification documents. According to him, the student of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Pusa is not allowed to sit for the exam due
DEBAK: The aspirations of the Tiong Hua community in Saribas have never been ignored or sidelined, but have been given the same attention as those of other races. Its assemblyman Mohammad Razi Sitam stressed that the issue of majority or minority was never an issue and as such was never
BETONG: A female student was injured after falling from the second floor of a housing complex while trying to open the door of her home. According to Civil Defence Force (APM) Betong district officer Lieutenant (PA) Mackinly Jores, the victim, Michelle Ann Gerunsin, 18, returned from school and was trying
KABONG: The proposed boat terminal at Sungai Kampung Empelam will have to be built at a new site after the previous site was deemed unsuitable. Kabong assemblyman Mohd Chee Kadir said the RM250,000 project was one of his 11 rural transformation programme (RTP) projects for 2021. “Today’s visit is aimed
SIMANGGANG: Two companies were fined RM100,000 and RM40,000 in default of not more than two months’ imprisonment for causing damage to a 48-core underground fiber optic cable network around Sri Aman five years ago. Judge Muhamad Yasser Mohd Nasri on Wednesday (Jan 19) meted out the sentence after representatives from
BELADIN: Every effort will be made to realise the full potential of Beting Maro as one of the food basket areas of the state. In stating this Beting Maro assemblyman Razaili Gapor said there was a need to accelerate the provision of agricultural infrastructure such as irrigation and drainage systems
BINTULU: The implementation of two projects in Sungai Sebiew and Kampung Kemunting has been taken to reduce the risk of flash floods. Datuk Jack Aman Luat, the chairman of Bintulu Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC), said the Gem Park housing scheme was a low-lying area and prone to flooding after
PUSA: The delay in the implementation of the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) projects not only has a negative impact on the government but it also frustrates folk who expect them to be completed within the stipulated period. In this regard, Beting Maro assemblyman Razaili Gapor warned the implementing agencies or
BETONG: Twelve non-governmental organisations (NGOs) here have received Minor Rural Project (MRP) grants totalling RM137,000. Of the total amount, RM116,000 MRP grants came from Betong MP Datuk Robert Lawson Chuat. Among the recipients were Saberkas Layar Branch, Layar Education Development Committee (LEDC), Che Zhong Khor Betong Moral Uplifting Organisation, Welfare
PUSA: The move by Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) to set up a new wing for youths between the ages of 18 to 28 should not result in the creation of merely a pool of observers and listeners. Beting Maro Information chief Ramzi Rasit said the involvement of youths in