Thursday, 26 March 2026

Author: Osman Razali

Debak water treatment plant needs to be upgraded

DEBAK: The Debak Water Treatment Plant will be upgraded to produce five million litres a day (5MLD) to meet the demand and solve problems involving clean water supply in the surrounding area. Saribas assemblyman Mohammad Razi Sitam said the current capacity of only a million litres of water a day

Government mulls upgrading water treatment plant

KUCHING: The state government will consider a proposal to upgrade the Debak Water Treatment Plant to meet the demand of consumers in Debak and its surroundings. Saribas assemblyman Mohd Razi Sitam said the proposed upgrade would involve increasing the plant’s capacity to five million litres per day as a temporary

Kemas kindergartens, nurseries opens on Monday

BETONG: A total of 1,343 preschoolers under the Betong Community Development Department (Kemas) will begin their school sessions next week. According to Betong Kemas officer Md Asdi Hamdi, Kemas will reopen its kindergartens (tabika) and nurseries (taska) throughout Betong in line with the reopening of schools nationwide, starting March 1.

Public urged to register for vaccination

ENGKILILI: The public have been advised not to procrastinate in registering themselves for the Covid-19 vaccination. SUPP Engkilili branch exco member Desmond Sateng Sanjan said the government had opened all available channels for the registration process. “So stop procrastinating and get yourselves registered. The vaccine is free for all. “Registration

Ignore negative view on vaccine

DEBAK: The Covid-19 vaccine is not administered at random. It will be inoculated with care but there are still who still raise doubts about it among the community. Saribas assemblyman Mohammad Razi Sitam said the vaccine was even taken by most countries, including developed countries. According to him, rumours that

Betong Vocational College ranks third in graduates’ marketability

BETONG: The Betong Vocational College has ranked third out of all vocational colleges in Malaysia in the marketability of graduates 2020 category. The Graduate Marketability Report 2020 released by the Education Ministry (MOE) on February 16, listed 130 out of 140 Betong graduates from the 2016 to 2020 series have

Test results confirm zero cases at Rumah Sidah

SARATOK: The mandatory quarantine period for the occupants of Rumah Sidah in Sungai Brangan here ended today as test results had shown no positive cases among its occupants. The results from the second swab tests for 58 occupants of the longhouse as well as 31 students and 11 teachers at

Sad to bid ntv7 farewell

KUCHING: Many viewers have expressed their sadness at the conversion of TV channel, ntv7 channel, which has been broadcasting since Apr 7, 1998, to DidikTV KPM, a new educational television programme, starting on Wednesday One of them is the general manager of the Centre of Technical Excellence Sarawak (Centexs), Mohamad

RTP projects benefit Bumiputera contractors

PUSA: Apart from changing the rural development landscape, Rural Transformation Project (RTP) projects also benefit local Bumiputera contractors. Saribas assemblyman Mohammad Razi Sitam pointed this out during while inspecting the site of a new futsal court in Kampung Tuie here on Sunday (Feb 14). “This method of implementation actually helps

CNY celebrations ushered in early

PUSA: The Year of the Ox was ushered in early with gifts of Mandarin oranges and ang pows distributed to teachers at SJKC Chung Hua Pusa’s and some 67 Chinese households here on Tuesday. The contributions were donated by Batang Lupar MP Datuk Seri Rohani Karim and were presented at