Wednesday, 28 January 2026

Author: Rintos Mail

From abandoned home to holiday stay

TURNING an abandoned countryside home into a holiday stay can be tough, yet a rewarding endeavour. This is especially so for a place where the old home location offers a unique and authentic travel experience. Wes Kandung Homestay, located at a deserted site in Kampung Pain Bojong, upper Penrissen, is

Siniawan Country Music Festival returns this Sept 26-28

KUCHING: To all country music lovers, book your date, shine your boots and hats, call your peers and friends, clear your throat and get ready to ride to Siniawan Old Town in September as the Siniawan Country Music Festival (SCMF) is back. SCMF patron, Miro Simuh, said the SCMF 2025

Land acquisition underway for new secondary school in Puncak Borneo

KUCHING: The relevant state department and agencies are in the process of expropriating a land lot along Jalan Puncak Borneo for the construction of a new secondary school. Puncak Borneo Member of Parliament, Datuk Willie Mongin, revealed that the site has been identified, and efforts are now underway to acquire

Puncak Borneo MP seeks government help to tap green gold potential

KUCHING: Puncak Borneo Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Willie Mongin has called for state government help to bring in big players to open up commercial bamboo plantations in Sarawak. He said special attention needs to be paid to the development of the industry, first by opening big plantations to ensure

Miro calls for establishment of ruminant breeding stock bank

KUCHING: Sarawak needs to set up a “breeding stock bank” to ensure continuous supply of ruminants for initial breeding, says Serembu assemblyman Miro Simuh. He said currently, farmers may have difficulty in getting the initial stock for breeding because no one is allowed to import live animals from outside Sarawak.

Serembu Bau to host first commercial cattle beef farm

KUCHING: The first commercial cattle beef farm will be established in Serembu, Bau near here. Serembu assemblyman Miro Simuh said his state constituency’s service centre has secured RM15 million under the Greater Kuching Cordinated Development Area (GKCDA) fund to implement the project at Kampung Seromah, Bau. He said works to