KUCHING: The response to the Borneo International Drone and Robotics Explore (Drobotex) 2019 has been described as remarkable, with as many as 2,000 students from 20 schools appearing for its opening day yesterday. According to Urban Development and Resources Assistant Minister Datuk Len Talif Salleh, the inaugural Drobotex 2019, a
KUCHING: Sarawak’s civil servants who are involved in any sporting events in the country are ambassadors for the state. State Secretary Datuk Jaul Samion said they need to continue to showcase the outstanding image of civil servants in line with the Sarawak Civil Service (SCS) 10-20 Action Plan as world
KUCHING: Following the incident involving a van driver and school children at the Pan Borneo Highway work site in Tatau on October 1, initial investigations by Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) had found that the earthing cables were cut. In a statement issued yesterday, SEB said the cables, believed to be
KUCHING: Tha Project Hip Hop is back again for the third time in two years in conjunction with What About Kuching (WAK) 2019. Known as a Borneo hip hop movement within Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak and Kalimantan, Tha Project Hip Hop highlights the elements of hip hop which are DJ (turntablism),
KUCHING: Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) Sarawak is disappointed that Pakatan Harapan (PH) has continued to put on an act and failing to fulfill its GE14 manifesto especially its promise to deliver 20 per cent oil royalty to Sarawak. PAS Sarawak deputy commissioner Mukhtar Suhaili said although PAS agrees that the
KUCHING: The appointment of village community management council (MPKK) by the federal government violates the Community Chiefs and Headmen Ordinance, 2004. Sarawak Patriots Association (SPA) chairman Datuk John Lau in expressing concern over the federal government’s insistence on forming MPKK, remarked that perhaps they were unaware of the state’s law.
MIRI: The discovery of ancient remains in Traders’ Cave at the Niah Caves complex has revealed the existence of human habitation there more than 100,000 years ago. Associate professor Dr Darren Curnoe of University of New South Wales said that he and his team uncovered fossil bones and food leftovers
MIRI: The state government should implement and strictly enforce ground rules pertaining to the proper management of archaeological sites. Thailand-based senior specialist in archaeology Dr Noel Hidalgo Tan said that with these imposed regulations and repercussions, the development of the archaeo-tourism sector could be carried out more effectively and responsibly.
MIRI: Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) is open to researchers in Niah National Park with regard to various matters, including the decreasing amounts of guano available in the area. Guano refers to the excrements of bats and birds. It is used as a form of fertiliser as it contains high levels
MIRI: Sarawak features so many ethnic groups — 27 to be exact — that oftentimes the minor groups are somewhat overshadowed. However, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah hopes to shift some of the limelight from the majority groups to the minor ones. “Actually, I have
