Author: Duwin Udih

Strive for all-round excellence

DALAT:  Good education creates responsible citizens, said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. Because of that the minister wants students to make full use of their school life to not only acquire knowledge and skills for the job market but to be people

Successful women entrepreneurs receive awards

MUKAH:  Seven successful women entrepreneurs under Mukah branch of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) scheme received Entrepreneur Awards here on Saturday. The recipients who took home plaques and certificates are Hasimah Arib from Dalat Block 1, Natijah Yunus (Dalat Block 2), Rohaya Arbi (Mukah Block 1), Siti Asun Saibi (Mukah Block

SSPN breaches RM5 bln nationwide

MUKAH: The National Education Savings Scheme (SSPN) has breached RM5 billion nationwide as at July 31 this year, National Higher Education Fund Board (PTPTN) chairman Wan Saiful Wan Jan has revealed. He said the amount was from 4.2 million savings accounts opened over the same period. In Sarawak, according to

Make Mukah nation’s top 10 challenge

MUKAH: Women entrepreneur under the Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) Mukah branch scheme were challenged to perform their best to put Mukah among the top 10 best in Malaysia. AIM Training, Education and Innovation Section director Said Muhamad Khalil Abdul Madza posed the challenge when he officiated at the Fiesta Sahabat

Women entrepreneurs make waves

MUKAH: Fiesta Sahabat AIM 2019 Mukah at Dataran Pehin Setia Raja here yesterday showcased some local women entrepreneurs who are also as enterprising as their male counterparts. During the one-day event, they took the opportunity to earn some income from the sales of their products. Various products ranging from food

Brave Mukah dozen to represent S’wak

MUKAH: Twelve Mukah taekwondo athletes will represent Sarawak in the National Women Sport Challenge 2019 in KLSC, Bukit Jalil, Selangor this weekend (Oct 12). They are students from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) St Patrick (three), SMK Three Rivers (eight) and a Management Science University student (former SMK St Patrick student).

Divisional fight against Aedes

MUKAH: An excellent occasion to watch harmonious living and the spirit of neighbourliness is when a communal work party (gotong-royong) is in action. Such an occasion came up recently when people from various walks of life carried out a divisional-level fight against Aedes mosquitoes along Jalan Desa Merpati here. The

SMK St Patrick Robotic Team wins second place

MUKAH: Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) St Patrick Robotic Team performed satisfactorily during the weekend’s Borneo International Drone and Robotics Explore (Robotex) 2019 in Kuching. The team that comprised Form 4 student Daniel Tay Hong Yong and Awang Muhammad Danish Hazim Awang Zulkepli (Form 2) was the runner-up winner and received

Lead the way, Sedidik urged

MUKAH: Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah have suggested that Sedidik nursery centres statewide to take a leading role in implementing the inclusivity policy. She said inclusivity in education had been drafted as one of the resolutions of the early childhood education development

Rural nursery proves its competitiveness

MUKAH: Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah on Saturday visited two early childhood education centres here. Both the centres, rural-based Taska Permata Kemas Kampung Jebungan and town-based Taska Sedidik Mutiara Mukah, have won the state quality awards 2019. Taska Permata Kemas Kampung Jebungan