BETONG: The coming 12th state election (PRN12) will be conducted differently from previous elections due to the current Covid-19 pandemic. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah said that Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Bukit Saban must get ready as there would be new regulations and procedures in place. “While
BETONG: The Land and Survey Department here foiled an attempt by unscrupulous individuals to extract rocks without permit on Saturday (July 18). The illegal activity was detected through initial intelligence as well as patrols carried out by the department’s enforcement team. The enforcement team seized from the site three heavy
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Mini Film Festival is set to be the first onsite festival to move entirely online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The festival, which is entering its 16th edition, is also Malaysia’s longest running short film festival, said Unimas in a media release yesterday. “Organising
MIRI: The Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) would like to clarify a recent newspaper report stating that the city had 13 new Person Under Investigation (PUI) cases in a day. According to a statement issued by the committee, PUI refers to patients presented with respiratory symptoms plus history of
KUCHING: Representatives of Sarawak Skills Development Centre (PPKS) and Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii) met Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg yesterday to discuss several collaborative projects with the state government. PPKS was led by its chairman Tan Sri Datuk Amar Abdul Aziz Hussain while MARii
KUCHING: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin should call for a snap general election to coincide with the Sarawak state election, said Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) president Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing. Masing stressed that the timing of the election would be one of the issues to be discussed
KUCHING: The ongoing national census has an important bearing on national development and Sarawak in particular, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. Singling out the relatively low level of average household income in Sarawak, he said the high-income per capita figure for Sarawak did not reflect the
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg received a courtesy call from the new Federal Agriculture Marketing Authority (Fama) Sarawak director Datuk Dr Mat Sani Hassan. The purpose of the visit was for the new Fama director to introduce himself. Also present were Fama Sarawak deputy director
SARIKEI: The tar-sealing of Jalan Sungai Bulat at Rumah Jugah, a 38-door Iban longhouse here, has brought joy to the residents and people living nearby. The 200-metre road project was completed last Friday and took only a day. Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii visited Rumah Jugah to see
SARIKEI: Repok Assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii went to the ground to witness several completed projects under the rural transformation programme (RTP) last Sunday. Among the project site that he visited were Sarikei Basketball Association, SJK (C) Su Ming, St Alban Church, Nyelong Methodist Church, Yien Sung Methodist Church,
New Sarawak Tribune is a Sarawakian news portal that highlights Sarawak-centric news and other stories of relevance to Sarawak.
Today, New Sarawak Tribune focuses on happenings in Sarawak’s cities, towns and small places no matter how remote these are and events of relevance in other states of Malaysia and other countries.
© Copyright 2024 Tribune Press Sdn. Bhd.