Author: News Desk

Faithful parishioners attends sunset Mass despite power blackout

KUCHING: A power outage did not stop faithful parishioners from attending a sunset Mass at St Peter’s Church this evening. The blackout is believed to have happened in the afternoon as there were works carried out on one of the electrical poles in the church’s compound. It is also said

Music fest’s Gold Tournament, Buku Project launched

MIRI: The Miri Country Music Fest (MCMF) 2022 has launched the MCMF Gold Tournament and MCMF Buku Project. These fringe activities in conjunction with the country music festival were launched by Minister of Tourism, Performing Arts and Creative Industry Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah on Thursday (Oct 13). Abdul

Household e-waste collection campaign Oct 22

KUCHING: The state Department of Environment (DOE) and the Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB) in collaboration with Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) will organise a household e-waste (BEE) collection campaign in Samariang this Saturday (Oct 22). According to DOE statement, the programme to be located at the parking area

Otakyun! convention returns on Oct 22

KUCHING: The ‘Otakyun!’ anime, comics and games (ACG) convention is returning this October 22 and 23. The event is set to take place at Boulevard Shopping Mall from 10am to 7pm and is free for all to attend. Since its debut in 2014, the convention has brought thousands of like-minded

Business journalists play vital role in highlighting industry

KUCHING: Business journalists play an important role in highlighting issues regarding the development of the industry and its community. In stating this, former chairman and editor-in-chief of Bernama, Datuk Yong Soo Heong said writing on such issues not only open up opportunities to economic analysts to voice out their opinions

Borneo Innovation Festival 2022 gets overwhelming response

BETONG: The recently concluded Borneo Innovation Festival (BIF) 2022 has seen a total of 150 entries being received for seven categories that were contested. The categories were namely Construction and Materials/Machines/Equipment, ICT and Multimedia, Electricity, Electronics and Telecommunications, Green Products/Agriculture/Environment/Renewable Energy, Teaching and Learning, Creative Design and Heritage as well

Sarawak just received from its oil and gas

SIBU: A former Sarawak DAP assemblyman spoke well of Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh for the latter’s past contributions when he was in the state cabinet. Voon Lee Shan, the former Batu Lintang assemblyman from 2006 to 2011 and now Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) president,

How to entice youth to vote

KUCHING: Greater political awareness can encourage youth to come out and vote in the upcoming 15th general election (GE15). Parti Ikatan Demokratik Malaysia (MUDA) Sarawak information chief officer Norashikin Baidawi said it took many years for the older generations to gain political aware and perhaps this was one reason why