MIRI: A group of 20 members of Sabah Women Entrepreneurs and Professionals Association (SWEPA) are now in Miri City to consolidate collaboration with their counterparts, the Women Entrepreneurs and Professionals Association Sarawak (WEPS) on empowering more women in entrepreneurship skills. SWEPA members were led by their president Sitti Bahaya Damsal.
By Jacintha Jolene & Nura Valentiana KUCHING: The Sarawak government welcomes non-Sarawakian healthcare professionals to work under the five-year permit – as long as they meet the necessary requirements of the relevant regulatory bodies. “When you come over here (Sarawak), you are given a work permit for five years. “You
By Natasha Jee & Sarah Hafizah Chandra KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) will announce its list of candidates who will be contesting in the 31 parliamentary seats in the 15th general election (GE15) on Nov 3. Premier and GPS chairman Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said as
SIBU: The Sibu Hospital here is asking for the public’s help in locating family members of a Chinese’s mother and her son. According to a statement from Sibu Hospital today, Hasnah Ngui Abdullah aged 81, and her son Su Wei Kiong, 59, have been admitted to the hospital since October
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping has put himself in position to rule China for at least another decade, and possibly for life. The question now is what he’ll do with all that power. On one level, Xi has made it clear where he wants to take China. According to Bloomberg, at
By Jacintha Jolene & Tania Matu KUCHING: The Works Ministry and Sarawak Public Works Department (PWD) have agreed to form a task force to oversee the progress of the Pan Borneo Highway project. Caretaker Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said the task force would also help to address
SERIAN: Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development Deputy Minister Martin Ben made a working visit to several areas in Serian recently. In a report from the Sarawak Public Communication Unit (UKAS), he visited Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Merbau to inspect the facilities of the school allocated through the minor rural project
KUCHING: The interest and welfare of the people, especially in Sarawak, must always be the government’s first and utmost priority. Political observer Dr Abdul Kuddus Ramlee placed this criterion as his priority when asked what he wanted from the next federal government after the15th general election. He said Putrajaya must
LUNDU: The project to upgrade the 7.6-km gravity pipe system in Kampung Raso 2 is expected to be completed within two months. According to Sarawak Public Communication Unit (UKAS) report, the handover of the project under the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) worth RM200,000 between the Lundu District Rural Water Supply
KUCHING: Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus’ team of cross disciplinary academics together with the Dayak Bidayuh Literary Society (DBLS) recently organised a hybrid public speaking competition and online public speaking workshop. Over 60 participants comprising Form 4 students and teachers of five schools under the Serian District Education Office
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