KUCHING: A 26-year-old man who pleaded guilty to threatening his own mother via Whatsapp message, was fined RM3,500 in default of five months by the Magistrate’s Court today. The accused, Joel, who works as a courier, pleaded guilty to a charge read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. The
KUCHING: Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Raghad Kurdi Taib will officiate at the closing of Amazing Race Sarawakku Sayang 2022 organised by Sarawak Women Members of Malaysian Government of Sport and Welfare Council (MAKSAK) on Saturday (August 13). Its chairwoman, Datuk Seri Baduyah Bujang said that after organising an honorable visit
By Alexandra Lorna & Natasha Jee KUCHING: The Ullambana Festival or commonly known as the Ghost Festival is finally able to be observed today on Aug 12 after a two-year hiatus. Before this, it was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, which prevented huge gatherings of people at one time to
KUCHING: The Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) is seeking public help in tracing the family members of a Chinese male patient known as Ng Thian Nam, 79. According to SGH in a statement on Thursday, the patient was brought to the Emergency and Trauma Department by his friend on August 3
MATU: The proposed plan to redevelop the Matu District, particularly the Kuala Matu area, will be assessed after the development plan for Matu and Igan has been evaluated. The Sarawak Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg has instructed the State Planning Authority (SPA) to prepare the plan
KUCHING: A national newspaper was slammed by Datuk Abdullah Saidol for its inappropriate headlines concerning the performance of Datuk Pandelela Rinong Pamg at the recent Commonwealth Games 2022. In saying this, the Deputy Minister in the Premier’s Department (Corporate Affairs and UKAS) stressed that Pandelela has won in many diving
KUCHING: Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) will be collaborating with the Economics and Business Faculty of the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) to conduct a joint study to address the issues of poverty in the rural parts of Samarahan. MPKS chairman Datuk Peter Minos said that the focus would be to
Kolej Laila Taib (KLT), located in Sibu, has always been committed to providing quality education at a reasonable cost to Sarawakians. KLT firmly believes in the importance of education as it has the power to better students’ lives. KLT offers up to 100 percent scholarships to Sarawakians who meet the
KUCHING: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) announced that it will hold a community health screening which will take place at St Paul’s Parish Hall on August 14. The targeted group would be those who are 18 years and above and the event will begin from 8am and will end when all
KUCHING: Imagine finding you’re dead. That happened to 71-year-old Low Choo Choon who had the shock of a lifetime when he found out he was listed as “dead” by the national registration system. Low was trying to lodge a police report after losing a deed to a gravesite that was
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