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Do housemen in Sarawak get bullied?

BY GABRIEL LIHAN & JASMINE BADUN KUCHING: Have there been instances of medical staff being overworked and bullied in Sarawak? New Sarawak Tribune which set out to get some answers found out that it does happen. A doctor who wished to be only known as Jackie said the issue of

Special select panel reached consensus on most policies

PUTRAJAYA: A consensus has been reached on most policy matters regarding the drafting of the Anti-Party Hopping Bill. Minister in Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Parliament) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the Parliamentary Special Select Committee set up to make recommendations to amend the Federal Constitution with

Rep presents MRP funds to villages, schools

BY NEVILLE TIMOTHY SANDERS TEBEDU: Twenty-seven representative from the Village Development and Security Committee (JKKKs) and 15 members of the Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) in Tebedu Constituency received the Minor Rural Project (MRP) funds recently. The handover ceremony was officiated by Tebedu assemblyman Dr Simon Sinang Bada at the Tebedu Community

Do you know her?

BY JASMINE BADUN KUCHING: Sentosa Hospital is looking for the next-of-kin of a Chinese female patient, Siaw Yew Kiaw, also known as Senah Abdullah. According to a statement, Siaw who has no identity card, has been under Sentosa Hospital’s care since 1973, and is assumed to 75 years old. The

Rescued pangolin and baby handed over to SFC

BINTULU: A civic-minded individual handed over a six-kilogram pangolin together with its pangopup (a pangolin baby) to the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) Bintulu Regional Office representative yesterday. The pangolin and its baby were rescued by the individual when he sighted them on his way to work near Batu 4 Road,

Cricketer from Sarawak called up for national duty

KUCHING: Nur Dania Syuhada Abedul Samad has been called up for national duty as the Malaysian women’s cricket team face the 2023 Asian Zone World Cup Qualifying Round, which will take place in Kuala Lumpur from June 1 to 14. The 17-year-old is from Kampung Tabuan Melayu here, and a

Wickremesinghe returns as Sri Lanka’s PM

NEW DELHI: Political veteran Ranil Wickremesinghe, appointed Sri Lanka’s new prime minister on Thursday, faces an unenviable task of getting the country out of its current financial morass. He replaces 76-year-old Mahinda Rajapaksa, who resigned on Monday amid growing unrest over the government’s handling of the unprecedented economic crisis. Wickremesinghe,

RM39k prize money for Saberkas golden jubilee competitions

BY ALEXANDRA & FASIHA KHUSHIRI KUCHING: The Sarawak United National Youth Organisation (Saberkas) is inviting participants for its logo and short video competitions in conjunction with its golden jubilee. Saberkas deputy president Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi said the two competitions would be among the activities to be held this

Briefing on registration with HRD Corp

BY NEVILLE TIMOTHY SANDERS KUCHING: Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) organised a briefing conducted by HRD Corp on Terms & Conditions and Procedures on Wednesday (May 11). The briefing was organised in order for Soppoa to register with HRD Corp under PSMB Act 2001. The expansion of PSMB

UNIMAS signs pact with Somalia

GABRIEL LIHAN & JASMINE BADUN KOTA SAMARAHAN: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) is focusing on developments in the area of water and energy by looking abroad to Somalia. UNIMAS signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of the Federal Republic of Somalia on research