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
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,
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
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,
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
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
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
BY MA CHEE SENG & ALVERD KOTA SAMARAHAN: Kota Samarahan police are seeing an increase in cases under Penal Code Section 379, such as stealing water metres, cable thefts and crop thefts. Samarahan OCPD Sudirman Kram revealed this yesterday at a meet-and-greet session organised in collaboration with Farley Supermarket yesterday. “We
KUCHING: Women’s Centre for Change Penang (WCC) recently launched a digital book in the Iban language that outlines how child sexual abuse (CSA) can affect any child including those with disabilities. According to WCC, the 37-page digital book entitled “Sara Madah “Enggai” (Sara Says “No”) is about a nine-year-old girl named
LONDON: Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah received a courtesy call and played host to the Princess Royal of Britain, Princess Anne at the Malaysian High Commission in Belgrave Square, Wednesday evening. According to the latest post on Istana Negara’s official social media, Princess Anne, the only daughter
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