SIMANGGANG: Around 500 secondary and primary schoolchildren participated in the ‘Back To School: Free Haircut Programme’ held in the Sri Aman Mini Stadium today (Jan 9). The programme, organised for the first time by Angkatan Bersatu Anak Muda (Armada) Sri Aman, took place from 8am to 5pm and involved five professional
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas wants the state port managements to be prepared to modernise, innovate and adopt new technologies. He said with Sarawak hoping to become a high income state by 2030, the ports would be having increasing and more important roles. “The plan is
BY JACINTHA JOLENE KUCHING: Since Sarawak is now in Phase 4 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP), business operators in the state can operate past midnight. However, the transition period has caused confusion among food stall and eatery operators because the guidelines provided aren’t clear enough for them. However, many
KUCHING: Miri City Council (MCC) has held its first meet-the-people session since March 2020. “I am happy that we held our first meeting at the Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) Miri this morning. “We resumed it because it is one of the channels in which the public can communicate with MCC
BY JACINTHA JOLENE MIRI: Sarawak Design Centre (Saradec) is offering design based subjects for future intakes of SayD’SignerSarawak. In a statement yesterday, Saradec said it would expand its collaboration on the programme with other academic higher institutions. Recently Saradec chief executive officer Dayang Nena Abang Bruce conducted a briefing on
MIRI: Soon, visitors at Canada Hill will have access to a public toilet there. Assistant Minister for Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Datuk Sebastian Ting visited Canada Hill yesterday to check the progress of construction work on the toilet. He was happy to know that the toilet was about
BY JACINTHA JOLENE KUCHING: The federal Education Ministry has come under flak for omitting Gawai Dayak Festival as a school holiday in this year’s school calendar. Assistant Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Datuk Snowdan Lawan said the recurring issue was too big to ignore. “It impacts the
BY JACINTHA JOLENE KUCHING: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (Keadilan) Sarawak is disappointed that it did not win any seat in the recent state election. Nonetheless, Keadilan Sarawak thanked the party’s machinery and supporters for their efforts in campaigning during the election. “We have identified the causes of our loss and studied our
BY NATASHA JEE & TANIA LAM KUCHING: Sarawak’s new Cabinet ministers and assistant ministers were sworn in at the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) Complex in Petra Jaya tonight (Jan 4). The swearing-in ceremony, which commenced at 8.50pm, first saw Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, followed by Deputy
KUCHING: Bukit Saban assemblyman-elect Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas has given assurance that the new Sarawak government will honour its “Sarawak First” commitment. In his New Year message on Christmas Eve (Dec 24), he said that Sarawak’s dignity, pride, and rightful position and rights as a founding member of Malaysia
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