Author: Famas

800 attend ‘leaders meet the people’ event

KAPIT: About 800 people turned up at a ‘Leaders Meet The People Session’ held at Rumah Robert Ngumbang at Nanga Sebatu Batang Rajang about half an hour journey by road below Kapit town on Sunday afternoon. In his speech when officiating at the event Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas

Nanta commences his campaign trail at longhouse

KAPIT: The BN-PBB P215 Kapit candidate Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi commenced his campaign trail at Rumah John Rabar, Sungai Sesibau in Kapit over the weekend. A few hundred people from four longhouses namely Rumah John Ramba, Rumah Meliyu, Rumah Kiong and Rumah Unjah along Sungai Sesibau attended the ‘Malam Mesra

Nanta visits Rumah Lorie fire victims

  KAPIT : Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development , Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi visited the fire victims of Rumah Lorie @ Gembak Lebak at Nanga Ibau, Batang Rajang here on Thursday afternoon. The modern 39-door semi-concrete longhouse was razed by fire on Saturday evening, making    236 occupants

Body appeals for support from local YBs for fund

KAPIT: Kapit Music Society has made an appealed to the local elected people’s representatives, corporate firms and individuals to generously support the society because it is in need of fund. “There is no money in the account under the previous committee. The newly elected committee has to start all over

Aid pouring in for longhouse fire victims

KAPIT : Since Sunday, aid has been pouring in for the fire victims of Rumah Lorrie @ Gembar Lebu, a 39-door longhouse at Nanga Ibau Tengah located about an hour by longboat below Kapit town. The fire on Saturday evening made 236 people (108 males while 128 females) homeless. Besides

Jamit announces RM33,000 grant for kindergarten

KAPIT: State Assemblyman for Bukit Goram , Jefferson Jamit Unyat yesterday announced a government grant amounting to RM33,000 for Board of Management Tadika Methodist Private Kapit. Of the allocation, RM6,000 is for administrative purpose of the Board of Management Tadika Methodist Private Kapit while RM27,000 is meant for the purchase

Several houses at Sungai Amang affected by flash flood

KAPIT: Heavy and continuous downpour accompanied by a thunderstorm has affected Kapit town and its surrouning areas on late Thursday evening, causing inconvenience until early Friday morning. Several housing areas and longhouses along Sungai Amang and its tributary, Sungai Selirik were suffused by flood water. For the longhouse folks of

Teenage pregnancy in Kapit shows yearly decline, says Jamit

  KAPIT: Bukit Goram State Assemblyman, Jefferson Jamit Unyat expressed his pleasure that the rate of teenage pregnancy in Kapit has steadily declined over the years. He attributed the lower rate because of the concerted efforts of One Stop Teenage Pregnancy Committee (OSTPC) Kapit. “I am pleased that the rate

Nanta closes RISDA programme at Song

KAPIT : Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development (KKLW), Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi has officiated a dinner to mark the closing of ‘Kasihi Pekebun RISDA Negeri Sarawak’ programme and Socio-Economic Seminar for Community Leaders jointly organised by Rubber Institute For Smallholders Development Authority (RISDA) and Song District Office in

Kapit NGOs donate to hospital

KAPIT : Two Chinese based non-governmental organisations (NGO) here had donated a unit of air-conditioner and two units ceiling fan and a projector to Kapit Hospital. Those two bodies are Kapit Che Quan Khor Moral Uplifting Society and Tai Pek Kong Hock Leong Ten Temple. Responding to the appeal for