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Re-appointed community leaders receive letters

KAPIT : Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development , Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi on Monday afternoon presented letters of appointment to about 100 village chieftains in Kapit District who had been re-appointed to serve for another term of office. The village chieftains were from Pelagus and Bukit Goram State

Man wants trio to return home

KAPIT: After a week of frantically searching for the sudden disappearance of his mother-in-law, wife and son, a farmer identified as 40-year-old Banyang Anak Tembaga finally showed up at the police station here to lodge missing person reports on the trio and to seek police and public assistance to locate

36 occupants of four houses affected by landslide

KAPIT: Four houses (three permanent and one temporary) with a total of 36 occupants at Rumah Gawan, Lepong Baleh at Jalan Melekun-Mujong Road near here were damaged in a landslide, recently. The first house belonging to Berry Casher Ak Jarraw has six occupants while the second house belonging to Petrus

Nanta inspects kindy double-storey project

KAPIT: Deputy Regional and Rural Development Minister, Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi, who is also the Member of Parliament for Kapit recently visitied the site of proposed construction the new double-storey kindergarten block of Tadika Methodist Private. The kindergarten block will be located next to SK Methodist along Jalan Mamora. The

160 students join Cambridge ICT Starters Programme

KAPIT: About 160 students comprising those in Primary Four, Primary Five and Primary Six from three primary schools in Song district namely SK Cardinal Vaughan, SK Nanga Temalat and SJK © Hin Hua have been selected to join the Cambridge ICT Starters Programme for schools in Sarawak this year. The

KDC holds talk on biodegradable plastic bags

KAPIT: Kapit District Council, in collaboration with ACG Green Tech Sdn Bhd, held an awareness talk on biodegradable plastic bags and an environmental friendly product called ‘Serai Wangi’ at Dewan Masyarakat Melayu, Kampung Muhibbah here yesterday morning. It was conducted by Christina Nawi of ACG Green Tech and among those

Rep officiates at closing of joint events

KAPIT: The closing of the Local Agenda 21 and Community Development Programme took place at Rumah Rambor Anak Belansai at Sungai Melipis here on Saturday. The events organised by Kapit District Council (KDC) were closed by Bukit Goram Assemblyman Jefferson Jamit Unyat. At the joint functions, Jamit announced a government

227 kindergarten pupils receive scrolls from rep

KAPIT : 227 pupils from 28 Kemas kindergartens here received their scrolls from Bukit Goram State Assemblyman Jefferson Jamit Unyat at a mini convocation held at Dewan Kejora, SMK Kapit 2 recently. At the function, he announced a grant of RM5,000 for Kemas Kapit social welfare committee to enable them

Kapit to hold Merit Festival

KAPIT :Kapit District Office has been entrusted by the Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department and Belaga State As semblyman, Datuk Liwan Lagang to organise the first Merit Festival. Kapit District Officer, Elvis Didit revealed this at a press conference recently. Nanga Merit is a sub-district of Kapit famous

Kapit Education, Career Expo postponed to Nov 18-19

KAPIT: The proposed Education and Career Expo 2017 organised by Tabung Ekonomi Gagasan Anak Sarawak (Tegas), scheduled to be held at the Indoor Sports Stadium here from Nov 3-4, has been postponed to Nov 18-19, According to a recent press statement from the Kapit Information Department, the opening ceremony of