Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Chef Heston Blumenthal receives lifetime achievement award from World’s 50 Best

British chef Heston Blumenthal, known for his kitchen chemistry and envelope-pushing gastronomy at his flagship restaurant The Fat Duck, has been named the recipient of the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award by the group that helms The World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards. Known the world over among TV audiences and globetrotting

Majang graces earth-breaking event at Rh Sekin, Suai

BINTULU: Samalaju Assemblyman, Majang Renggi last Sunday performed the earth-breaking ceremony at Rh.Sekin ak Enteba, Suai, some 120 km from here. In a simple brief and traditional miring ceremony, he urged the longhouse folk to work closely with the government and also made a reminder to set up fire prevention

Naim wins 4th consecutive Environmental Award

KUCHING: It was a night to remember as Naim Holdings Bhd was adjudged the winner of the 7th Sarawak Chief Minister’s Environmental Award (CMEA) 2015/2016 in the Large Enterprise (Construction) category, marking its fourth consecutive win of the coveted award. Representing Naim to receive the award was its Board Member,

Appointed headmen must serve diligently – Rosey

MIRI: Appointed headman should be committed in performing their task as the middlemen between the government and the community. Assistant Minister for Solidarity Rosey Yunus said the responsibilities of a headman comprised many aspects including the welfare of people, regardless races or religious, and to distribute aid fairly. Speaking at

No teaching job despite having Master Degree Mathematic Eduaction

KUCHING: Miss Wong Wang Yuen is a Sarawakian and a holder of Master Degree in Education (Mathematic Education) from the Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. She graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Education from the Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (Unitar) in 2010. The same year she submitted her application through the

JDT too tough for Crocs to bite

KUCHING: Experience owned by Johor Darul Takzim (JDT) team turned out to be the hurdle for Sarawak to register their first win the Super League at the Stadium Negeri here, Tuesday night. Sarawak head coach, David Usop said the quality and experience of JDT players were hard to match by

Importance of good values

Just a few days ago, I had the privilege of speaking to two awesome women in regards to the upcoming International Women’s Day on March 8. After all the formality and interview was over, the three of us were having a chat about random topics which eventually led to us

Cassidy Morris is new Sarawak PWD Central Region Manager

SRI AMAN: Cassidy Morris is now the new Sarawak Public Works Department (PWD) Central Region Manager. Prior to his promotion, Cassidy served as Sri Aman PWD divisional engineer for five years and seven months. Speaking to the media after handing over his duties to his successor, Bujang Kanang here on

MPS lines up various activities for youths this year

KUCHING: The Sarawak Social Development Council (MPS) has lined up various activities this year with more emphasis on physical, economical and social aspects. Welfare, Women and Community Wellbeing Minister Datuk Hajah Fatimah Abdullah said that since MPS core activity was based on researches, the results of the research had to

No crocodile sighted at Unimas lake during surveillance by SMART

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) auxilliary police have conducted a 24-hour surveillance on the campus’s man-made lake following reports of sightings of a medium-size reptile ‘resembling a crocodile’ in the lake on 7 February. Unimas in a statement yesterday said its security team had also contacted the Sarawak Forestry