Author: Henry Siyu

Mukah clean sweep overall titles

MUKAH: Taekwondo exponents from Mukah made a clean sweep of the overall titles of the 2nd State-level Taekwondo Championship which ended on Sunday. SMK Three Rivers taekwondo team took the Secondary School title featuring students aged 15 and 19 years old, while the primary school title (aged 9 and 12)

Mother, daughter saved by airbags

MUKAH: A mother and daughter escaped unhurt in a road accident at Jalan Wawasan here yesterday morning. The incident took place in front of LIKM housing estate at around 6.40am while the victim was sending her daughter to a school located in the town area when their four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicle

12 qari and qariah in mass Koran recital

BALINGIAN: A mass Koran recital was successfully held at Kampung Lintang here last Saturday. Known as ‘Majlis Khatamal Quran Beramai-Ramai’ and staged at the village community hall it was officiated by a special officer for Balingian constituency, Che Ghazali Arbi, who represented Balingian Assemblyman, Abdul Yakub Haji Arbi. The religious

Mukah District holds National Landscape Day

MUKAH: The 2017 Mukah District National Landscape Day was held at Taman Pehin Setia Raja (TPSR) here yesterday. The event started with the arrival of the participants who gathered in front of the grandstand at about 7.30am, followed with the singing of the National and State Anthems. Thereafter, a mass

SK Mukah celebrates World Down Syndrome Day

MUKAH: SK Mukah celebrated the World Down Syndrome Day 2017 by holding a Fancy Costume Competition yesterday morning. Held at the school open hall, the event was officiated by Political Secretary to Chief Minister, Faridah Osman. With the theme `Extra One, Extra Fund’  the participants were from the special education

Body of missing elderly woman found

DALAT: The body of the 75-year-old woman who was reported missing in Batang Igan near Kampung Bungan Besar last Monday was found yesterday morning. Prior to the incident, the victim, Jini Tarubok, was said to be travelling along the river by boat. According to Mukah Fire and Rescue Department Officer-in-charge,

School receive gifts from polytechnic

MUKAH: SMK St Patrick Mukah (SPS)  has received a concrete signboard stand, fero concrete tables and  chairs and open-air sinks from Mukah Polytechnic (PMU) under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. The gifts were officially handed over to the oldest secondary school in Mukah Dvision by PMU Academic Deputy  Haji

Mukah’s cooperative KODELT earns pre-tax profit of RM380k

MUKAH: A village cooperative, Koperasi Desa Lestari Tellian Tengah and Ulu Mukah Berhad (KODELT) recorded a pre-tax net profit of RM380,303 for its fiscal year ended 30 September 2016. It indicated an increase of over 2000 per cent as the previous year the cooperative only managed to earn a profit

Kaul Fishing Safari: Total prize of RM15,000 up for grab

BALINGIAN: A total prize of RM15,000 are up for grab for the forth coming Kaul Fishing Safari 2017 to be held on this coming 23 April. This 7th edition of the sporting event  held in conjunction with the annual Mukah Kaul Festival  offers handsome  cash prize and  in kinds plus

Missing woman still not found

DALAT: A 75-year-old woman was reported missing and feared drowned after she failed to return home last Monday evening. The woman identified as Jini Bt Tarubok was said to be using a boat on the Batang Igan (Igan River) at Kampung Bungan Besar near here. According to a report, villagers