KUCHING: Malaysians are urged to celebrate Malaysia Day together despite not being able to physically attend the Malaysia Day celebration in Sibu. The event will take place at the Sibu Indoor Stadium tomorrow (Sept 16). Utilities Minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom said the event will be organised in
KUCHING: The iSarawakcare mobile application, slated to be implemented fully next year, is now on a three-month trial. According to Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KWKPK) Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah, the app is already available for the usage of the public at present. “It is on
KUCHING: Good news for the state is expected at the upcoming meeting of the committee set up to find commercial solutions to Sarawak’s petroleum sales tax claim. The meeting will be held here on Sept 17. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah pointed
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded no new positive Covid-19 case for the fifth consecutive day, maintaining the total number of positive cases in the state at 700. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement, said that there are no new recoveries and discharged cases from Bintulu Hospital, making the number of
KUCHING: Sarawakian women are urged to participate in the Employees Provident Fund (EPF)’s voluntary retirement savings programme — Voluntary Contribution with Retirement Incentive (i-Saraan). Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said i-Saraan allows members who are self-employed and do not earn a regular
KUCHING: Female breadwinners or single mothers are also eligible to apply for ‘Bantuan Khas Ibu Tunggal’ or the Special Aid for Single Mothers (BKIT) in Sarawak, said Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. The Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development noted that there were cases of husbands leaving
KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) is determined to win back the Padungan state seat which it lost to the Democratic Action Party (DAP) in 2006. Its potential candidates for the constituency, Bong Lian Huan and Jong Yean Pin are both going all out to assist the people there in
KUCHING: The Batu Kitang constituency will no longer has any dilapidated houses in the next five years, said its assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang. He said the state government has been channelling allocation of RM1 million each to all Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) elected representatives to assist the poor in repairing
KUCHING: The decision to name Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) candidates for the coming state election is the prerogative of Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg as the party’s president. Law, State-Federal Relations and Project Monitoring Assistant Minister Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali said whether a person will
KUCHING: Issues pertaining to Petronas’ outstanding payment of the state sales tax (SST) amounting to more than RM2 billion are expected to be settled soon. Law, State-Federal Relations and Project Monitoring Assistant Minister, Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali, said the long-awaited payment would be realised soon after the computation
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