KUCHING: Being a wife and a mother of two children did not stop Monica Langgong from winning the Sidma College Sarawak Chairman’s Award at the college’s sixth convocation ceremony yesterday. The 38-year old woman, who graduated with a Diploma in Early Childhood Studies, said she did not expect to win
KUCHING: The Kuching South City Council (MBKS) will revive the Padungan area through its urban renewal project. Its mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng stated that MBKS would dig out all relevant information on the old and present Padungan before implementing the project. “Currently, we are doing the planning and paperwork
KUCHING: Local folk, especially women, have been urged to experiment with durians and come up with value-added durian products. In making the call yesterday, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg pointed out that durian paste could be mixed with ‘sagun’ (a type of cake made from a mixture
WUHAN VIRUS KUCHING: Sarawak will tighten its entry points and temporarily halt trips to and from China to curb the spread of Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg stated that he had already given a directive to the relevant authority to halt trips to China
SERVICE CONTRACT TERMINATION KUCHING: Sarawak Democratic Action Party (DAP) chairman Chong Chieng Jen has been criticised for his failure in taking care of the state’s interests. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) youth chief Michael Tiang said Chong would not have known about the recent unfair termination of medical officers in
KUCHING: Giving out ‘ang pow’ (red packets) is a generous act but if the ‘ang pow’ comes from public funds, that’s misuse, said Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) president Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing. Tiong raised the issue after the DAP distributed ‘ang pow’ to about 700 independent Chinese secondary school
DALAT: The state government through Unit For Other Religions (Unifor), presented two cheques worth RM180,000 for two chapels in Dalat constituency on Thursday. The first cheque worth RM80,000 was presented to St Nicholas Chapel in Kampung Sungai Kut Muara while the second cheque valued at RM100,000 was given to Our
KUCHING: Agrobank and Petronesa Sdn Bhd presented their business zakat amounting to RM865,500 for the year 2019 on Friday. The payment was handed over to Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg on behalf of Tabung Baitulmal Sarawak in a ceremony at his office in Wisma Bapa Malaysia. Representing
BINTANGOR: A man was killed while his two children were injured in a motorcycle accident at Mile 3, KJD Road here on Wednesday. According to a fire operation commander, the accident occurred around 9.30pm. A team of seven firefighters, led by PBK II Mohamad Mahmud, from Bintangor Fire and Rescue
Kenyalang Gold Card KUCHING: The Democratic Action Party (DAP) Padungan Mobile Service Counter has successfully collected about 1,300 forms for Kenyalang Gold Card application. Padungan assemblyman Wong King Wei said the figure was only for the first phase of its mobile service’s assistance which will halt temporarily to give way
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