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
BAU: A 21-year-old woman was injured after her car crashed into a ditch at Jalan Singai here yesterday. According to operation commander PBT Mohd Shahril, the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operation centre (PGO) received an emergency call from the Malaysian Emergency Response Services (MERS) 999 regarding the incident.
KUCHING: Taman Sri Wangi will have a new mosque costing RM3.47mil by 2021. Tupong assemblyman Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman said the mosque would be built on about 0.5 acres, with a two-storey structure. The mosque can fit about 1,000 people and is equipped with an imam (mosque leader) room, meeting room,
KUCHING: Media practitioners in Sarawak must work twice as hard to ensure that they get the right information out, thus differentiating them from the wannabes on social media. Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said the media faced challenges nowadays as their profession was threatened
KUCHING: Seven needy families in Kuching and Matang areas received assistance from H&L Supermarket in collaboration with Hope Place Kuching for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebration. The assistance was in the form of food items, mandarin oranges and charity bags comprising bihun, sardines and oats. Overall, the contributions given
KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) will defend its seven existing seats in the next state election. However, the party’s president Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said he could not reveal the details all at once. “What I can say is that all the incumbents will defend their seats.
KUCHING: Some 60 houses in the Batu Kitang constituency have undergone repair works over the past three years, said assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang. He said the RM1 million annual fund from the Sarawak government for the repairs of dilapidated houses in certain constituencies under the Sarawak Minor Rural Project-Repairs and
KUCHING: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Sarawak pledges to stand behind Zuraida Kamaruddin after the PKR vice president was issued a show cause letter for openly criticising fellow PKR leaders at a function in Kuala Lumpur on Dec 8. Sarawak PKR information chief Desmond Kho stated that Zuraida or ‘Kak Zu’
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