BELADIN: Some 135 pupils, who will be going back to school next week, took the opportunity to have their hair cut for free yesterday. The one-day programme was organised by Sarawak United National Youth Organisation (Saberkas) Beting Maro branch. Saberkas Beting Maro branch vice president Sabad Mohamad Shafizan Kepli said
SPAOH: Persatuan Warga Islam Saribas (Pewaris) wants the Ministry of Education (MOE) to incorporate Jawi writing as part of the Pendidikan Islam subject syllabus to produce Muslim students who are fluent in reading and writing Jawi. Pewaris education bureau chairman Dr Abang Ismail Abang Julhi explained that Jawi was a
PUSA: The strange behaviour of a pet cat named Didi alerted its family of the presence of a cobra hiding in the kitchen of their house. Around midday yesterday, the family in Kampung Tengah experienced a commotion caused by the snake. According to the residents, they only realised there was
BELADIN: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg wants the gula apong (nipah palm sugar) industry in Kampung Tambak to be developed as soon as possible. Beting Maro assemblyman Razaili Gapor, when making the statement, said efforts to develop the industry were highly emphasised by the chief minister as
LACHAU: The search for one Reggie Jumbu, a 56-year-old man who went missing last Thursday at Sungai Tatai in Empili, Sri Aman was called off yesterday afternoon due to lack of clues. The operation was unsuccessful after a search within a radius of 10 kilometres inland and six kilometres along
BELADIN: Serious youth involvement in modern agricultural development has to be continuously pushed to ensure that the state government could get two million hectares of land utilised for agriculture. Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development Assistant Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Ismail said that each area had its strong points,
BELADIN: The Sarawak government via its Agriculture Department is expected to sign more Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with the private sector to market Sarawak’s agricultural products globally. Assistant Agriculture Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Ismail added that so far, the department had signed MoUs with 15 leading companies. He said
BETONG: The Sarawak government does not agree to Kratom farming or locally known as ketum in the state. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said although the Federal government wanted to approve ketum farming, but at the state-level it cannot be done. “They want to legalise ketum, supposedly
LINGGA: The Sarawak government is now waiting for the defendant’s statement from Petronas, said Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Law, State-Federal Relations and Project Monitoring) Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali. She said this when asked by reporters about the latest status of the suit filed by the
SPAOH: The Islamic Religious Trust Board of Spaoh (Lakis) expects work to relocate about 200 graves threatened by erosion in Serai Muslim Community Cemetery to take about a week. Its chairman Dr Abang Ismail Abang Julhi said Lakis has allocated Dec 16 to 21 to do the job, subject to
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