KUCHING: The Puncak Borneo must remain as a Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) parliamentary seat in the coming 15th general election. PBB vice-president Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah reiterated that the Puncak Borneo parliamentary seat has always been a PBB seat. “Furthermore, three of the state seats within the
KUCHING: The Sarawak government is committed to instilling the community with the qualities of integrity, especially among civil servants. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Integrity and Ombudsman) Datuk Dr Juanda Jaya said continuous efforts would be undertaken and enhanced to ensure this. “From 2018 to 2020, 84,757 people
KUCHING: The question of who should contest the Puncak Borneo parliamentary seat is best left to the top leaders of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) to decide. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom said ultimately, the goal was to win the seat for GPS. “(Transport
KUCHING: Sarawak’s export value of timber products saw an increase of 4 per cent at RM3.9 billion last year compared to RM3.7 billion in 2020. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said the increase was an indication that the economy was indeed recovering gradually, and showed prospects
KUCHING: The reopening of the country’s borders will bring about positive economic impacts but this needs to be implemented in a proper manner, says Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan. The Deputy Chief Minister (DCM) pointed out that priorities must be given to the health and safety aspects. “The opening
KUCHING: Sixteen villagers who were left homeless after fire destroyed their Kampung Tanjong Bako house on Tuesday have received some timely help in their hour of need. Demak assemblyman Dr Hazland Abang Hipni came forward to give their some welfare assistance. The four families who lived in the wooden house
SARIKEI: A senior citizen has received a hospital bed from Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii. The bed was delivered to Kho Ying Wang, 70, who resides in Jalan Chung Nik here on Tuesday (Feb 8). Huang was represented by Penghulu Huang Tiong Kang.
KUCHING: Work on Stadium Negeri in Petra Jaya here is underway to prepare for the Malaysian Football League’s (MFL) Super League and Premier League games. This was disclosed by Sarawak Sports Corporation (SSC) acting chief executive officer Semawi Mohamad. “It (the stadium) is ready but we want to make it
LAST OF A THREE-PARTSERIES Director of the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Datuk Khirudin Drahman has called for the expansion of the department’s canine (K9) unit. “The expansion of our K9 unit is very crucial. We hope to have the government’s support as well as funding for this,”he told
Second of a three-part series Despite the advancement of technology that has contributed to the evolution of equipment in firefighting, canine (K9) dogs continue to have significant roles in assisting the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) in their search and rescue (SAR) efforts as well as fire investigations. While it
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