KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Women chief Kho Teck Wan has urged lawmakers to amend citizenship laws to be clear and direct in granting automatic citizenship to children born in Malaysia. She noted that adoption and citizenship laws were complex and very restrictive, but said that she could not
KUCHING: The criteria and requirements for single mothers in Sarawak to qualify for the one-off RM300 Financial Aid for Single Mothers (BKIT) scheme have been improved, including the poverty line income (PLI) eligibility being increased from RM960 to RM1,020. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg, who is also Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) president, will decide on winnable candidates for the party in the upcoming state election. According to Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, the views of party members will also be taken
KUCHING: The Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) state government is committed to providing opportunities and development in rural areas to all Sarawakians regardless of race. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas who gave this assurance said many of the regional development agencies such as the Upper Rajang Development Agency
KUCHING: This year up until August, Kuching District has seen 30 students testing positive for drugs, the highest number of such cases compared to other districts in Sarawak. Munawwar Ismail, drug prevention special officer from the State Education Department’s (JPNS) Drug Prevention Education Unit, said this was followed by Bintulu
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 1,267 drug-related cases from 1,359 arrests last month. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah, who revealed this, said that this was the result of 905 operations carried out by the state narcotics police, National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK), and Royal Malaysian
KUCHING: Sociopolitical analyst Associate Prof Dr Awang Azman Awang Pawi of Universiti Malaya (UM) is of the view that the results of the Sabah state election (PRN) will not have much bearing on the upcoming Sarawak PRN. He said that this was because Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) was seen to
KUCHING: The state government is implementing a formula which includes efforts to improve food productivity and meet international food safety requirements in line with Sarawak’s goal of becoming a net food exporter by 2030. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that in order to achieve this target,
KUCHING: The state government is financing the development of a prototype harvester for the oil palm industry, revealed Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. He said that finding workers had always been a challenge in the oil palm industry, particularly fruit harvesters, as Sarawakians were reluctant to take
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas has revealed that a number of unscrupulous traders have lately been importing pepper from Vietnam and Indonesia then mixing and selling them as Sarawak prime pepper. He said this was a challenge as Sarawakian pepper was widely regarded as a premium
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