New flight route linking Bario to Long Banga starts on Oct 29
KUCHING: A new flight route from Bario (BBN) to Long Banga (LBP) is set to commence on Oct 29. According to MASwings, it will also see enhanced services on flight frequencies for key routes such as Kuching to Limbang, Miri to Bario and Long Seridan, and Mukah to Kuching. “The additional operations and introduction of […]
Rural Hollowing Out
The Unfolding Phenomenon EVERY time I return to my traditional homeland in the Kelabit Highlands, I seldom stay longer than necessary in the small town of Bario. Maybe the term ‘town’ is a misnomer since, more accurately, the term ‘Bario’ is interchangeably used to refer to both the largest concentration of several villages in that […]
Music fest’s Gold Tournament, Buku Project launched
MIRI: The Miri Country Music Fest (MCMF) 2022 has launched the MCMF Gold Tournament and MCMF Buku Project. These fringe activities in conjunction with the country music festival were launched by Minister of Tourism, Performing Arts and Creative Industry Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah on Thursday (Oct 13). Abdul Karim noted that the MCMF […]
4X4 club equally good in motoring and outreach
KUCHING: Padawan 4X4 Adventure Club has turned out to be more than just a motoring club given its active involvement in charity and community works since its establishment seven years ago. Club president, Mercellinus Meran, said it has always been taking care of its members’ welfare and also involved in charity work where their services […]
Make hope possible by investing in our youth
I was an eight-year-old Primary Two pupil in a village school in Bario, Sarawak when Lyndon B Johnson became the first US President to visit Malaysia in 1966. Not that I knew about it back then, but it was something I learnt about many years later. There is a relational context of this historical event […]
Fly by Buduk Ubung aka Gunung Mulu
It was a good day to fly onboard the Twin Otter on the Miri to Bario sector on Thursday 18, November 2021. The flight was less than half full, a paradoxical truth knowing that usually there are many looking for vacant seats on the limited numbers available on the small aircraft. This time around, the […]
Food supply airlifted to Long Lamei
MIRI: The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) air unit transported 1,700 kilogrammes (kg) of food items to Long Lamei in Bario today. Long Lamei is currently under the enhanced movement control order (Emco) until June 19, after six residents tested positive for Covid-19 following swab tests conducted on June 3. It has 371 residents. The […]
Serba Dinamik helps lighten burden of fire victims
BARIO: Serba Dinamik Sdn Bhd recently made a corporate donation of RM16,500 to the Pa’ Derung community. The Pa’ Derung Longhouse was burnt to the ground on Mar 19; the blaze left 11 families homeless and they also lost everything in the fire. The cause of the fire is still unknown. The corporate donation was […]
March 25 — Kelabit leap of faith
Sometimes all you need is a big leap of faith. — Sean Bean, English actor Mist covered the entire Kelabit highlands as the first batch of eight Allied Forces commandos prepared to jump from an American B-24 Liberator bomber. It was a leap of faith because none of the men knew where they were or whether […]
Fire razes Pa Derung longhouse, leaves 21 homeless
KUCHING: Mulu assemblyman Datuk Gerawat Gala will request the government to help rebuild the Pa Derung longhouse in Bario which was razed to the ground early last Friday leaving 21 villagers homeless. He said a committee would be formed to oversee the rebuilding of the longhouse. “Today (Mar 19), I went to Bario to visit […]
