Christmas party for Salvation Army kids

KUCHING: Team Dynamic Kuching, a non-governmental organisation has brought joy and cheer to kids from the Salvation Army Kuching Children’s Home during a Christmas programme yesterday.  Among the activities organised by the NGO were tree planting and colouring contest in which about 50 children participated.  After that children were treated to a sumptuous lunch.  Kuching […]

SIDS celebrates Christmas at longhouse

SIBU: Sarakup Indu Dayak Sarawak (SIDS) Sibu branch held a Christmas celebration at a longhouse here yesterday. Often held in hotels or restaurants, the festive celebration for this year took place at Rumah Akul Dagang, Salim-Belalang Road. The ‘Potluck Lunch Christmas 2019’ programme was organised by SIDS Sibu organising chairperson Doreen Ibrahim, who is also […]

Mirians on shopping spree

MIRI: Folk here are already on a shopping spree ahead of the Christmas celebration and the new school year. In addition to that, long queues have been forming at the Sungai Tujuh immigration checkpoint since last Friday. Some well-known shopping malls here have seen a dramatic increase in shoppers, as people shopped for new clothes […]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values. THOMAS S MONSON, AMERICAN RELIGIOUS LEADER AND AUTHOR Merry Christmas to all of you who are […]

SUPP Christmas gifting

MERRY CHRISTMAS…Members of SUPP Satok branch pose after distributing Christmas hats and goodies to traders at the Weekend Market in Medan Niaga Satok in Kuching. A party member said this year’s Christmas was shaping up to be even merrier than last year’s as Sarawakians saw it as an opportunity to strengthen their friendship.  

Excitement builds up for Christmas Day

KUCHING: A buzzing sense of excitement is felt by nearly everyone as Christmas Day approaches. New Sarawak Tribune interviewed attendees of the Sarawak Tourism Federation (STF) Christmas Open House 2019 at the Old Court House yesterday to get a glimpse of their Christmas plans. Seamstress Jenny Dehen, 28, said that she would be preparing for […]

Spreading the Christmas cheer

MIRI: December is the season to be jolly, and Hwai En Methodist Church joins the festive air with their upcoming Christmas Carnival at Miri Taman Bulatan Park this Sunday, from 4.30pm to 6pm. The carnival provides six interesting station games for visitors and passers-by to indulge themselves in this joyous celebration of Christmas.  Admission into […]

H&L donates to Hope Place for Christmas

KUCHING: With Christmas just around the corner, retail supermarket chain H&L Retail Sdn Bhd has donated over RM1,000 to local welfare non-government organisation (NGO) Hope Place at H&L Supermarket in Kuching Central, last Tuesday. Being one of the oldest retail supermarket chains in Kuching, H&L Retail Sdn Bhd made the donation in conjunction with its […]

Carey’s Christmas album tops US charts

A quarter-century after releasing her holiday classic that’s become one of the season’s love-to-hate, hate-to-love clichés, Mariah Carey has finally pushed “All I Want for Christmas Is You” to top the charts for the first time. “We did it,” the diva said in a tweet that featured several emojis, including a face with happy tears. […]

Early Christmas cheer for special children

KAPIT: Kapit Community Rehabilitation Centre (PDK Kapit) held a Christmas gathering for its trainees at its premises here yesterday. At the function, the Lions Club donated RM400 to the centre while the Youth Wing Kapit Kwang Tung Association and the Women Wing Kapit Kwang Tung Association each contributed RM300. Chairlady of the centre Moonly Tiang […]