150 underprivileged families receive protection insurance certs

MIRI: One hundred and fifty underprivileged families have received their Protection Insurance Certificates (PIC) from the director of the State Development Department (SDC) Sarawak ICU, Prime Minister’s Office, Jasni Jubli here yesterday. The recipients were registered in the eKasih system during the Community’s Welfare Insurance Scheme programme’s roadshow here. In a press statement from the […]

Call to make Serian a must-stop town

KUCHING: Serian District Council (SDC) has been urged to continue their efforts to make Serian into a must-stop town for locals and tourists. These efforts include ensuring the area offers a variety of food and maintaining its cleanliness.  Serian is the only small town in the whole country that has two flyovers and many will […]

Wishing Serian District Council would become a municipality

KUCHING: Serian District Council (SDC) can possibly be elevated to a municipal council in the next few years.  Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Datuk Amar Michael Manyin Jawong in harbouring such belief, said the council, with 60 years of providing its services, had done wonders in the area. These include making sacrifices and contributions […]

Bigger things coming Samarahan’s way

INTERVIEW Datuk Peter Minos has high hopes and expectations for Samarahan’s rapid development in the coming years. First appointed as Walikota of Samarahan District Council (SDC) in 2015, he later became chairman of the Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) upon Samarahan’s upgrade in 2016. Located approximately 30km from Kuching city, the area was once a […]