State govt urged to prioritise on people’s welfare
MIRI: The Save Sarawak’s Rivers Network (SAVE Rivers) reiterated its call to the government to prioritise on the welfare of the people and environment instead of focusing too much on the construction...
View ArticleEnsure passengers wear life jackets, boat operators urged
KUCHING: The Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB) is urging all unregistered private boat operators to ensure that their passengers wear life jackets while on board.SRB chairman Dr Murni Suhaili also advised...
View ArticleFate of missing Nepalese crew still not known
MIRI: The authorities are still in the dark about the fate of a Nepalese crew of an oil vessel reported missing here 10 days ago.The search and rescue efforts have so far been fruitless.Deputy police...
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Scat Fair to promote academic and technical courses
Len speaks to reporters at the press conference.KUCHING: The Sarawak Career and Training (Scat) Fair 2014 will provide opportunities for youths to take up academic and technical courses.It will be held...
View ArticleLen: Many Sarawakian workers overseas love to come home to work
KUCHING: The revised plan to develop Baram and Baleh hydroelectric project (HEP) dams offers an opportunity for Sarawakians working abroad to come back and serve the state.Assistant Minister of...
View ArticleCall for more immigration staff at border checkpoint
MIRI: The Immigration Department should seriously consider doubling the manpower at the Sarawak-Brunei gateway at Sungai Tujuh to ease congestion at the checkpoint which might badly affect the tourism...
View ArticleFollow original design when building longhouses, HDC told
KUCHING: Longhouses that deviate too much from their original design must be relooked into, said Housing Assistant Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.“If there is any problem with the design of...
View Article‘Taib’s service still needed even after he retires’
KUCHING: Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud should play an advisory role to the state or the state cabinet even after he retires from his post.Furthermore, the state would still need him to...
View ArticleSearch intensified for girl feared drowned in river
BINTULU: The search has intensified for a missing 12-year-old girl from Kampung Dagang, Tatau, feared drowned in Sungai Tatau last Monday.Windy Kusmani and friends went for a bath in the river at the...
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US ambassador and wife visit SBC
IMPRESSED: US Ambassador to Malaysia Joseph Y Yun and his wife Melanie Billing-Yun (right) admire a local plant species under study at Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (SBC) at Km20 Jalan Puncak Borneo near...
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Lu: Have more direct flights to be more prosperous
Temenggong Lu Kim YongKUCHING: Sarawak has the potential to become a bigger economic hub if it is prepared to open up more international air routes.A community leader, Temenggong Lu Kim Yong, said with...
View ArticleUnkind for Bintulu MP to describe Soon Koh a dictator — Nansian
KUCHING: It is most inappropriate and unkind for Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing to describe Minister of Local Government and Community Development Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh as dictatorial over the...
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Feud over building ownership takes new twist
Chih Yong (seated third left) with family members who came to show support to him for the transfer of his shares to SUPP. Teng is at second right.Chih Yong (third left) hands over his shares to Teng....
View ArticlePolice cordon off tunnel area, looking for mystery bomoh
LAWAS: The police here have cordoned off the area around a 16-metre deep tunnel into a hill near Mengkalap CIQ in Lawas in which two of five men digging it died of suspected gas poisoning on Monday.The...
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‘Think nation-building while pursuing personal life goals’
Taib (fourth right) with Ragad (third right), Ting (fifth right), Wong (fourth left) at the CNY gathering.Taib (sixth right) together with Ragad, Ting (fifth left), Wong (fourth left) and others at the...
View Article3R Buy Back campaign on Feb 8
MIRI: Miri City Council Local Agenda 21 will hold a 3R Buy Back campaign from 1pm to 4pm on Saturday.In a faxed statement to The Borneo Post yesterday, the council said the campaign would be...
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Routes Asia may hold the key
Abang Johari (centre) flanked by Talib (left) and Bashir unveiling the event posters after the media briefing in Kuching yesterday. — Photo by Chimon UponAsia’s largest route devt forum in Kuching...
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Popular seafood centre at Jalan Batu Lintang burnt down
A cook makes a distress call to the fire department as flames engulf the wooden structure. — Photo courtesy of Jude JongKUCHING: A popular seafood centre at Jalan Batu Lintang was destroyed by fire...
View ArticleSUPP replies to ROS, Chin hopeful party will not be deregistered
KUCHING: SUPP president Tan Sri Peter Chin is still hopeful that the party would not be deregistered by the Registrar of Societies (ROS).He said the party had replied to the ROS show-cause letter on...
View ArticleTeen girl raped by two claiming to be religious officers
KUCHING: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped after she was duped into following two men who claimed to be officers from the state religious department.District police chief ACP Roslan Bek Ahmad...
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