MMS education fair at Riverside Majestic Hotel
MMS Education Fair provides parents and students with an opportunity to explore a wide range of study options in Malaysia, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, UK and USA.KUCHING: Market...
View ArticleHope in sight for solution to flash floods if villager’s cooperate
KUCHING: Residents of Tabuan Dayak will have their flash flood woes solved when workers from MBKS descend on their village to rectify things.Remedial work would be fast if the villagers cooperate, said...
View ArticleJins three-needle therapy can help promote brain devt
KUCHING: The Acupuncture and Moxibustion Association of Sarawak will host a ‘Jins three needle for children with cerebral palsy and autism’ seminar at Grand Supreme Hotel in Ban Hock Road here from 9am...
View ArticleDatuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew complex all set for opening
Lau (right) pointing at the Datuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew Complex to the media while Hii (second right), Tan (third right) and others look on.SIBU: A new complex of SMK Sacred Heart named after the late...
View ArticleJenny is champ of Pertandingan Pidato 1Malaysia 2014
Prize winners and the other competitors in the Pertandingan Pidato 1Malaysia 2014.MIRI: Jenny James Senawin from Miri won the Pertandingan Pidato 1Malaysia 2014 at Miri and Bintulu level held at...
View ArticleCanadian author writes a Bau love story
Sze holding her book ‘Ghost Cave: A Novel of Sarawak’, a tragic tale of rebellion and romance.KUCHING: Canadian author Elsie Sze is set to launch her new novel ‘Ghost Cave: a novel in Sarawak’ inspired...
View ArticleMan gets prison, rotan for rape
KUCHING: A married man charged with five counts of raping his underaged girlfriend was yesterday sentenced to 10 years in prison and five strokes of the rotan for two of the charges.Under the first...
View ArticleHow to work with undesirable individuals
LAST week’s column described several undesirable characters in the workplace. Though you may not like to have such individuals as colleagues, unfortunately you cannot choose the people you work...
View ArticleMACC arrested 45 for corruption last year
KUCHING: Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested 45 people in 2013 with 17 coming under Section 17(B) of MACC 2009 Act for offering bribes.MACC state director Datuk Bahari Mohammad Zin...
View ArticleMalaysia curbs corruption to improve its KPI
Wan Muhammad seated (centre) with the shooting participants. — Photo by Jeffery MostapaKUCHING: Malaysia measures its Key Performance Indicator (KPI) by curbing corruption.State director of Malaysia...
View ArticleCounsellors help relatives of missing MH370 passengers
MUKAH: The Welfare Department has assigned four Mandarin-speaking counsellors to help the family members of Chinese nationals on board the missing MH370.They were assigned following Prime Minister...
View ArticleSee cries foul over denial of entry to three PKR leaders
KUCHING: State PKR vice chairman See Chee How expressed regret that three of the party’s national leaders were barred from entering the state on Tuesday.The leaders who were denied entry into the state...
View ArticlePriests celebrate anniversary
(from left) Tang, Hii, and Tan blow the anniversary candles.SIBU: Three priests here celebrated the 21st anniversary of their priestly ordination at St Mary’s church on Tuesday night.They were Bishop...
View Article‘Opposition not welcomed in Balingian’
SIBU: The opposition can expect to be given a cold shoulder despite having heavy weights campaigning for them in the Balingian by-election.State BN secretary-general Datuk Dr Stephen Rundi said this...
View ArticlePKR claims more funds allocated in two weeks than in last 50 years
MUKAH: State PKR said the amount of allocation announced by both state and federal Barisan Nasional leaders in the last two weeks of campaigning is more than the total sum that the government had spent...
View ArticleCollect forms for delivery after polling day
Mawan (standing centre) speaks to leaders at a meet the people event in Rh Nuwie Seliu, Sungai Nawan, Kuala Balingian.BALINGIAN: Application forms should be collected in advance and delivered after...
View ArticleCourt dismisses objection to charge of obstructing sand extraction
SIBU: A Magistrates’ Court here yesterday dismissed the preliminary objection raised by eight accused persons over a charge of obstructing a contractor from sand extraction in their longhouses in Ulu...
View ArticleVisit us more often, longhouse folk say
Seruji headman Harry Seruji (second left) presents Masing (second right) with a basket of rice as a token of appreciation.MUKAH: Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) promises to visit longhouse folk in Sg Liok...
View ArticleWong’s faction in Kanowit doubts Chin’s sincerity in patching up
SIBU: SUPP members aligned to Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh’s faction in Kanowit hope there is sincerity in the peace efforts between the two factions in SUPP as state Barisan Nasional try mending the cracks...
View ArticleDr Chan happy with SUPP’s path to reconciliation
Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George ChanMIRI: Former Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) president Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George Chan is happy that the party has begun the path to reconciliation.On...
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