THE Urban Development and Natural Resources Ministry will assure that the amendment to the Natural Resources and Environment (Amendment) Bill, 2019 will curb open burning particularly those done for commercial farming. Delivering his winding up speech yesterday, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan, who is also Urban
ASSISTANT Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department Abdullah Saidol has chided Sarawak Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Chong Chieng Jen’s over his remarks that the State 2020 Budget was another 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) in the making. Speaking to the media at the State Legislative Assembly building here yesterday, Abdullah said
SARAWAK Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Chong Chieng Jen has a wild imagination, according to Assistant Minister of Native Land Development Datuk Roland Sagah Wee Inn (pic). Sagah opined that Chong had always tried to spin something that was good for the people into something negative – he was referring to Chong’s
KUCHING: Federal Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin is ignorant of the protocol and arrangement between the federal disaster management agency and its state counterpart. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said he regretted a statement by Yeo during a recent parliament sitting
THREE Bills were passed during the second day of the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting yesterday. The Bills, Natural Resources and Environment (Amendment) Bill, 2019; Sarawak State Library (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and the Sarawak Heritage Bill, 2019 were unanimously passed by acclamation. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali
KUCHING: The ‘Tungun Belawing Pebeka Tawai’ of the Uma Baha community in Apau Koyan Belaga has set a new record in the Malaysia Book of Records (MBOR) as the tallest Belawing Tower in Malaysia. The record-breaking entry was delivered in partnership with Sarawak Energy as part of the corporation’s continuing
THE hydrogen bus initiative by the Sarawak government must continue as it benefits the people in the long run. Assistant Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture Datuk Sebastian Ting (pic) said this in response to Sarawak Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Chong Chieng Jen’s remarks that the hydrogen bus operation should
Bintulu Port KUCHING: Sarawak is prepared to consider taking over Bintulu Port which is currently a federal government entity. Infrastructure and Ports Development Assistant Minister Datuk Julaihi Narawi said it would be part of the state government’s efforts to strengthen the management of the ports, in line with the current
AUSTIN: Lewis Hamilton clinched his sixth world title, but not in the style he hoped for on Sunday when he finished second behind his triumphant Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas in an eventful United States Grand Prix. The 34-year-old Briton fought with ferocious determination to win from fifth on the grid,
Tugay Cicek hangs from the moving train and comes dangerously close to the ground. With one hand he clings to the open wagon door, in the other he holds his phone and takes a selfie. The train rattles along the river Euphrates as it meanders through eastern Turkey. The wind
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