Author: Aina Azizah Yeo

1,345 families get food aid from council

KUCHING: A total of 1,345 families in Kuching received food aid from the Women and Family Council under its ‘Love is Kind’ programme from Nov 29 until Dec 12. Today, 106 families from Kuching South City Council (MBKS) flats, Kampung Selipar Putus, Kampung Kudei and Sri Wangi Flat received the

Teen injured as wall fell on him

KUCHING: A 19-year-old teenager was seriously injured after a concrete wall fell on him at a technical institute in Santubong yesterday evening. State Fire and Rescue (Bomba) Operations Centre said the man had gone to pick up a broom near the wall when it suddenly collapsed at 2.18pm. “The victim

Three nabbed for illegal online gambling

PADAWAN: Three individuals were nabbed for alleged involvement in illegal online gambling in a premises at Jalan Penrissen on Tuesday. Padawan police chief, Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the suspects, two men and a woman aged between 22 and 55 years, were arrested during an operation codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’. “The 22-year-old

Police nab Indonesian women in Ops Dadu

BAU: Police arrested two Indonesian women for operating as top-up agents in an illegal online gambling at a convenience store at Jalan Ong Guan Cheng here. Bau police chief, DSP Poge Nyaon said the duo,  aged 21 and 39 years from Pontianak and Singkawang respectively, were arrested during an operation

Man arrested for threatening parents

KUCHING: Police have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly beating and threatening to kill his parents. Padawan police chief, Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the suspect was arrested at Jalan Mendu here at 3.45pm this evening. The arrest was made after a police report was lodged by the suspect’s father –

Society to have bigger kitchen area

MIRI: Work on extending the kitchen area of Che Sing Khor Moral Uplifting Society will be completed in three months’ time.  The symbolic earth-breaking ceremony was officiated at by Piasau assemblyman Datuk Sebastian Ting here at Jalan Jee Foh Utama today. A RM100,000 allocation for the extension of the kitchen

Thumbs-up to set up arts centre

KUCHING: The recently announced RM160 million performing arts centre to train youths received a nod from Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) arts societies in Kuching. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the state government had allocated more than RM160 million to develop the Sarawak Performing Arts Centre to repurpose

MYHackathon 2020 winners walk away with cash prizes

KUCHING: Sarawakian winners of the MYHackathon 2020 — ‘Digitalising Government Services’ bagged RM300,000 with an additional RM50,000 from the Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC) on Monday (Dec 7), Under the Marathon category, the four winners (represented by their team leaders) are Norhidayati Md Nusi with the project ‘MIRA: Malaysia Infrastructure

Miri Hospital’s drive-through pharmacy gets the thumbs-up

MIRI: Piasau assemblyman, Datuk Sebastian Ting has applauded Miri Hospital for setting up a drive-through pharmacy for the convenience of patients and their representatives. “No more queues and they don’t have to wait for hours to collect their medications,” he told reporters at the launch of the pharmacy on Monday

Nurture youth in volunteerism

KUCHING: The Volunteerism Programme is an excellent initiative in nurturing future generations that are responsible and attentive to the needs of others. Tupong assemblyman, Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman said that such programme is able to create awareness, nurture, encourage and produce volunteers from all walks of life. “When they are attentive