Author: Allan Jay

Missing senior citizen with mental problem found

SRI AMAN: A 69-year-old man reported missing yesterday has been found. The man who is from Rumah Issu Bangat, Jalan Lidong, Skrang here was found at 2.40pm at a cemetery after a Bomba team came across footprints approximately 100 metres from the victim’s location. The man, who has a history of

PRS wants Jerip

KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition partners are being reconciliatory yet accommodative. Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) youth chief Datuk Snowdan Lawan said this to New Sarawak Tribune on Transportation Assistant Minister Datuk Dr Jerip Susil’s decision to leave Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) much too soon even after the party’s rebranding

Toyota celebrates 50th production year

KUCHING: Toyota Malaysia is celebrating its 50th year of production in the country across all its branches nationwide. The first Toyota model that was produced in Malaysia was the 1968 Toyota Corolla KE 10. For this occasion, UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd at Jalan Pending here is holding a two-day

Proposed durian fest to educate consumers

MIRI: A Durian Fest featuring native varieties has been proposed at the Kabuloh Agriculture Station in Bekenu near here at a later date. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah announced that this was to allow the people to know and taste them. “We will be inviting durian growers in

Systems exist for very good reasons: Ang Lai Soon

KUCHING: Members of the St John Ambulance Sarawak (SJAS) have been urged to respect one another when on- or off-duty regardless of religious or racial backgrounds. SJAS founder, chairman and commander Datuk Seri Ang Lai Soon said this when officiating at the parade celebrating the restoration and the 48th anniversary

Inform us, urges Fatimah

KUCHING: Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah wants the public to provide information regarding drugs and substances abuse to enable the authorities to take necessary actions. In Subis district, 60 arrests were made from January to April this year, whereby 56 of them

Dawos a loyal PBB member

KUCHING: Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah acknowledged that the passing of Datuk Seri Dr James Dawos Mamit was a huge loss to the people of Sarawak. “Dawos has always been the people’s representative of his constituency in Mambong and his passing early this

Karim ‘yes’ to automatic registration of voters at 18

KUCHING: Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah welcomes the automatic registration of 18-year-olds as voters. The Prime Minister revealed recently the Pakatan Harapan (PH) Presidential Council had agreed that Malaysians who reached the age of 18 would be registered as voters automatically. Karim believed

RM13 million RWMF facility upgrade

KUCHING: Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said festival-goers to the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) would be greeted with upgraded facilities. With the state government’s RM13 million allocation, the facilities at the Sarawak Cultural Village (SCV) are spanking new. “As they have not

Stupid, naive remarks

By their own admission, MMEA, Fisheries Dept cannot protect our seas: Tiong BINTULU: Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing is neither impressed nor inspired by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) and Fisheries Department. In fact, a seemingly pissed off Tiong wants the tasks of the two enforcement agencies