KUCHING: A bigger budget should be set aside for early childhood education given its role in moulding children from a tender age for leadership roles in future. Women, Childhood and Community Well-being Development Ministry permanent secretary Datuk Rashidah Bolhassan said this was because early childhood education instills good core values
KUCHING: COVID-19 cases in Sarawak have dropped to 18 from the previous’ 29 cases, bringing the total number of cases to 252,809. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its daily update stated that, of the 18 cases on Sunday (Jan 30), six were in category 1 while 12 in
KUCHING: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) Sarawak Contingent expressed their condolences to the family of the late former Head of State Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng. “Condolences to the entire family of the late former Head of State on behalf of the contingent’s police force. “We pray that his
SAMARAHAN: A motorcyclist died after colliding with a four wheel drive (4WD) at a traffic light junction here. According to State Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu, the incident took place at Batu 9, Jalan Kuching Serian. The accident happened at around 11.40pm on Friday resulting
BETONG: The quick action of residents at Rumah Panjang Ben Bali in Mudong to extinguish a fire has prevent their longhouse from being destroyed and saved many lives. Saratok Fire and Rescue Station (Bomba) chief PPgB Muhammad Shukur Jamaludin, who led the operation, said that they received an emergency call
BINTULU: A tugboat and a barge sailing from Kuching to Bintulu were detained for using expired documents to carry cargo. The Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (Malaysia Maritime) Bintulu Maritime Zone detained the two vessels around 4.20pm near the estuary of Sungai Kemena Bintulu. According to Bintulu Maritime Zone Director Capt
BAU: An unemployed man was apprehended by police here on suspicion of being involved with drug abuse activity. According to Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon, the arrest on the suspect was made on Friday (Jan 28) at approximately 12.30am. “During Ops Tapis conducted by the district police’s Narcotic
KUCHING: RM100 mln will be allocated to Sarawak to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) grow. “For the whole country, we will ready a fund amounting to RM1 bln (for SMEs). “For Sarawak, we allocate RM100 mln, and together with the state government, we hope this will benefit those who
KUCHING: Bank Rakyat will look into ways to provide better banking facilities and services in Sarawak’s rural areas. Its chief executive officer Datuk Syed Abdul Aziz Syed Hassan noted that while there were not many bank branches in rural areas, there were banking agents to help rural communities with banking
KUCHING: The Malaysian Prisons Department will set up a committee to study the Sarawak Prisons experience in solving the problem of overcrowding of inmates in prisons. Sarawak came in for praise from Prisons Commissioner General Datuk Nordin Muhamad who was impressed with the state’s methods in effectively controlling the issue of
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