Author: Connie Chieng

Kuching to host 23rd TV awards

KUCHING: Kuching will  host  the 23rd Asian Television Awards (ATA) for three days starting from January 11 next year. The event, at  Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK), is organised by Asian Television Awards Sdn Bhd and fully supported by Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman

Lo: Sarawak-based opposition party too

KUCHING: Sarawak should not only have a 100% Sarawak based ruling party but also a 100% Sarawak-based opposition party to better safeguard Sarawak’s interests, said SUPP assistant publicity and information secretary Lo Khere Chiang. “This is to ensure transparency and fair governance,” he added. Parroting Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang

CID head: Get to know tactics used by scammers

KUCHING: Ignorance is the main reason why certain people fall victim to scams. Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department head Supt. Mustafa Kamal (pic) said that victims did not bother to read the news reported on social media or newspapers. He added it was unfortunate that the victims had access to

Support GPS fully, Sarawakians urged

KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing has called on all Sarawakians to give Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) their full support. “It is my ardent hope that all Sarawakians give their full support to GPS, because for once since independence 55 years ago, we have now full

Indonesian man found dead in drain

KUCHING: A 28-year-old man, who decided to buy himself cigarettes, before attending a colleague’s birthday party at a factory on Monday, has been found dead in a drain around 8.30am yesterday. The deceased was found with iron steel piercing through his head in a drain in Sejingkat here. Identified as

Three fall victims to scams

KUCHING: Three persons were cheated, two in Macau scam and one in parcel scam in a report made on Thursday.   In the first case, an enforcement personel, aged 51, lost RM112,000 after being told that her account was used for illegal transaction through credit card transaction. Although she denied

Balanced civil service with ethnic diversity key to better governance

KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Central Youth chief, Michael Tiang believes that a balanced civil service with ethnic diversity is also a matter of basic fairness as well as key to the effective operation of our state government. Tiang said in a racial composition in our state civil service must not

The 10-tonne lorry ferrying earth on its side at Taman Malihah intersection.

Heavy truck overturns onto motorcyclist

KUCHING: A motorcyclist is fighting for his life after a 10-tonne lorry overturned onto him at a traffic light here yesterday. The lorry ferrying earth was turning into Taman Malihah from Jalan Batu Kawa-Matang when it overturned onto the opposite lane spilling all the earth. The motorcyclist, a Myvi and

SUPP Youth: Use our reserves to repair schools? What logic is this?

KUCHING: Where’s the logic? This is SUPP Youth secretary Milton Fo o’s response to Deputy Minister for Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Chong Chieng Jen who had suggested that the state government make use of its reserves of RM34 billion to repair dilapidated schools. Foo said it was the federal government’s

Hold dialogues for merchants to understand SST

KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Youth chief Michael Tiang called on the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs to hold dialogue sessions with merchants for them to understand the rules before implementing any action against them. In a press conference yesterday at the SUPP Headquarters, Tiang made the