Author: Fasiha Khushiri

Problematic Sentoria Borneo Samariang Garden project causing distress

KUCHING: The Public Sector Home Financing Board (LPPSA) has been urged to immediately stop housing loan repayment deduction for civil servants who bought Sentoria Borneo Samariang Garden houses. ongress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) Sarawak chairman Omar Bahrein Unin said LPPSA should also reimburse

MRCS blood donation campaign on June 12

MIRI: Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) Miri will be holding a blood donation campaign on June 12 (Sunday) in conjunction with the World Blood Donor Day which is held annually on June 14. The event will take place from 8.30 am to 1.00 pm at the MRCS training hall. It

Supply of chicken eggs in Bintulu now stable

BINTULU: The supply of chicken eggs in this division is now stable despite the high demand during Gawai Dayak and Aidilfitri celebrations, recently. Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi said the issue of lack of supply stocks (eggs) was not a big problem as

Sarawak Energy exhibition from June 3 to July 15

KUCHING: Sarawak Energy will hold a 100 Years of Powering Sarawak exhibition at the Borneo Cultures Museum in Kuching from June 3 to July 15. In 2021, the corporation marked a century of growth and transformation from a traditional utility into a vertically integrated power utility and the largest renewable

S’wak come in third in national paintball c’ship

KUCHING: Sarawak’s paintball team BEEZWAXERS took the third spot in the Malaysia Super Seven 2022 League. The league, held at Nemesis Legion Paintball Academy in Kuala Lumpur last weekend, saw 16 teams from all over Malaysia taking part. Nemesis Legion Paintball Academy representative Syamaizan Issey Kamarudin said the tournament served

Event to promote village-ministry rapport

KUCHING: The Sarawak Ministry of Education, Innovation and Talent Development (MEITD) in collaboration with the Kampung Selang Ulu Village Committee (JKKK) organised a ‘Majlis Berambeh Aidilfitri’ at the Kampung Selang Ulu Multipurpose Hall on Sunday (May 29). Its purpose was to establish a relationship between the ministry and the village

Nancy leaves GE15 candidacy to GPS leadership

SIMUNJAN: Batang Sadong MP Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri is leaving it to the top leadership of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) to decide whether she should defend her seat in the 15th General Election (GE15). She said all candidates were subject to the decision of Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang

NGO brings Gawai cheer to lonely octogenarian

KUCHING: Old age is not a time many would want to spend alone but Endara Kandau appears to have grown accustomed to fending for himself as best as his feeble body would allow him. At the age of 80 he calls a dilapidated wooden shack home in Kg. Semawang at

Welfare office looking for child’s mother

KUCHING: The Kuching Divisional Social Welfare Office is trying to trace Yuli, the holder of Indonesian passport number A 6019021, the biological mother of six -year -old Amar Aqil Darwisy. When he was a week old, the child was handed over to a guardian named Awang Musa Awang Dillah and

Nancy hands out JKKK activity grants

SIMUNJAN: A total of 59 Village Development and Security Committees (JKKK) in the Batang Sadong area have received RM281,000 in activity grants which are given annually. It was handed over by Batang Sadong MP Datuk Nancy Shukri at a Symbolic Rice Handover Programme in conjunction with the Gawai celebration at