Author: Fasiha Khushiri

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

Bridge sidewalk damaged by barge

KUCHING: A sidewalk at Jambatan Batang Mukah (Yellow Bridge) was badly damaged after it was reportedly hit by a barge on May 29. But the bridge is still deemed safe to use because there are no signs of structural damage. The Public Works Department (PWD) here has asked the concessionaire

Meet the unsung heroes of today’s troubled world

KUCHING: Journalists arguably shape and mobilise public opinion like no other. Such is the power of the written word. A most recent illustration of this power – and the great sense of responsibility that comes with it – was demonstrated after the the Covid-19 pandemic brought society to its knees.

58 teachers complete Raspberry Pi course

KUCHING: Fifty-eight teachers from primary schools in and around Kuching received certificates of completion after finishing Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus’ Raspberry Pi training programme recently. The course was organised by the Ministry for Education, Innovation and Talent Development (MEITD) to train more than 1260 teachers across the state

School urged to make religious education extracurricular activity

KUCHING: The Sarawak Initiatives (TSI) hopes that Yayasan Sarawak International School will not introduce any religious studies for its students. Leave religious studies as extra-curricular activity and let parents take care of this with their children. The Sarawak Initiatives (TSI) made a call on the state Deputy minister for Education,

3 On 3 Mukah Street Soccer Tournament

MUKAH: The 3 On 3 Mukah Street Soccer Tournament jointly organised by Mukah Parliamentary Service Centre and Mukah Referees Club (MRC) in collaboration with Mukah Divisional Youth and Sports Office will be held on June 4 at Pantai Kaul Mukah Motorcycle Parking Lot from 8am to 4pm. The first 32

Platform to ensure unity remains unbroken

DARO: The establishment of the Malaysian Family Community is a platform for the government’s efforts in ensuring that the country’s long-established unity is always intact, said Igan MP Ahmad Johnie Zawawie. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Current Issues Briefing Programme and the P207 Igan Malaysian Family Community Gawai