CORONAVIRUS disease 2019 or Covid-19 pandemic has brought many unintended benefits — family members now enjoy better ties; personal hygiene is better; money is saved; new talents are discovered and many more. Wesley Juntan, for instance, didn’t expect the pandemic to be a blessing; it has unexpectedly turned his hobby
KUCHING: Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many workers are working from home (WFH). The Malaysian government recently decided 80 percent of government staff and 40 percent of private sector workers would work from home to flatten the Covid-19 infection curve. Based on a research entitled ‘Working from Home (WFH): Is
KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Kuching chairperson Datuk Lily Yong will hold a meeting with eateries’ owners via Zoom today. The 2.30pm session aims to hear and find the best solution to the problems faced by eateries here since the Covid-19 pandemic struck. “Although the government has subsidised and
Anang enda ingat ke penatai diri taja jauh bejalai ke menua urang (do not forget our roots even though we have travelled far) — that’s the advice of his mother that Wesley Juntan holds dear whenever he goes to other places. Maintaining the authenticity and details According to 33-year-old Wesley
KUCHING: Works Minister Baru Bian hopes that all federal government projects that have been distributed to Sarawak would be implemented efficiently and on time. According to him, until Feb 24 this year, there are six major projects that have yet to be completed under the 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP) for
KUCHING: Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) hopes the new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) it signed with Johor Economic Development Corporation (JCorp) will strengthen economic development in both states. The two companies on Thursday signed an MoU to jointly explore business in the agricultural sector. According to SEDC chairman Tan Sri
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), aiming to bring new dimensions to research activities at Unimas. Serving as a platform to bid for national and international research grants, this collaboration also aims to explore new research areas that
KUCHING: Members of the public are invited to enliven the Old Kuching Smart Heritage Agenda 2019 programme, which will be held from March 25 to 31 at the Kuching Waterfront here. Organised by the Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) in collaboration with Old Kuching Smart Heritage (OKSHe) and Sarawak Multimedia
KUCHING: A plantation company accused of deforesting some 4,000 hectares of land near the Mulu National Park has done nothing wrong, said an assistant minister. Urban Planning, Land Administration and Environment Assistant Minister Datuk Len Talif Salleh said, “The company did not encroach on the national park (territory) and has
KUCHING: Sarawak has a very huge potential in the freshwater lobster industry, said state Agriculture Department acting director Dr Alvin Chai. In Malaysia, he said only Johor and Sarawak had these wild lobster resources. “According to the annual statistics from Department of Fisheries Malaysia, Johor has been producing 200 metric
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