Author: Julie Ngadan

State hosts visit by 23 members of M’sian Senator Council

KUCHING: Twenty-three senators who are executive committee (exco) members of the Malaysian Senator Council from Dewan Negara are in Kuching until 6 April (today) for their official visit. Earlier, the senators visited Sarawak Cultural Village (SCV) on Tuesday morning and later attended a dinner at Pullman Hotel here. Speaking during

Several events held to mark union’s 60th anniversary

LAWAS: Sarawak Bumiputera Teachers Union (KGBS) Lawas Branch organised several events in conjunction with the Golden Jubilee celebrations of 60 years of KGBS at Lawas level recently. According to its spokesman who is also KGBS Lawas Branch Chairman, Mudihi Kader Abdullah, among the activities held were petanque competition between KGBS

20 participants in MITI’s workshop

KUCHING: Twenty participants attended the inaugural ‘Lean Implementation Workshop for Managers’ organised by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) at Hilton Hotel here, yesterday. According to Sarawak MITI Director, Griffith Jones Goba, the workshop is introduced this year and Sarawak is the first state to organise it. “The

15 targeted to join MPC study visit to Jakarta

KUCHING: 15 participants are targeted to join the Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) inaugural “Business Excellence Best Practice Study Visit to Jakarta” from 15- 20 May, 2017. Themed “Strengthening Cooperation, Building Opportunities”, the study visit will provide an opportunity for Business Excellence (BE) practitioners to obtain information about best practices adopted

IDECS 2017 features 19 established speakers

KUCHING: 19 established speakers who are experts in the field of digital economy are sharing their knowledge, experiences and thoughts during the inaugural ICT Infrastructure and Digital Economy Conference Sarawak (IDECS) 2017 here. The conference, which started yesterday and will end today at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK), is 

RM50,000 for SMK Sri Matang to build covered walkaway

  KUCHING: Tupong State Assemblyman, Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman has approved a RM50,000 allocation for SMK Sri Matang to build a covered walkaway for the convenience and comfort of the teachers and students in the school. He added that he and Member of Parliament for Petra Jaya, Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof

Hasidah gives school RM5,000 to buy projectors

KUCHING: Assistant Minister for Early Childhood Education and Family Development Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali contributed RM5,000 to SMK Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce (TUNAZ) at Jalan Sultan Tengah for the purchase of projectors to help teachers in their teaching process. The contribution was handed over by Hasidah when officiating at the

Get customised backpack with every purchase of six 900g packs of Dugro

KUCHING: In line with its  mission to bring health through nutrition to as many Malaysian children as possible, Dugro has launched its “Dugro So Much More Campaign 2017”. “We are excited with our new communications campaign and new commercials since its debut in January 2017. “This March, we unveil “Build

4,800 studied at MARA institutes in 2016

KUCHING: The state had some 4,800 students studying at the various MARA educational institutes (from secondary school to tertiary education) last year. And over the last decade more than 7,000 local students had also benefitted from MARA educational scholarships for studies locally and abroad. This was according to Second Minister

377 applications approved in Q1

KUCHING: A Special Task Force (PPK) formed to address those without identification documents received a total of 549 applications for late birth registration in first three months (Q1) of this year. Minister of Welfare, Women and Community Wellbeing, Datuk Hajah Fatimah Abdullah said it was the result of 15 operations carried