KUCHING: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry will stop enforcing the ceiling price control on chicken, chicken eggs and pure cooking oil beginning July 1. “The ceiling price has resulted in market and price distortion,” it said in a statement today. “With the abolition, it will ensure that the
KUCHING: Yayasan Sarawak has given RM3.46mil to the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) to help pay Sarawakian students’ PTPTN loans. A mock cheque handover by Yayasan director Mersal Abang Rosli to PTPTN chief executive officer Ahmad Dasuki Abdul Majid was held in conjunction with a Gawai-Raya celebration hosted by
ENGKILILI: A total of RM55,000 has been approved for the fire victims of the Polly Sulau settlement to buy building materials after the 11-door longhouse was destroyed by a fire which claimed the life of a child. Engkilili assemblyman Dr Johnical Rayong Ngipa presented the aid to fire victims in
MIRI: Bintulu and Sibu are to send two water tanks each to Miri while waiting for the supply in the division here is back to normal after the interruption is resolved. The Sarawak Rural Water Supply Department (JBALB) is making this arrangement as Miri is facing water supply disruption that affects
MIRI: One lane of the Miri Airport Road along the Pan Borneo Highway will be closed for road users on June 18 starting at 5am and to reopen on June 19 at 7am. The Sarawak Pan Borneo Highway Unit of the Public Works Department (JKR) announced in a press release
KUCHING: The Borneo Jazz Festival will include the Borneo Boat Lute Revival Exhibition on June 25 and 26. The exhibition is from 11 am to 7 pm at Coco Cabana, Miri. Festival-goers and the public will get to see for themselves rare musical instruments and talk to experts. “The familiarity
KUCHING: Blood donations to Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) have gone up by about 20 per cent in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic Head of the Transfusion Services and Blood Bank Department Dr Mohammad Marin Md Zahrin said the increase occurred after the COVID-19 standard operating procedures were relaxed. “The
KUCHING: The need for blood has increased by five per cent every year in line with population growth and medical development, said deputy director (Medical) of Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) Dr Hayati Ja’afar. According to her, the need for blood is to overcome diseases and emergencies such as bleeding mothers,
MIRI: A temporary partial closure of Jalan Samalaju towards Batu Niah will be carried out to make room for culvert replacement work from June 13 to October 13. The work to replace the culvert involves two different locations namely at Culvert 1 (KM74) before WTK Agriculture and Culvert 2 oil
KUCHING: There is no place for Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) in Barisan Nasional (BN) especially for the upcoming 15th general election (GE15), according to experts. The New Sarawak Tribune spoke with experts and political analysts regarding UMNO secretary-general Ahmad Maslan’s recent question about where Larry Sng would run if PBM
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