Author: Neville Timothy Sanders

Call for urgent update of  Sarawak Labour Ordinance

KUCHING: Premier of Sarawak and federal Minister of Human Resources are urged not to delay the amendments to the Sarawak Labour Ordinance (SLO). Secretary of Malaysian Trades Union Congress Sarawak Andrew Lo emphasised that given the Employment Act Amendments had been passed in the federal parliament back in March 2022,

Centex targets more digital programmes

KUCHING: More software programmes such as Microsoft programmes will be the main focus of the Institution of Centre of Excellence (Centex) for the digital industry in Sarawak. Its chief executive officer Syeed Mohd Hussein Wan Abdul Rahman shared that it is aligned with the benefits of those platforms that influence

MBKS adds another feather to its cap

KUCHING: Kuching South City Council (MBKS) has become one of the 11 local authorities in Malaysia and the only council in Sarawak to receive the Excellence (five stars) level in Naational Security Protection Special Award 2021. In a statement, MBKS said it was proud and honoured to receive the award

Alternate access roads must be wide enough, stresses rep

KUCHING: Chong Chieng Jen has suggested that the Public Works Department (JKR) and Kuching City South Council (MBKS) ensure lanes in the city be properly widened to cater to increased traffic. The Padungan assemblyman said that this should be done before JKR designates a housing estate lane to be an

State registers uptick in weekly COVID-19 cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded a total of 267 COVID-19 cases during the 23rd epidemiology (epid) week (June 5 to 11) compared to 175 cases during the previous epidemiology week. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its weekly COVID-19 update said the new cases bring the cumulative COVID-19 cases in the state

Sri Pertiwi Samariang Avenue home buyers receive RM10k HDAS

KUCHING: Twenty-five people have received RM10,000 for the purchase of Sri Pertiwi Samariang Avenue homes under the Ministry of Public Health, Housing and Local Government’s Housing Deposit Assistance Scheme (HDAS) initiative. Deputy Minister Michael Tiang Ming Tee shared that the scheme was in collaboration with developer Hornbill Network Consortium. “The

Ensuring effective witness protection

KUCHING: The effectiveness of the government’s witness protection programmes can be enhanced by speeding up the establishment of nationwide branches of the Protection Division of the Prime Minister’s Department. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said despite the Protection Division

Bringing Sarawak women to greater heights

KUCHING: The Ministry of Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development (KPWK) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Women Leadership Foundation (WLF) at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) here. Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Minister, Datuk Fatimah Abdullah revealed that with the signing of an MOU, both

Juma’ani visits her Sabah counterpart

KUCHING: Premier of Sarawak’s wife, Puan Sri Datuk Amar Juma’ani Tun Tuanku Bujang paid a courtesy visit on the wife of Sabah Head of State, Toh Puan Datuk Seri Dr Norlidah Datuk RM Jasni at Istana Negeri, Kota Kinabalu Sabah, today. The courtesy visit was held in conjunction with Juma’ani’s

Dementia on the rise and it’s worrying experts

KUCHING: Dementia cases are on the rise in recent years and they are forecast to keep on rising by up to 312 per cent come 2050 as Malaysia walks down the path to becoming an ageing nation, plus other reasons such as lifestyle and environmental risk factors. This situation has