Author: Nurul Shima Shahminon

Paying tribute to mothers with carnations

BINTULU: A mother’s love leads to heaven is one of the expressions that is often heard when expressing love for a person who is called mother. Whatever names this special person is called, be it mama, emak, bonda, ibu, umi, or mummy, their kindness in taking care of their children

Bangun eyes better returns at Gawai market

BINTULU: The Bintulu Dayak Development Association (Bangun) is looking to earn more at the Gawai Dayak Market this year. Its chairman, Thwaites Langak said it has set a target of an additional 20 per cent in returns from the RM300,000 it raked in last year. He is optimistic it will

More than just a paycheck

BINTULU: Starting December this year, civil servants will receive a salary increase exceeding 13 per cent, will be the first revision in a decade to align with the country’s current cost of living, according to a political scientist associate Prof. Dr. Novel Lyndon. Novel said the government needed to consider

Winners of Recycle Runway Competition

BINTULU: Faline Liong Jia Xien was adjudged the champion of the Recycle Runway Competition. Held in conjunction with the Miri Branch Sarawak State Library Customers’ Day (Pustaka Miri), it took place at Boulevard Shopping Mall here recently. She went home with RM500 cash. Aalona Eve Vallerie came second; she received

Registration opens for Pre-Marriage Course

BINTULU: A Pre-Marriage Course, organised by the Representative Council of Sri Rajang University Putra Malaysia (UPM) Bintulu Campus in collaboration with the Department of Islamic Religion (JAIS) Bintulu, will be held on May 11-12. The venue for the two-day course will be at Central Lecture Hall 2A, UPM Bintulu Campus.

Sarawak Energy partners with NGOs to conduct cervical screening campaign

BINTULU: Sarawak Energy recently collaborated with the ROSE Foundation (Removing Obstacles to Cervical Screening) and the Community Hope Organisation of the Ulu Kuching People (PKHOUK) to organise a Cervical Screening and Awareness Campaign aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of women in the Baleh community. SEB stated that a

1,000 to attend Ngabang Gawai event on May 17

BINTULU: The “Ngabang Gawai Together with Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas” programme will be held at the Dinner World Restaurant here on May 17 at 6 pm. The chairman of the organising committee, Councillor Minggu Angga, said that 1,000 guests are expected to attend the programme, with all

Bintulu to host state-level National Youth Day

BINTULU: Bintulu Division will host the state-level 2024 National Youth Day celebration next month. Deputy Resident Abang Zainuddin Abang Turkey said the event will be held at the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Bintulu Campus. He said the programme was being held in appreciation of youth who have contributed to the

RM140,000 donated to religious institutions

BINTULU: The State Legislative Assembly (DUN) Speaker, Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar, has donated RM140,000 to the mosque and surau management committees in the Kemena and Samalaju constituencies. It was distributed with RM100,000 allocated to ten mosques, each receiving RM10,000. Additionally, eight suraus were given RM5,000 each,