KUCHING: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) Sarawak has assured that there is sufficient supply of petrol, including RON95 for daily use in the state. A spokesman told New Sarawak Tribune that the ministry’s enforcement officers had inspected and contacted petrol stations in Sarawak and has confirmed
KUCHING: The Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) has advised all parties to stop making statements and speculations about the death of a primary school teacher in Miri. Its president Adam Prakash Abdullah appealed to the public to respect and allow the family some privacy. He said the union had received several
KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) chairman Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg is allowing conversation to take place on the applications by two MPs to join the coalition before he makes a decision. In stating this political scientist Professor Datuk Dr Jayum Jawan of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
KUCHING: Sarawak Social Welfare Department has found 61 unregistered childcare centres or nurseries (taska) since the beginning of the year. According to the department’s statistics, a total of 47 centres had been issued with warning notices while 13 ceased operations as of June 13. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and
KUCHING: Sarawak is committed to maintain at least 60 per cent of its power generation capacity mix from renewable sources by 2030. Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said these present vital pathways for economic growth as well as income generating activities. He said Sarawak can be
KUCHING: Sarawak is moving towards a low carbon future with renewable hydrogen and green society. Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said the journey towards net zero carbon emission requires Sarawak to focus on clean energy solutions to capture opportunities in the energy transition. Sarawak, he said,
KUCHING: Sarawak has detected cases of the highly infectious Omicron variants namely the BA.2.12. 1 and the BA.5 recently. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM) director Prof Dr David Perera said a total of 1,229 samples were successfully sequenced from March 1 to June 16.
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has debunked claims by Pending assemblywoman Violet Yong that the usage of English in the Sarawak Legislative Assembly (DUN) was slowly waning. Abdul Karim, the Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Minister, said that Sarawak recognised and practised the national language Bahasa Malaysia.
KUCHING: A retired civil servant has lost over RM25,000 to online fraud recently, involving over 60 unauthorised transactions, from March to June. Sarawak DAP Chairman Chong Chieng Jen said the 72-year-old victim realised that he lost a huge amount of his savings for retirement early this month when he went
KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) will have to think twice before accepting Puncak Borneo Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Willie Mongin’s application to join the party. Universiti Malaya Associate Professor Dr Awang Azman Awang Pawi said Willie’s grassroots supporters and PBB members had gone against each other during the
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