KUCHING: When the streets, markets and environment are clean and the community is healthy, one can rest assured that a special workforce, like a “hidden hand”, is active as usual. This manpower comprises the assistant environmental health officers or health inspectors who have emerged as unsung heroes, just like the
KUCHING: The preparations to usher in the Chinese New Year celebration this Friday in Kuching are done in a simple, small-scale and quiet manner. Bernama checks saw the absence of the lively shopping atmosphere contributed by shoppers making purchases to welcome the new year evident in previous years as people
Now, as soon as your house is flooded, rescue teams are dEspatched to help flood victims to evacuate to relief centres (PPS). – Zarena Abdullah, flood victim Having to face floods in Sarawak in the 1960s to 1980s cannot be compared with its experience now, according to two flood victims.
KUCHING: Bau, a district in the Kuching Division which was once known for its gold mining activities has discovered a new form of ‘gold’ which has the potential to become a vibrant tourist attraction. Several projects have been planned over the next 10 years for Bau which is located about
SRI AMAN: There was no vehicle behind the ill-fated four-wheel-drive (4WD) when it rolled off the Triso ferry point ramp and plunged into the Batang Lupar here on Friday, according to a guard at the jetty. Lihi@Lehi Chali, 60, said the 4WD suddenly slid down the ramp and plunged into
SARATOK: Anglers who are looking for a unique way of going out for their fishing trip and at the same time holidaying with their loved ones or friends can try the houseboat in this district. The boathouse built and owned by 31-year-old fisherman Muhd Izuandie Jamali from Kampung Melango Lama
KUCHING: The Biperoh, a Bidayuh sub-dialectical group that mostly reside in the Penrissen area along the Borneo Heights Road, has made great progress over the past 20 to 30 years — economically and in the field of education. Other sub-groups of the Bidayuh include the Salako, Lara, Jagoi, Singgai, Biatah,
KUCHING: Malaysia is fighting a battle on two fronts – Covid-19 pandemic and power struggle by greedy politicians. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing, who pointed this out, said the Covid-19 global pandemic was a struggle between life and death, adding, that alone was enough to cripple
KUCHING: Tasik Biru assemblyman Datuk Henry Harry Jinep is confident that voters in his constituency will retain the seat for Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) in the coming state election. He said the people in Tasik Biru and the whole of Bau district had been very supportive and appreciative of what
KUCHING: Another local politician has expressed his objection to Malaysian Islamic Party’s (PAS) call for the government to suspend production and sale of alcohol. Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang would like to remind PAS leaders that Malaysia is a multiracial, multicultural and multireligious country. “We must be sensitive to
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