KUCHING: A number of candidates for the Batu Kitang seat have arrived at the Padawan Municipal

are the Kuching South City Council( MBKS), the Padawan Municipal Council, the Sibu Rural District

PADAWAN( Sarawak): Despite living in a Christian-majority area, the interfaith relations between

KOTA KINABALU: Some 150, 000 people have been affected by drought in Sabah's south-western Papar district, about 40km here. District officer Mohd Fuad Abdullah said as of Friday( March 15), the affected population was found to be residing in 42 villages and seven housing areas in the district, which has been declared as being under a drought emergency. Seven schools as well as three places of worship were also affected, he added." Operations to deliver clean water supply have been carried out in

KUCHING: Police will seek Interpol’s assistance to trace six Sarawakians said to be victims of a job scam in Cambodia. Sarawak police commissioner Comm Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said the families of the victims lodged police reports on April 20 and 22, claiming that they had been duped into working in Cambodia.“ Initial investigations found that the victims were offered attractive jobs in Cambodia by employment agents.“ They realised they had been duped when they were forced to do phone scams

KUCHING: Leading party figures vying in the 12th Sarawak state election have submitted their nomination papers after the period for submission of the documents drew to a close at 10am on Monday( Dec 6). Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu( PBB) president and Gabungan Parti Sarawak( GPS) chairman Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg, who had been holding the Satok seat since 1981 before deciding to switch to Gedong in this election, submitted his nomination papers at the Gedong Community Hall. His two depu

TUMPAT( Bernama): The General Operations Force( GOF) will build eight new security posts in Sabah and Sarawak soon to enhance border control in the two states. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim said seven of the posts would be built in Sarawak and one in Sabah, which would involve the deployment of two sections comprising 26 officers and personnel at each post.He said the construction of the additional posts was to improve the police readiness as well as the taking over

PETALING JAYA: With the intention of uplifting the lives of farmers and to prevent food wastage, a Sarawak-based social enterprise collects organic waste from hotels and restaurants to turn them into quality compost. Jeff Wee, the co-founder of WormingUp, said organic waste contains nutrients and should not be dumped in landfills as is the current practice.“ I found that there are a lot of recycling centres, but none recycle organic waste.“ So I decided to set up WormingUp in 2015 to recycle org