Fatimah: No order to bar students from bringing netbooks to schools
KUCHING: The government does not prohibit students from bringing their 1Malaysia netbooks to schools in Sarawak, says Minister of Welfare,…
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GST and CAT briefing sees good turnout
SARIKEI: About 200 representatives from the business community, heads of departments, community leaders and non-governmental organisations attended a briefing on…
Teen dies the day he was to start Form 6
KUCHING: A teenager, who was supposed to have reported for the start of Form 6 classes yesterday, died in hospital…
Two houses ransacked while owners away
KUCHING: Two unattended homes were discovered ransacked by thieves who broke in during the owners’ prolonged absence. The first incident…
‘Sahabat Alam never raised funds for us’
MIRI: A Penan community leader from Apoh Tutoh, Juwin Lehan, has claimed that a local non-governmental organisation (NGO), Sahabat Alam,…
Timber camp worker dies in workplace accident
SIBU: A timber camp worker died instantly while operating a log loader in Ulu Sebabai Lesih, about 12km from Kanowit,…
Overconfidence not in my vocabulary, says Lau
SIBU: Temenggong Vincent Lau, who is widely tipped to be the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Sibu parliamentary constituency,…
Draft to make professionals out of social workers
KUCHING: The draft of Social Workers Ordinance will be presented at the next parliamentary meeting in October in an effort…