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CHINESE President Xi Jinping had just paid a highly-successful state visit to Malaysia and was hosted by the Malaysian government in Kuala Lumpur from Tuesday (April 15) till Thursday (April 17). Not many are aware that on April 23-25 1992 at age 39 Xi – as the head of a trade delegation – was inRead More

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KUCHING (April 17): The construction of the proposed Sarawak Cancer Centre (SCC) must be expedited due to the urgent and rising demands for specialised cancer treatment in the state said Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Dr Sim Kui Hian. He described the current 60-month timeline for the centres completion—targeted for 2031—as too long. Thanks YBMK (HealthRead More

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ZAMORA Spain (April 17): Clad in a traditional white tunic and purple sash four-year-old Thiago could barely contain his excitement before taking part as a drummer in a Spanish Easter procession thronged by thousands. He and other members of the younger generations belie the belief that the elderly are custodians of the centuries-old rite defying aRead More

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KUCHING (April 17): The Sessions Court here today sentenced an unemployed man to six years in jail and two strokes of the rotan for committing armed gang robbery at a 24-hour shop in Kota Padawan here. Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman convicted Mohd Amirulnizam Naruddin 25 on his own guilty plea to a charge under SectionRead More

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MIRI (April 17): Five men have been arrested in connection with a burglary at a church here last month. Police arrested the men during raids on several locations in Taman Tunku and Bekenu on Tuesday. A statement posted on Facebook said the suspects all in their 20s and 30s are believed to have broken intoRead More

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KUCHING (April 17): An Indonesian man was today sentenced to two years in jail for engaging in the conveyance of a smuggled migrant last February. High Court Judge Datuk Faridz Gohim Abdullah convicted Salim Jono 33 on his own guilty plea to a charge under Section 26J of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling ofRead More

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BINTULU (April 17): The investigation into dead fish found at Kampung Kuala Nyalau Beach has concluded the incident was not caused by chemical pollution said Tanjong Batu assemblyman Johnny Pang. He said both the Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB) and Department of Environment (DoE) conducted comprehensive tests and deemed the seawater quality safe. ComprehensiveRead More

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KUCHING (April 17): An Indonesian man was found dead at an oil palm plantation in Pantu Sri Aman on Wednesday. Sri Aman police chief Supt Dennis Bunyam said the 35-year-old victim had slash wounds to the neck arms hands and legs believed to have been inflicted by a fellow countryman with a machete. Preliminary investigationsRead More

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KUCHING (April 17): Dr Vilashini Somiah a Sabah-born senior lecturer at the Gender Studies Programme Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Universiti Malaya (UM) has made history by becoming the first Southeast Asian-based scholar to be elected Chair of the Southeast Asia Council (SEAC) under the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). Vilashini who is alreadyRead More

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KUCHING (April 8): Adlee Abdul Hamid from i-CATS University College (i-CATS UC) and Melvin Munan Ingga from Sarawak Skills Automotive and Welding Institute of Sarawak (Awisar) have been selected to participate in a prestigious one-month industry training programme in China. Sponsored by Chinas Foshan Feichi Motor Technology Company Limited this industry training award was awardedRead More

News Toddler falls out of car window in Kuantan, dad drives 2km before realising son’s missing

KUANTAN (April 8): A three-year-old boy was injured in the face after he was believed to have fallen out of a vehicle at KM5 Jalan Lipis-Merapoh yesterday. Lipis district police chief Supt Ismail Man said in the incident at about 11am the victim was in the back seat of a Proton Iswara Aeroback driven byRead More

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KUALA LUMPUR (April 8): The Perlis state government will make one last attempt at the Federal Court today to argue why the three children of Hindu mother Loh Siew Hong should be recognised as Muslims despite their previous conversion being ruled illegal. The three children aged nine and 11 at the time were converted unilaterallyRead More

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KUALA LUMPUR (April 8): The Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) has blacklisted 109 property developers for failing to comply with the set regulations said minister Nga Kor Ming. Nga said the move is part of the ministrys continuous effort to protect homebuyers interests. The move to blacklist these developers sends a clear messageRead More

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SIBU (April 8): The construction of the Engkilili and Dalat fire stations will begin this year said Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) director-general Datuk Nor Hisham Mohamad. He said these two projects are among the six approved under the Fifth Rolling Plan (RP5) in Sarawak where a total of RM42 million has been approved withRead More