KUCHING: A retired soldier died in a freak accident at about 11.20pm on Monday after returning from a hunting trip. Hereng Pili, 44, who was found with a shot wound in his upper body, was still in a sitting position on his fallen motorcycle at Kampung Plaie, Samarahan. An eyewitness,
KUCHING: A businessman from Borneo Garden at Airport Road here was made RM3,800 poorer after his shop at Jalan Gambier was broken into and several items were carted away. The 29-year-old businessman said he went to his shop at 8am yesterday and was shocked to find that the door had
KUCHING: A group of about seven men assaulted a patron of a pub in Jalan Mendu at 1.30am on Monday. The victim, aged 44, was in the pub together with some friends when the group of men armed with various types of weapons entered the music joint and singled him
KUCHING: A man suffered serious burns to various parts of his body when his house at Rumah Pabri in Jalan Beluru, Lapok in Baram district was destroyed in a fire early yesterday. The incident occurred around 12.40am on Monday. His house was not far from SK Long Lapok. Miri Fire
KUCHING: There will be an interruption of water supply in areas along the Kuching/Samarahan Expressway commencing from 9am today until 4pm. This is according to a media statement from Kuching Water Board (KWB), issued yesterday. Today’s water supply interruption is to make way for the main pipe connection work of
KUCHING: A total of 143 flood victims comprising 82 adults and 61 children, including 11 babies from 29 families in Kampung Bijuray, Mongag in Bau were taking shelter in a village hall which was turned into a flood relief centre, yesterday. The State Disaster Management Committee said low-lying areas in
KUCHING: No evacuation centres were opened in Kuching, Samarahan and Sibu zones yesterday. Despite heavy rain yesterday afternoon, there were no major floods in these areas. According to the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) yesterday, there was only stagnant water at Jalan Masjid in Kuching due to the heavy
KUCHING: State Reform Party Sarawak (STAR) president Lina Soo has urged Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng to issue an apology to the people of Sarawak for misleading Malaysians that Sarawak owed arrears to the federal government. Soo said that the Sarawak government did not obtain loans from international financial institutions
KUCHING: Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Sarawak will collaborate with a Korean company to plant summer strawberries for research purposes. According to the university’s rector Prof Datuk Dr Jamil Hamali, smart farming technology will be used to plant the strawberries. “The project will commence this year and we will invest in
KAPIT: Acting on numerous complaints about the long delay on the part of the contractor to improve the local sports field, Bukit Goram assemblyman Jefferson Jamit Unyat has visited the place intending to get a first-hand look at it. However, the assemblyman and those who accompanied him were unable to
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