ASAJAYA: A 35-year-old woman narrowly escaped injury in a pick-up truck crash along Jalan Jamukan Kiri this morning. The accident happened around 7.10 am when the vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a ditch. Firefighters from Asajaya station were dispatched to the scene, about 8km away, after receiving
BINTULU: Three hundred and fifty residents were left with nothing but clothes on their backs after a wooden 23-door Tuai Rumah Nura longhouse at Sungai Labang here was completely engulfed in an afternoon blaze today (Sept 12). Fortunately, no lives were lost in the 3.32 pm incident as about 350
KUCHING: Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak has filed a police report against UMNO Youth chief Datuk Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh over a controversial statement made on Facebook. The report was filed by Soo Tien Ren, special assistant to Stampin MP Chong Chieng Jen, and George Lam, special assistant to Bandar
KUCHING: The Sarawak Immigration Department has arrested 18 foreigners, including seven women and three children, at separate locations around the district. The operation, which took place between Tuesday (Sept 10) and Wednesday (Sept 11), targeted factories, eateries and residential houses around Gita, Padungan, Kota Samarahan, Bintawa, Sekama and Sungai Maong.
BINTULU: A local man sustained injuries after his trailer lorry skidded off the Bintulu-Miri Pan Borneo Highway and plunged into a ravine near SK Kem Batu 18, yesterday (Sept 11). Firefighters from Bintulu station were dispatched to the scene, about 54km away, after receiving a distress call at 5.32 pm.
JULAU: A coffee shop in Pasar Julau at Jalan Janting here, was badly damaged in a fire last night (Sept 11). The blaze, which broke out at 7.50 pm, caused 80 per cent damage to the premises. Firefighters from Bintangor and Kanowit stations were dispatched to the scene, about 44km
KUCHING: A local man succumbed to severe injuries after his motorcycle crashed and caught fire along Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce late last night (Sept 11). Kuching police chief ACP Mohd Farhan Lee Abdullah said the 25-year-old victim was riding towards Jalan Satok from Jalan Stakan before losing control of
SRI AMAN: Narcotics police arrested two unemployed locals for alleged involvement in substance abuse yesterday (Sept 11). Sri Aman police chief DSP Mathew Manggie said the male suspects, aged 21 and 24, were picked up during a morning raid around Simanggang town. “The team encountered two men in a suspicious
MIRI: The Sarawak Immigration Department arrested 10 foreigners including three women for various immigration offences on Tuesday (Sept 10). In the operation dubbed ‘Ops Mahir’, the authorities were committed to enforce the law and travelled to a logging camp in the rural places of Long Lama, Ulu Baram. Acting on
KANOWIT: A lorry driver and his attendant sustained minor injuries when their three-tonne lorry skidded and crashed near Rh Margeret, Jalan Lukut Penyalau on Tuesday (Sept 10). A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firefighters from Kanowit station were dispatched to the scene, about 8km away, after
