Thursday, 26 June 2025

Author: Allan Jay

Multiple fire spots detected at Mambong waste site

KUCHING: The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department has identified several fire spots at the Trienekens Kuching Integrated Waste Management Park (KIWMP) in Mambong. A department spokesperson said they used drones to monitor the site from the air and discovered many fire spots where waste is disposed of. The hottest spot

Car overturned, driver missing

SONG: The Fire and Rescue Department here made a surprising discovery today (July 3) when they found a car overturned in a ditch, but the driver was nowhere to be seen. According to a spokesman, the firemen from Song station received a distress call at around 3.15 am about an

239 notices issued in Op Hari Raya Aidiladha 2023

KUCHING: The Sarawak Road Transport Department (JPJ) has issued a total of 239 non-compliance notices during the recent ‘Op Hari Raya Aidiladha 2023’. The JPJ’s Operations Unit conducted thorough inspections on 1,607 vehicles across the state, resulting in the detection of various offences such as driving without a licence, disregarding

21-year-old rider killed in Bintulu collision

BINTULU: A fatal head-on collision along Jalan Chin Lee Garden here claimed the life of a motorcyclist after he landed on the roof of a multipurpose vehicle (MPV) this morning (July 2). The victim is identified as Sylvester Donny Herry, 21. It was reported that the accident happened around 1am

Two children among six injured in crash

BINTANGOR: Six persons including two children, escaped with minor injuries following a collision along Jalan Kelupu here on Saturday. The victims comprised a family of four persons who were travelling in a Perodua Viva car and two occupants of a Honda City car. All of them, aged between nine and

Croc hunt temporarily halted in Kapit

KAPIT: The search and capture operation for a crocodile in the Mujong River has been temporarily suspended after failing to locate any signs of the reptile. The four-day operation involving the police, Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) and the Forest Department, aimed to capture the crocodile believed to be residing

Bullying at school: Eight students in custody

SRI AMAN: Police have detained eight students to facilitate investigations into a bullying case involving their schoolmate at a secondary school. Acting Sri Aman police chief DSP Zuriawati Zainal Abidin said they received a police report around 5.10pm on June 25 on the incident. The arrests were made after police

No trace of escapee Bony, search continues

KUCHING: A manhunt codenamed ‘Op Kesan’ to locate Bony, who had escaped from the Tapah police lock-up on June 12, is still underway. However, despite more than two weeks of searching, the whereabouts of the 31-year-old Indonesian are still not known. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said

Blaze leaves two homeless in Petra Jaya

KUCHING: Two residents were made homeless after their wooden house at Lorong Cenderawasih 4A, Petra Jaya, was engulfed by flames this morning. Fortunately, no injuries were reported among them as they managed to get out to safety in the 9.25am blaze. A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department said