Wednesday, 24 December 2025

Author: Allan Jay

Fire leaves 680 residents homeless

BELAGA: An afternoon inferno left 680 villagers with nothing but the clothes on their backs after their longhouses at Uma Sambop, Long Semutut were razed to the ground yesterday. No one was injured in the 3.30pm blaze. A spokesman for the Sarawak Fire Department operations centre said the four blocks

Unemployed female, 33, held for drugs

MUKAH: Narcotic police here arrested a jobless woman on suspicion of possessing drugs believed to be syabu yesterday. Mukah district police chief DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias in a statement, said the arrest was made around 11.50am at the Pasar Medan Setiaraja parking lot in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Tapis’. During

Some 600 homeless in longhouse fire

BELAGA: Fire razed four blocks of longhouses at Uma Sambop, Long Semutut near here today afternoon (July 12). The wooden longhouses were reportedly burnt to the ground in less than half an hour, leaving some 600 villagers homeless. A spokesman for the Fire Department operations centre said they received information

Foreigners killed in collision between motorcycle and pick-up

BINTULU: Two foreigners died in a collision between a motorcycle and a pick-up truck near the SK Ulu Segan junction, Jalan Ulu Sebauh here last Sunday (July 10). According to a statement from Bintulu OCPD Supt Batholomew Umpit, the accident happened around 6.20pm. Both vehicles were travelling in opposite directions.

Foreigners killed in collision between motorcycle and pick-up

BINTULU: Two foreigners died in a collision between a motorcycle and a pick-up truck near the SK Ulu Segan junction, Jalan Ulu Sebauh here last Sunday (July 10). According to a statement from Bintulu OCPD Supt Batholomew Umpit, the accident happened around 6.20pm. Both vehicles were travelling in opposite directions.

Let us know and we will assist

KUCHING: Sarawak police are ever ready to complement the efforts of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) to curb the smuggling of subsidised goods if there is a request. State Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri gave this assurance when he said district police headquarters (IPDs) and

Family wiped out in two-vehicle accident near Saratok

SARATOK: A family of four, including two children, were killed in a two-vehicle accident near the Roban junction early Today (July 11). The tragic incident, which happened around 6.50am in Jalan Saratok-Sarikei, involved a car and a trailer. According to the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), the victims inside the

Bau cops arrest man on suspicion of illegal lottery sales

BAU: Police arrested a man for allegedly selling lottery tickets illegally in Jalan Jambusan here Yesterday (July 10). A raid was was carried out on a business premises around 5pm by a team from the Criminal Investigation Department. Bau OCPD DSP Poge Nyaon, who confirmed the case, said also seized

Missing teenage boy, found drown

BINTULU: A teenage boy who was reported to have been swept by the current while bathing in a river yesterday (July 9), was found drowned. A spokesman from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said they received an emergency call on the incident, which happened near Rh Chundi, KM9 Jalan

Stationary van ruined in blaze

KUCHING: A van parked behind a shopping centre at Jalan Batu Kawa, was engulfed in an afternoon fire today. The 1.10pm inferno that left the vehicle badly damaged luckily did not result in any casualties, according to the state Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) spokesperson in a statement. “Firemen from