SRI AMAN: Seven men were recognised as heroes following their brave action in saving their longhouses and a grocery store from being destroyed by fire recently. The fire incidents happened in three separate districts – Saratok on Jan 28, Betong on Jan 30 and Sri Aman on Feb 4. The
MARUDI: A man was arrested in Jalan Tapang, Long Lama in the wee hours of Friday (Feb 25) on suspicion of selling drugs. Marudi OCPD DSP Mohd Ruslan Mat Kib said police carried out a raid on the suspect’s house around 3am. A search on the suspect’s pick-up truck led
KUCHING: Failure to register via the MySejahtera application when entering a premises, remained the most common standard operating procedure (SOP) violation last week. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah said 64 compound notices were issued by the district’s SOP Compliance team from Feb 18 to 24. Of the figure, 40 men
MUKAH: A 21-year-old Indonesian has been nabbed for allegedly involved in drug abuse at a plantation area near here yesterday. Mukah OCPD DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said the district’s Narcotics Crime Investigation Division arrested the suspect – a labourer in a raid at the workers’ quarters at 2.30pm. He said
KUCHING: Sarawak’s COVID-19 cases are down by 77 with 309 cases recorded today, compared to Saturday’s 386 cases. This brings the total number of cases in the state to 256,377. In its daily update, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said there were two category 5 patients (infected with lung
KUCHING: Three youths were arrested during ‘Op Samseng Jalanan’ along Jalan Tun Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Rahman Yaakub, in an operation dubbed as ‘Op Samseng Jalanan’ for riding their motorcycles dangerously last night. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the operation from 8.30pm last night until 7am today was conducted
PADAWAN: A 20-year-old man was killed when the motorcycle he was riding on was hit by a pick-up truck at Mile 16, Jalan Kuching-Serian early this morning (Feb 20). The victim has been identified as Arnold Riga, from Kampung Menjau in Mile 21 near here. Sarawak Traffic Police chief Supt
LUNDU: A weekend family getaway turned into a tragedy after a seven-year-old boy was found drowned in a swimming pool at a resort here yesterday (Feb 19). In the 9.30am incident, the body of the boy was found in the pool by another resort guest who was also swimming there
KUCHING: Persatuan Usahawan Bidayuh Penrissen (PUBP) has been urged to formulate its database as well as the tourism products in its area. Its patron Datuk Dr Jerip Susil said the database would enable the association to identify, for instance, the number of architects, engineers, plumbers, coffee producers, air-conditioning repairmen and
KUCHING: Mambong assemblyman Datuk Dr Jerip Susil has revealed that Sarawak might pass a law or Bill on carbon credit trading this year. When that happens, the state will be the first in Malaysia to do so. Dr Jerip, who is also Assistant Transport Minister said, “This year, Chief
