KUCHING: A concrete walkway at Lorong Stampin Tengah 5/3B in Green Heights, previously damaged by structural cracks, has been repaired and handed back to the community following a collaborative initiative. The joint effort involving local residents, the Kuching South City Council (MBKS), and Kota Sentosa assemblyman Wilfred Yap. The issue
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) here detained a tugboat and eight foreign crew members for failing to report the change of skipper near Kuala Bakam yesterday (May 7). MMEA Miri director Captain Mohd Khairol Anuar Saad said the vessel was intercepted at 1.40 pm during patrols under ‘Op
MUKAH: Twelve tenants were left with nothing but clothes on their backs after a rental house in Kampung Sungai Pagei was destroyed by fire yesterday (May 7). Fortunately, no injuries or casualties were reported in the 1.37pm incident as the occupants managed to evacuate to safety. The Fire and Rescue
KUCHING: A local man’s bold attempt to smuggle over 10 kilogrammes (kg) of methamphetamine into Sarawak, was foiled by alert customs officers at Kuching International Airport (KIA) last month. The suspect, who had just flown in from Kuala Lumpur, was behaving suspiciously at the baggage carousel around 12:00 pm on
LUBOK ANTU: The Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) thwarted a foreigner’s bid to smuggle subsidised cooking oil and rice near the Malaysia-Indonesia border on Monday (May 5). The integrated operation, codenamed ‘Op Taring Awas/Batas’, was jointly carried out by the GOF 10th Battalion, Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of
KANOWIT: An elderly passenger sustained minor injuries after the car she was in, skidded and crashed into a drain along Jalan Lukut Penyulau on Tuesday. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firefighters from Kanowit station were dispatched to the scene, about 12km away, following a distress call at 3.45
SIBU: Marine police have foiled an attempt to illegally transfer 45,000 litres of diesel from a tugboat to a tanker during an operation code-named ‘Op Taring Pensura’. Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 commander ACP Ab Rahman Mat Hasan said the activity was detected at a private jetty in Batang Igan
KUCHING: A local man was injured after being flung from his vehicle during a collision along Jalan Diplomatik this morning. The 28-year-old, who was driving a Perodua Axia, sustained a head wound and was found unconscious at the scene following the crash with a Toyota Hilux around 4 am. According
SIBU: An elderly man and his granddaughter were killed in a fatal two-vehicle accident along Jalan Salim yesterday (May 5). The collision, involving a lorry and a motorcycle, happened at around 11.20 am near the junction to Rumah Birai. Sibu police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said the victims were on
DARO: A family of three came home from a wedding this morning (May 5) to find their house in Kampung Tebaang completely destroyed by fire, leaving them with nothing but the clothes on their backs. The residents, aged 32, 65, and 72, were not at home when the fire broke