LUNDU: Since the Biawak Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) Complex reopened April last year, the number of vehicles from West Kalimantan has increased drastically. When Malaysia entered the Covid-19 endemic phase last year, most of its borders, particularly here in Sarawak, opened and saw the movement of many people
KUCHING: Many commuters say it is unpleasant and stressful to be caught in the daily heavy traffic jams on the Kuching-Samarahan Expressway. Now that schools have opened and the Kuching-Samarahan Expressway traffic light project is in progress, the jams from Kota Samarahan to Kuching and back have worsened. Many commuters
KUCHING: Sarawak Democratic Action Party has urged the state government to come up with a comprehensive master plan to solve flash flood and serious traffic congestion in the city. The call was made by Soo Tien Ren, an assistant to Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen, who
KUCHING: Sarawak Patriot Association (SPA) president yesterday suggested that the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 be revised to keep up with the times and to regulate online gambling. “There are also the Anti-Money Laundering Act 2001 (AMLA) and Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (POCA), but these laws are not tailored
BAU: Datuk Willie Mongin expects applications for Program Perumahan Rakyat Termiskin (PPRT) (Housing Programme for the Poor and Hardcore Poor) in Puncak Borneo constituency to increase next year. The Puncak Borneo MP noted that there were more than 30 PPRT and house restoration projects one year ago. “I do not
KUCHING: A double-storey house was engulfed in flames, sustaining 70 percent damage, near Desa Moyan here, today. Fortunately, no casualties or injuries were reported. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) received a distress call around 12.48pm, where the operations centre was informed that a house at Lorong Moyan 1C was
KUCHING: The state Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) scored a major year-end success against narcotics when its officers busted three cases in separate raids from November to December. The total value of the drug busts amounted to RM238,510. JKDM Sarawak director Dr Ahmad Taufik Sulaiman said that all three cases
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained a tugboat and a barge on suspicion of transporting logs without a permit, about 20 nautical miles off Kuala Sungai Miri yesterday. MMEA Miri director Capt (Maritime) Mohd Shafie Paing said they were detained at 10.30am during a routine patrol. The tugboat
KUCHING: Roads will be temporary closed to make way for the Hiang Thian Siang Ti Temple annual procession tomorrow (Dec 26). Acting Kuching district police chief Supt Merbin Lisa stated that the procession will start from 4.30 pm and is expected to end around 11 pm at the Hiang Thian
KUCHING: Roads will be temporarily closed to make way for the annual procession of the Hiang Thian Siang Ti Temple on Dec 26. The acting Kuching district police chief Supt Merbin Lisa, stated that the event would start at 4.30pm and be expected to end around 11pm at the Hiang