SARIKEI: Chee Hui Kiong, 36, was found at Sungai Setebu on the second day of search operations by the Fire and Rescue Operations (Bomba) search team from Sarikei fire station some 100 feet from the nipah forest, yesterday (May 4). Bomba said the victim was found in a leaning position
MIRI: Pan Borneo Highway construction workers escape unharmed when their two-storey worker’s quarters caught fire, last Tuesday night (May 3). State Fire and Rescue Operation Centre (Bomba) said it received an emergency call at 7.24pm that night about a quarters on fire. Batu Niah fire station responded to the call
HARI Raya Aidilfitri or Eid Mubarak which is celebrated by Muslims across the globe marks the end of the month of Ramadan. Muslim families usually gather together in the morning of the festival, wearing their new clothes to go to mosques and perform the Eid prayers. It is also a
BINTULU: A man and a woman were apprehended by police for being involved in a drug activity on Thursday. Bintulu OCPD Supt Batholomew Umpit said that the suspects were arrested by the district’s Narcotic Criminal Investigation Division during an operation“Upon inspection, the police found one of the suspects was carrying
SARIKEI: Eight two-storey wooden shop houses at Jalan Industri here were destroyed in a fire on Thursday (April 28). Sarikei Fire and Rescue Station chief Mahmudin Narudin said they received a distress call through MERS999. Firefighters from the Sarikei fire station and Bintangor station arrived at the scene at 7.34pm.
SIMANGGANG: Orphans and senior citizens received Hari Raya Aidilfitri goodies, including ‘duit raya’ in the Majlis Ziarah Ukas@Community programme here. Deputy Minister for Education, Innovation and Talent Development Datuk Francis Harden Hollis, who is also the Simanggang assemblyman, officiated at the programme on Tuesday (April 26). Also present was Deputy
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has a question for the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNKK): “Why aren’t essential items and services in rural areas subsidised?” The Bintulu MP wants an explanation from KPDNKK. In his Facebook feed yesterday (April 28), he claimed that rural communities were
KUCHING: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Sarawak will conduct Op Khas Pagar Laut throughout the Hari Raya festival beginning next week. MMEA Sarawak director Maritime First Admiral Zin Azman Md Yunus said the trend of criminal activities in the country’s waters had the tendency to increase, especially during festival
BINTULU: Four men were detained by police on Wednesday (April 27) for illicit drug activities. Bintulu OCPD Supt Batholomew Umpit said the Narcotics Crime Investigation Division detained the suspects during an operation in the district. “The suspects, aged between 21 and 43 years, were involving in drug activities. One suspects
LUNDU: A total of 162 asnaf (underprivileged individuals) and new Muslim converts here received duit raya and 400 packs of five kilograms of rice yesterday (April 28)Apart from that, 10 suraus each received RM2,000 and five mosques received RM3,000 each for a total of RM35,000. The donations were from Minister