KUCHING: Sarawak’s vaccine rollout for teenagers aged 12 to 17 years has reached 41.3 percent of the teenage population, with the teens completing both doses. The State Health Department in revealing vaccination statistics as of Oct 17, said this accounted for 121,300 of eligible teenagers while 231,803 others were also
KUCHING: A Vietnamese fishing vessel sailed into stormy waters and right into the arms of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Bintulu Maritime Zone for encroaching into Malaysian waters. Maritime Commander Effendy Mohamed Fadil said the suspicious looking vessel was spotted during a routine patrol at a distance of about
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded the lowest number of Covid-19 cases in over two months on Monday (Oct 18), with only 694 cases. The number was a slight decrease of 36 cases from Sunday’s 730. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 656 or 94.52 per cent of the new cases were
KUCHING: The move to restore Sarawak’s power to recognise its natives will bring clarity to the legal position of the native people of Sarawak. Federation of Orang Ulu Associations of Sarawak (Forum) president Kennedy Chukpai Ugon pointed out that the term ‘Bumiputera’ is a political term, which is not synonymous
KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) has charted six series of successes in Ops Benteng enforcement involving the arrest of two tekongs (trafficking agents) with three illegal immigrants, while 32 others were ordered to return to their home country. GOF Sarawak commander SAC Saini Bongkek said the arrests and deportations
BAU: Police arrested two men for drug-related offences on Wednesday. Narcotics police caught the duo in the act of using illegal substances at Kampung Bogag, Jalan Serikin-Bau. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the two suspects, aged 23 and 29 years, from Kampung Stass and Kampung Bogag respectively,
KUCHING: An elderly woman was injured while a serviceman was killed in a shooting cum suicide incident at Kampung Kolong 1, Sungai Tengah here this afternoon (Oct 13). The 28-year-old soldier reportedly shot his mother-in-law, 58, after a disagreement on marriage issues at the latter’s home in the village, before
KUCHING: Fourteen Indonesian illegal immigrants were ordered to return to their home country after they were caught entering Sarawak via rat trails in Tebedu and Biawak, Lundu recently. They were caught in three separate incidents on Tuesday and Wednesday by the Malaysian army guarding the Sarawak-West Kalimantan border. A spokesman
SIBU: A salesman here has fallen victim to an online investment scam, becoming poorer by RM54,800. Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Supt Maria Rasid said the victim, in his late 40s and working in a private company here, was attracted to investment opportunities offered by the Happybuy page
KUCHING: Traffic congestions from Jalan Penrissen to Jalan Kuching-Serian will be a thing of the past following the completion of four flyovers early next year. Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang said that all four flyovers will be completed by March of next year, one month ahead of its scheduled