MIRI: Long queues and congestion at banks here could become a thing of the past. Datuk Lee Kim Shin has proposed to banks to provide mobile banking services in rural areas. This came after reports of members of the public lining up for hours just to withdraw government aid money.
LAWAS: Day Three of the search and rescue (SAR) operation for a six-year-old boy feared drowned at Kampung Siang-Siang Laut here came to an early end due to harsh weather conditions. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said SAR operations could not be carried out in the morning
KUCHING: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) seized a Vietnamese fishing boat for encroaching into Malaysian territorial waters. MMEA Sarawak director Zin Azman Md Yunus said the fishing boat was seized by MMEA at a distance of about 250 nautical miles northeast of Tanjung Po, at 7.14am, last Monday (Aug
PADAWAN: Police arrested two online gambling top-up agents at two separate premises in Matang Jaya on Wednesday. The two suspects, both males, aged 22 and 42, admitted to working as online gambling top-up agents for customers around the area. Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the arrest was
KUCHING: Police have arrested a 16-year-old couple to assist in a probe into a baby-dumping case at Kampung Siol Kandis here early this morning. District police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the couple, believed to be lovers, was arrested less than four hours after the incident. “Both individuals involved admitted
SIBU: Eleven men and a woman received their accreditation as auxiliary firefighters on Wednesday (Aug 25), having completed a course that began on Aug 15. Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Sibu chief Janggan Muling said the group would begin their duties at the Sibu Jaya Bomba station on Sept 1.
KUCHING: Parti Sarawak Bersatu’s (PSB) insistence in blaming Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) for Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) failure to wrest control of the premiership sounds like a broken record, says Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman. “To revisit the issue by playing politics amid this turbulent time in the nation’s history is tantamount to
KUCHING: Democratic Action Party (DAP) Batu Kitang chairman Abdul Aziz Isa has been told to stop crying over spilled milk, that is, Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) had decided to support for Ismail Sabari and his camp. Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang in response to Abdul Aziz, who argued that
KUCHING: The state government has set aside RM5.38 million to enhance the effectiveness of the One-Stop Committee (OSC) to address drug and substance issues (MIDS) Action Plan in Sarawak. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KWKPK) Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah, in announcing this, said the allocation was
KUCHING: The One-Stop Committee (OSC) to address drug and substance issues (MIDS) is planning to embark on an Integrated Action Plan for A Drug-Free District to be implemented at various locations in Sarawak. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KWKPK) Minister, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said a pilot