KUCHING: A search and rescue (SAR) operations for a man reported missing while foraging the forest near Nanga Lijan, Bintangor was called off today after rescuers found no new clue to help locate the victim. The State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said the SAR team, together with the
PADAWAN: An Indian national faces the gallows after he was caught with over RM13,000 worth of ecstasy drug. Padawan deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong said the 23-year-old foreign worker was nabbed during a raid at a karaoke centre in Batu Kawa, Kuching last Monday (June 14). “The suspect
BAU: A premises used as a centre for illegal betting on the current European football championship and online gambling operations in Taman Senggi, Jalan Bau-Kuching was raided by the police last Tuesday (June 15). Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the raid was carried out by the Anti-Vice,
KUCHING: A man who wanted to jump off a four-storey building near Batu Kawah New Township here today, was persuaded to change his mind by firefighters. State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said it received a call around 6.25am about a possible suicide attempt at the place. They
KUCHING: Avid fans of crystal fruit or buah kristal in Malaya are in for a treat as some 3.2 tonnes of the seasonal fruits was exported by the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) to selected Fama-controlled fresh markets (PST). Fama Sarawak director Abdul Jaafar Lian said the shipment today (June
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 744 new Covid-19 cases and five deaths on Monday (June 14). This brings the cumulative total number of cases to 56,187 with a death toll of 356. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 413 or 55.51 percent of the newly registered cases were detected in five districts,
KUCHING: A Gawai Dayak gathering at a longhouse in Sungai Sentebu, Sarikei has led to the emergence of a Covid-19 cluster. The Sungai Sentebu Cluster involved residents of the aforementioned longhouse, which was also under enhanced movement control order (EMCO). “Sixty-nine individuals were screened as part of active case detection
KUCHING: The congestion that occurred Monday (June 14) at the Covid-19 Vaccine Administrations Centre (PPV) at Sarawak Indoor Stadium in Petra Jaya, here was due to a temporary power outage. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in confirming this, said the committee is taking the matter seriously and has identified the
KUCHING: The Saratok district is now a Covid-19 red zone after recording 45 cases of local infection in the last 14 days. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said in a statement on Sunday (June 13) that the state now had 30 red districts, two orange districts and eight yellow
SIMUNJAN: Four local men were nabbed by the police in a raid on an ad hoc cockfighting ring at Kampung Jeragam, near here on June 2. District police chief DSP Nixon Joshua Ali said acting on public tipoff their team raided an open space located in the village around 4.30pm.