SIBU: The government has taken intervention measures by implementing the maximum price determination of chicken and chicken eggs (grades A, B and C) from Feb 5 to June 5. The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) said it will continue to engage with industry players and government agencies
SIBU: Four habitual drug offenders will now spend the next five years behind bars for consuming illegal substances. Loh Teck Kian, Kennedy Tansang, both 48, Wellson Gong, 24, and Joseph Benang, 26, who have no less than two previous drug convictions each, were also ordered whipped by Sessions Court Judge
SIBU: A long held dream of SJK (C) Kiang Hin at Teku here to have its own administrative block has come to fruition with its official opening recently. The two-storey block which also houses eight classrooms was declared open by District Education Officer Ali Chikba accompanied by school board chairman
SIBU: A man, who faced four charges of cheating, was on Thursday (Jan 27) sentenced to a total of seven years’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court here. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar ordered the sentences on the four charges to run concurrently. In the first charge, Hasirin Ismail, 52, from Semporna,
SIBU: Sarawak Association of Marine Industries (Samin) has expressed its concern that the high freight rates imposed by shipping companies, especially in the container shipping trade position, is causing adverse effects to shipyards in Sarawak and Malaysia’s marine industries. “Up to 75 per cent of a ship is made of
SIBU: A police officer was on Monday (Jan 17) ordered to be put behind bars for five months for two charges of graft. Sergeant Wan Bedwi Wan Yusup, 30, pleaded no contest and was sentenced to five months’ imprisonment for each charge with the sentences running concurrently. In the first
SIBU: Despite the detection of African Swine Fever (ASF) in three farms in Durin in which mass deaths of pigs were reported recently, the sale of pork has not been affected. The deaths were confirmed on Monday (Jan 10) by the state veterinary diagnostic laboratory using rT-PCT tests. A pork
SIBU: A senior member of Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) has quit the party claiming he was forced to enter an agreement that went against his beliefs to finance his election campaign. Presidential council member Datuk Seri Abang Aditajaya Abang Alwi also withdrew his candidacy for the Kuala Rejang constituency, saying
SIBU: All stateless children born, abandoned and subsequently legally adopted in Malaysia should now be recognised by the government as Malaysian citizens. An opposition assemblywoman here who raised this matter pinned her hope on the precedent set by a recent Federal Court judgement that a stateless child born and found
SIBU: The Magistrates’ Court here on Friday (Nov 19) sentenced a man to three years’ imprisonment for not maintaining peace and good conduct as ordered. Meor Zakaria Nordin, 25, from Kampung Bahagia Jaya, Jalan Teku pleaded guilty to the charge framed under Section 6(7) of the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive