Wednesday, 14 January 2026

Author: Danny Wong

Man behind bars for housebreaking

SIBU: The Magistrates’ Court here today sentenced a 32-year-old man to eight months’ imprisonment for committing housebreaking. Magistrate Romario Jonoi meted out the sentence after Mohammad Saiful Abdul Rahman from Sibu Jaya pleaded guilty to the charge read and explained to him through an interpreter. The charge stated that he

Mobile counter opens for Kedai MyKasih registration

SIBU: The service team of Sibu MP Oscar Ling Chai Yew recently set up a mobile service counter at Kim Guong Drug Store, Central Road, here to assist several local merchants in registering as Kedai MyKasih partner merchants. Ling said that although the number of merchants registered that day fell

Man fined RM2,000 for punching individual

SIBU: An elderly man was yesterday (Aug 12) sentenced by the Magistrates’ Court here to a fine of RM2,000, in default two months’ imprisonment, for punching an individual. Magistrate Romario Jonoi convicted Ting Tet Chung, 63, from Jalan Meludam, after he pleaded guilty to the charge. The charge stated that

Over 200 join anti-drug brisk walk

SIBU: More than 200 participants joined the Brisk Walk 1.0 Programme organised by the Sibu Anti-Drug Squad in collaboration with the Sibu District National Anti-Drugs Agency (NADA), which took place at Dataran Bulat, Taman Tasik Permai, here today. The two-kilometre leisurely run was officially launched by Sibu Municipal Council member,

Working paper being drafted to tackle student vaping habit

SIBU: The Ministry of Women, Early Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development (KPWK) is currently drafting a working paper to address the increasingly worrisome issue of vape use among school students in Sarawak. Its Minister, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah, said recent developments have shown a significant increase in the number of

Drug prevention efforts via gotong-royong activities

SIBU: The Sibu Anti-Drug Squad (SADS) continues to strengthen its commitment to drug prevention efforts through its involvement in the Gotong-Royong Programme organised by the Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth at the Al-Qadim Mosque here on Saturday. The programme was officiated by Al-Qadim Mosque Management Committee Chairman, Suhardy Busserah, and

Assemblyman lauds basketball alumni for sportmanship, camaraderie

SIBU: The Tiong Hin Schools Alumni Association will be hosting the 2025 Inter-Alumni Association Basketball Invitational Tournament to be held at SMK Tiong Hin from August 13 to 21. Bukit Assek Assemblyman, Joseph Chieng Jin Ek, who is also the chairman of the Sibu Methodist Schools Alumni Association (SMSAA) held

Tiang’s service team helps sick, jobless man

SIBU: Concerned about the plight of the people in need, the service team of Pelawan assemblyman, Datuk Michael Tiang Ming Tee, has come forward to help a man suffering from a chronic foot disease.   The man, known only as Wong, is now unable to work and had previously relied

Health frontliners gain exposure on infectious diseases control, practices

SIBU: A total of 130 participants consisting of doctors, nurses and health personnel from hospitals and clinics throughout Sarawak attended the Infectious Disease Update 2025 programme organised by the Infectious Disease Unit (IDU) of Sibu Hospital at a prominent hotel here today. Sibu Hospital director, Dr Nanthakumar Thirunavukkarasu said the

IIUM students engage on sape tour

SIBU: A total of 27 students from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) , Kuala Lumpur visited the Sibu Dayak Sape Club Centre (KSDS) in Jalan Kampung Datu here on Thursday. The students from the Applied Arts and Design Department were accompanied by two lecturers, assistant professor Dr Sharifah Tahirah