Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Biker fractures leg in crash

KUCHING: A motorcyclist was flung from the motorcycle he was riding after it collided with a learner car driver at a traffic light junction at Kenyalang Park near here at 5pm on Thursday. The impact of the collision caused the front bumper of the car to drop to the ground

Rape suspect arrested

KUCHING: A 15-year-old suspect was arrested yesterday afternoon for raping an underage girl. Sarawak CID chief SAC Dennis Leong confirmed that a rape case report lodged by a 15-year-old girl was received on Wednesday. The girl revealed that in early June this year she befriended a boy. After a week

Student coaxed from jumping off a building

KUCHING: A university student attempted to jump off a building at Song Thian Chiok Road here on Wednesday evening. The girl in her early 20s was said to have personal problems and attempted to jump from the building at about 6 pm. Kuching Police chief, ACP Ng Ah Lek confirmed

TYT receives two courtesy calls

KUCHING: Head of State TunPehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud yesterday received two courtesy calls at his official residence in Demak Jaya, here. The first courtesy call was from Malaysian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Md. Shahidul Islam. Shahidul was accompanied by Diplomat Md. RaisHasan Sarower, Labour Counsellor Md Sayedul Islam and

Seven courtesy calls for Abg Jo

KUCHING: The Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi (Dr) Abang Haji Johari Tun Openg yesterday received seven courtesy calls at his office in the DUN Complex in Petra Jaya, here. The first call was from officials of Mutiara Mortgage & Credit which is a subsidiary of Sarawak Housing Development Commission. This was

Policy and Procedure of Rocks, Minerals Sale from Sarawak

KUCHING: On 24 July this year, the Sarawak Land and Survey Department created history when it signed a document of mutual agreement on the policy and procedure of rocks and minerals sale to states or countries outside Sarawak with a total of 18 state and federal agencies and departments. Officiating

Chong: Selective vision at work

Abdullah Saidol has admitted that it was the State GPS/BN Sarawak government who has rejected Pakatan Harapan’s offer of 20 per cent oil royalties plus 50 per cent tax collected in Sarawak with the State taking up the financial obligations and thus full autonomy in education and healthcare in Sarawak.

Fulfil Promise 41 to enable dev’t in Sabah, Sarawak

KUCHING: The Sarawak Patriot Association (SPA) is holding the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government accountable for their GE14 campaign manifesto under Promise 41 which is their promise to ensure the prosperity of the people of Sabah and Sarawak by enhancing the states’ economic growth. In a press statement issued here yesterday,

MPP: Trade at proper enclosure

KOTA PADAWAN: Pork meat sellers in areas of the Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) particularly those at the 10th Mile Bazaar, Kota Padawan and 7th Mile, Kota Sentosa Bazaar have been urged to stop operating at five-foot-ways of their shops. MPP deputy chairman Dato Ahmad Ibrahim said that these pork meat

Trio detained over theft cases

MIRI: Three men were arrested at Bukit Bom, Batu Niah late Tuesday evening for suspected involvement in bird’s nests theft cases. According to sources, the trio was believed to be involved in a series of bird’s nest theft cases in the Batu Niah, Bekenu and Bakun areas prior to their