Sunday, 22 March 2026

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Woman suffers losses of RM1,900 in burglary

MARUDI: A 46-year-old woman from Piasau Utara Miri suffered losses amounting to RM1,900 when her house at Kampung Muhibbah Beluru Atas Bakong was broken into by burglar/burglars. She found out the break-in incident at around 8am on last 14 March when she returned home and reaised that the window panes

Youth found hanging in bedroom

KUCHING: A 23-year-old youth was found hanging in his bedroom in Kampung Pinang, Samarahan on Wednesday evening. The deceased’s distraught parents found him hanging in his bedroom at 5 pm. Prior to this the parents were on the ground floor and heard a thud. They went up to find their

Sessang residence totally damaged in fire

KABONG: A distress call on a fire incident at Kampung Hilir Sessang near Kabong was received at 1145 hrs yesterday. Fire and Rescue Services Department (Bomba) personnel were despatched to the scene immediately and found that a village residence was on fire that had damaged it totally, said a report

No injury, house structural damage reported in fire

KUCHING: Eleven Fire and Rescue Services Department (Bomba) personnel with one Fire Rescue Tender (FRT) and one Emergency Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) vehicles rushed to the scene of fire at Lorong 2, Kampung Siol Kandis in Kuching yesterday after receiving a call at 1518hrs. The operation by Bomba team and

RASCOM Camp Library gets 151 books from 9th Brigade

SIBU: The Ninth Infrantry Brigade (9th Brigade) on Thursday held a book contribution ceremony to RASCOM Camp Library at Dewan RASCOM in RASCOM Camp in Sibu. Officiating at the event was 9th Brigade Commander Brigadier General Dato’ Dzulkafli b. Hj Mustaffa. A total of 151 books were handed over to

Commuters look forward to easier, faster travel with LRT

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Residents in Kota Samarahan welcome the proposal by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg to build the Light Rail Transit System (LRT) from Kampung Rembus, here to Damai. According to Paolo Senin who is a resident of Kampung Rembus, the construction of LRT in the next

ERT for every department

SRI AMAN: Every government department should have an Emergency Response Team (ERT) to deal with possible fire incidents in their respective workplaces. In view of this, the Sri Aman Division Health Office with the cooperation of the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (JBPM) and the Sri Aman Fire and

Sum hands grants for JKKK in Ba’kelalan

  LAWAS: Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism, Dato Henry Sum Agong continues to channel government grants to the Village Development and Security Committee (JKKK), Offices and Clubs in Lawas parliament parliamentary constituency. Sum, who is also Lawas Member of Parliament,was at a ceremony to hand over the

Man injured in fall

MIRI: A man was injured after he was believed to have fallen from the first floor of the Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) at Jalan Chia Tze Chin here yesterday morning. In the 11am incident, the 30-year-old victim fell from a height of about four metres which resulted in the victim

Smuggling attempts foiled,drugs worth RM14.400 seized

KUCHING: This month the Enforcement Division of the Royal Customs Department Kuching Office managed to foil two smuggling attempt cases with the confiscation of ganja (cannabis) weighing a total of 5,130 grams worth a total of RM14,400. In the first case on 15 March, the Enforcement Division of Customs Department