KUCHING: The Disaster Operations Rooms in all divisions in Sarawak are ready to be activated following a yellow-level weather warning issued by the Meteorological Department which forecasts rain in several areas in the state starting on tomorrow. In a press statement issued yesterday, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee secretariat revealed
SONG: The construction of 9.6-km stretch connecting Nanga Ngemah in Kanowit and Nanga Temalat here is expected to begin soon, said Rural and Regional Development Deputy Minister Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi. He revealed that the contractor appointed for the project, Sarcon (M) Sdn Bhd, was scheduled to enter the site
MIRI: A female driver was injured after the vehicle she was driving was involved in an accident with another vehicle at Miri Bypass yesterday morning. In the 8am incident, the victim was driving alone from Riam to Pujut Corner. According to a source, a 4WD vehicle coming from the opposite
LAWAS: Another case of missing items, allegedly stolen products belonging to a vegetable vendor caused a commotion yesterday at Lawas Big Market locally known as Pasar Besar Lawas. New Sarawak Tribune/Utusan Sarawak was informed by one of the female victims who is a vegetable vendor that items at the vegetable
BETONG: The heavy rain during the past weekend resulted in a landslide near Rumah ENgkaras, Tr Masam, Lubok Antu yesterday. The landslide caused the soil five metres away from the longhouse to sink by two feet. Six doors of the 18-door longhouse were damaged in the incident, evidenced by cracks
KAPIT: Two men are still missing after an illegal barge sank near Nanga Ebau, Sungai Rajang yesterday. At 10.33am, Kapit’s Fire and Rescue Department (BBP) received a distress call from the police regarding the barge and two teams were dispatched immediately. Seven people were reportedly on the illegal barge carrying
DALAT: Social problems were touched on at the Islami c Welfare Organisation of Malaysia (PERKIM) Dalat/Oya Branch Annual General Meeting (AGM) here recently. Among the subjects discussed were adolescent pregnancy, divorce, abandoning of infant, child abuse, drug abuse and other related crimes including domestic violence. These issues were brought up
KUCHING: Sacofa Sdn Bhd (Sacofa), Sarawak’s very own telecommunications infrastructure company, has launched its new platform Sacofa Open Fibre Infra Access (SOFIA), which will significantly raise the benchmark of high-quality broadband services in Sarawak. The launching ceremony was officiated at by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg at
The Government is convinced that there is a lot that Sarawak can offer in the digital economy, such as the involvement of young talent in content development, the digitization of the market through the Internet and distribution of hubs and the hosting of server farms as a result of the
SIBU: Five families were left homeless after their house at Batu 6, Kampung Sri Hijrah here was razed by a fire on Thursday night. Upon receiving an emergency call at 8.06pm, four firemen from the Sungai Merah Fire and Rescue Station led by Peter Jinang rushed to the fire scene