MIRI: Several men armed with shotguns barged into a storage room of an oil palm plantation in Suai, Niah early Saturday morning and carted away several units of insecticides worth RM7,000. The police are currently looking for the suspects. No injuries were reported in the incident which believed to have
KUCHING: Sarawak Islamic Religious Department (Jais) officials need to be innovative and creative in order to boost the department’s performance. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office (Islamic Affairs and DBKU) Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi said the two aspects should also be accompanied by the courage to try new
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) yesterday welcomed 3,734 new students comprising 3,467 undergraduates and 267 post graduate students during an oath-taking ceremony at its Arena Gemilang Hall yesterday. The ceremony was graced by Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research and Innovation Professor Dr Wan Hashim Wan Ibrahim, who represented Unimas Vice-Chancellor
MIRI: An underage girl claimed that a 17-year-old boy whom she befriended via Wechat has raped her. Miri Police chief Lim Meng Seah when contacted yesterday confirmed receiving a report on the alleged offence. Lim said the case is being investigated under Section 376 of the Penal Code. “We have
By Rezza Rahman MUKAH: Waiting for a ferry at Batang Lassa Ferry Point is no fun. If you want to cross the river and arrive at the ferry point when the ferry is not operating, you have to spend the night in your car and wait until the next morning.
MIRI: An Indonesian man’s outrage over a missing RM800 has landed him in police lock-up on Friday evening. According to the police, the man in his 20s went to confront another man over the missing cash. It was allegedly said that the suspect used a keris (a Malay dagger) and threatened
KUCHING: Was the creation of Bintulu Port under the Bintulu Port Authority Act 1981 (Act 243) undertaken following due process of law? This a big question mark, said president of the State Reform Party (STAR) Lina Soo. She said she agreed with the federal Transport Minister Anthony Loke that Bintulu
KUCHING: Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) youth chief Datuk Snowdan Lawan has come out in defence of his president, Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing, on the Bintulu Port issue. He said all that Masing did was a surface quest, an initial search, enquiring about a federal property, the
KUCHING: Bintulu Port Holdings Berhad (BPHB), through its subsidiary Bintulu Port Sdn Bhd (BPSB), organised an engagement session with Persatuan Nelayan Kawasan Bintulu (PNKB) and the Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia (LKIM) in Bintulu on Tuesday. According to a statement, the event which aimed to strengthen the company’s relationship with
EDINBURGH: The sounds of Sarawak have been heard for the first time at the world-renowned 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, playing to appreciative audiences as part of a packed official Fringe programme and to large crowds on the streets of Edinburgh as part of the busking programme. Visitors came from across