SIBU: A 55-year-old man was arrested by the police and was remanded starting on Monday for further investigation for physical sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl who was also a grandniece at one of the houses in Sungai Bidut. Sibu Pol ice chief ACP Zailanni Amit said on October 22,
KUCHING: A teenager sustained a broken left leg after he collided with a car on Saturday night at 10 pm. The motorcyclist was riding along BDC when he met with the accident in front of a junction. He was flung off his car and a passerby called an ambulance in
KUCHING: Ten Zhu Sze Temple Committee members led by its Advisor, Dato Ngeng Eng Cheng, paid a courtesy call on the Head of State, Tun Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud at the Astana here yesterday mroning. During the call, Taib was briefed by Ngieng, a prominent businessman who is
LAWAS: Extra vigilance paid off for a team of enforcement officers from Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) based at Trusan, near here last Friday. The team came across suspicious activities at Long Sukang and called in help from District Customer Service Centre (DCSC) Lawas to raid a logging operation believed to
MIRI: Rural Entrepreneurs under the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (RISDA) have been asked to market their products online in order to stay competitive. Sibuti Member of Parliament Datuk Ahmad Lai Bujang said effective use of the Internet for business is the only way forward for RISDA entrepreneurs. “To be
KUCHING: The reconstruction of the Satok Suspension Bridge, once the pride of Kuching residents, is expected to be completed in September 2019. It is one of the projects under the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Transportation supervised by the Public Works Depar tment, with Syar ikat Pekerjaan Piasau Konkerit Sdn
KUCHING: Kuching’s first STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) enrichment centre has been established. Known as The Learning Curve (TLC), its founders are Kenneth Chai, Kelly Kho, Benjamin Kon and Jasmine Sia. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) is one of the priorities in the Malaysian Education Blueprint initiated in 2011. However,
KUCHING: The Sarawak Football Association (FAS) will work together with the National Football Development Programme (NFDP) from early January next year to unearth young talents throughout Sarawak. “For the first time, FAS will introduce the football development programme consistently throughout Sarawak with FAS being represented by affiliates in their respective
KUCHING: A 7-year-old girl who was knocked down by a man riding a motorcycle at a kampung in Asajaya here on Thursday at 2.00 pm has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) here. The girl was walking to a house near hers
MIRI: Residents of Rumah Pee Millo at Hulu Suai are now enjoying 24-hour electricity supply under the government’s Rural Electrification Programme. Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) in a press statement yesterday said the RES project for the 10-door Rumah Pee Millo at Hulu Suai was fully energised on Wednesday following installation