KUCHING: Former three-term Kapit Member of Parliament Dato James Jimbun Pungga (pic), 77, passed away at 5.40am yesterday at the Serdang Hospital in Selangor after a long illness due to heart complication. The late Jimbun originally from Nanga Entawau, the last major Iban settlement in Upper Balleh in Kapit, left
TATAU: A driver and two passengers were slightly injured after the car they were travelling in rammed a trailer parked at a road shoulder at KM 44, Jalan Tatau-Bintulu, early yesterday morning. Tatau BOMBA chief, PBKII Mamat Bin Rhayi said that the car involved in the accident was heading for
LAWAS: Two jobless men from Kampung Lakutan, Jalan Merapok here were nabbed by police in front of a budget hotel here last Monday night. According to Lawas District Police chief, DSP Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad, following a check the two suspects were found to be positive of the drug
MUKAH: An under aged girl was forced to undergo medical treatment at a hospital here after she could not withstand the pain in her private part. It is believed that her private part got infested after she had sex with her boyfriend. Mukah District Police chief, DSP Jimmy Panyau said
SERIAN: Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem describes his England visit for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Emerging Leaders Dialogue dinner hosted by Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, Princess Anne at St James Palace, London, as “most fruitful and historical”. On his return here Friday, Riot, who is
KUCHING: The Sarawak Heart Foundation is collaborating with the Sarawak Heart Centre once again to organise Women’s Heart Day at the Spring on Sunday, 23 April 23, 2017 from 10am to 5pm. Wife of the Chief Minister, Datin Amar Dato Hajjah Juma’ani TunTuanku Haji Bujang will officiate at the event
KUCHING: A couple and their 6-year-old daughter were injured in an accident at Jalan Canna here yesterday afternoon. In the 3.00pm incident, the victims were heading to a hypermarket at Jalan Canna from Tabuan Jaya when the motorcycle they were riding hit a stray dog. An ambulance was called to
SRI AMAN: A motorcyclist from Rumah James Drew Nyelam, Sri Aman was killed in an accident at KM7 Jalan Sri Aman-Kuching yesterday. In the incident that occurred at around 7.30am, Paul Galatians Ranggong Gima, 23, was heading to Sri Aman from Kuching when the motorcycle he was riding rammed the
KUCHING: Police arrested 46 suspects, aged between 15 and 57, after carrying out 26 raids against illegal gambling operations in Sarawak last week. Sarawak Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief, SAC Dato’ Datuk Dev Kumar said the operation was conducted from 10 to 16 April with 21 of the raids involving
LIMBANG: A woman was made RM2,120 poorer after falling victim to an online scam, involving the sale of 56 novels recently. Limbang District Police chief, Supt Mohd Bukhori Saffai said the victim had ordered 16 books and 40 novels from the suspect and deposited a total RM2,120 into the latter’s