KUCHING: Four students from a local college here were detained for allegedly involved in drug abuse last Sunday. The suspects, all male aged between 19 and 22, were detained by a college warden at around 6.30pm after they were caught taking some illegal substance, believed to be marijuana. They were
LIMBANG: Two people were arrested by police for drug-related offences during an operation, codenamed ‘Ops Tapis’ at Kampung Pahlawan here yesterday. Limbang Police chief, Supt Mohd Bukhori Saffai said a total of nine police officers and 34 personnel took part in the three-hour operation which started at 8.00am. He said
KUCHING: 41 individuals comprising 25 men and 16 women aged between 17 and 70 years were arrested by police during a statewide operation against illegal gambling last week. Sarawak Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief, SAC Dato’ Dev Kumar Sree Shunmugam in a statement here yesterday said for the past one
LIMBANG: More than 150 women around the division converged here at a Seminar on Women and Family organised by Perkim Limbang Branch yesterday. In his opening address to open the seminar the Assistant Minister of Welfare and Community Wellbeing who is also Bukit Kota Assemblyman Dr. Abdul Rahman Ismail, pointed
SIBU: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) potential candidates for the Lanang Parliamentary Constituency, Kelvin Kong and Joseph Chieng visited a few longhouses in the constituency last weekend. The longhouses the duo visited were Rumah Birai, Rumah Empauk, Rumah Ngelai, Rumah Gani, Rumah Manggie, Rumah Jarit, Rumah Bunsie, Rumah Akul, Rumah
SIBU: More than 100 people attended a gathering organised by Junior Chamber International (JCI) of Sibu Jaya Chapter and Political Secretary to the Chief Minister, Micheal Tiang with needy parents and stateless children to get to know the issue better in the newly opened Sibu Jaya Tuition Centre at Sibu
SIBU: The official opening of the Rural Water Supply Department (RWSD) Office here yesterday by Minister of Public Utilities, Dato Sri Dr Stephen Rudi Utom marked a significant milestone for the department. Speaking at the event, Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Public Utilities, Dato Ir Alice Jawan Empaling said
KUCHING: Bumiputera students in Sarawak can now enroll for professional accountancy courses at Kolej Sunway Kuching under the Peneraju Professional Akauntan Muda Kategori A (PPAM-A) (SPM Leavers) programme. Awarded by Yayasan Peneraju Pendidikan Bumiputera (Yayasan Peneraju), this exclusive scheme is currently offered only in the Klang Valley and Sarawak as
LIMBANG: The people here can now heave a sigh of relief after the Federal government presented seven vehicles which will be used as hearses to transport bodies from Miri to Limbang and vice versa. According to Member of Parliament for Limbang, Haji Hasbi Habibollah, of the seven vehicles two were
MUKAH: The government through Tellian Assemblyman, Yussibnosh Balo has approved RM700,000 to build an embankment along Mukah River near Masjid Jamek or Kampung Datu Waterfront which is having critical erosion problems. Yussibnosh when met yesterday said the allocation was approved under the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) and the project will