SERIAN: The 2nd Serian Resident Cup 2017 football championship raised the curtains at Kampung Lanchang Sabai football field, Serian on last weekend. A total of 64 teams competed for the title of the tournament organised by the Youth Club Kampung Lanchang Sabai, here. Most of the teams are from three
Trienekens (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd, the operating company of the State’s Integrated Waste Management System (IWMS), was recently the winner of the 7th Sarawak Chief Minister’s Environmental (CMEA) 2016 Award under the Large Enterprise (services and other sectors) category. The Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB) Sarawak, in collaboration with the
KUCHING: The Sarawak government has reached an agreement with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Federal Land Commissioner to acquire the entire equity interest of Sarawak Hidro Sdn Bhd (SBSB), the owner and operator of the Bakun Hydroelectric Plant (HEP). Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg said the
KAPIT: The frequent water supply disruptions and murky tap water in Kapit town and surrounding areas are a concern for the residents. Former Pelagus Assemblyman Larry Sng Wei Shien told the media that over the past days he received many calls from the Kapit town folks concerning water supply disruptions
KUCHING: The Sarawak government is in talks with the Home Ministry and the Foreign Ministry on the fate of some 170 North Korean workers in the state. Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari said the North Koreans are mostly specialised workers working in the coal mines around the state, especially
LAWAS: A teacher who has gone AWOL (absent without official leave) from a school here was arrested by police in a house at Kampung Bangkiyai Sundar near here for a drug-related offence. ASP Jason Ak Baya who led the arresting team with Inspector Zulpaka Bin Aidie confirmed that the suspect
MIRI: Five businessmen separately claimed trial at the Miri Sessions Special Court (Corruption) here yesterday to offering bribes to immigration officers. Four of them, Zubair Muhamad Fazal Mahmood, 25, Hayat Ullah Said Afzal Khan,37, Asghar Khan, 35, and Asghar Ali Hanif-Ur-Rahman,40, are Pakistanis while Abdullah Mohd Ali, 55, is Malaysian.
LIMBANG: The police here managed to nab five men for playing ‘holo’ at Kampung Bebuluh, Jalan Tedungan here last Friday. According to Limbang District Police chief, Superintendent Mohd Bukhori Saffai all the suspects did not realise the police presence before the place was raided at 5.45pm. Among items seized from
KUCHING: A jobless 35-year-old man was arrested for drug possession under Section 39(1) of the Dangerous Drug Act, 1952 which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, fine and whipping upon conviction. The suspect from Nanas Road West here is also to be charged for drug-taking. Last Monday at
KUCHING: When a marketing executive from Jalan Arang here returned home to a house at Jalan Airport where she rented a room around 3.30pm on Monday, she was shocked to find that the door to her room had been forced open. After checking, the woman found out that a water