Sunday, 14 December 2025

Author: Gabriel Lihan

Fire completely destroys five motorbikes

KUCHING: Five motorcycles were wrecked by a fire which belonged to a private company at Taman Matang around 5.30 am today morning. According to the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) in a statement said the motorcycles were outside one premises catching the fire. The firefighters from Petra Jaya fire station

Cashier arrested for allegedly embezzling RM400k

MIRI: A 32-year old woman working as a cashier at an oil palm company in Niah was arrested on suspicion of committing a criminal breach of trust by embezzling RM401,720. According to Miri district police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu, the arrest of the woman was made on Thursday (March

Sarawak’s First Microalgae Farm

KUCHING: Chitose Laboratory Corp’s new carbon capture central in Kuching, Malaysia is making headlines as the largest production facility of its kind in the world. Dubbed Chitose Carbon Capture Central (C4), the facility uses flat-panel photobioreactor technology to produce microalgae, a sustainable resource that has a variety of applications including

Two men injured in crash of cars

BAU: Two men were rushed to the hospital after their cars collided with each other at Jalan Stenggang, Bau-Lundu. The Bau Fire and Rescue Department received a distressed call from the Bau Hospital that an accident had happened around 3.12 pm. The remaining two victims were stuck in the vehicles

Man, woman lose over RM600k to online scammers

KUCHING: Two individuals suffered losses totalling RM656,342 after falling victims to phone and love scams. The scams involved a 64-year-old man from Serian district and a 47-year-old woman from Miri. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said that the phone scam involving the 64-year-old man happened on March

Man caught with drugs worth RM3.5 mln

KUCHING: Police picked up a 37-year old man for possessing 35,486 grams of syabu stored in Chinese tea packets worth RM3.5 million in two raids on Wednesday (Mar 8). The drugs were intended to be distributed to 177,430 drug users. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said the

80 made homeless as fire destroys nine village houses in Miri

MIRI: Nine houses in Kampung Wireless at Jalan Permaisuri here was razed by fire this morning. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said 80 residents from 12 families were made homeless. Six wooden homes were totally destroyed. A Bomba spokesman said they received a distress call at around 7.15 am

Early morning fire razes Miri village

MIRI: A village in Kampung Wireless at Jalan Permaisuri here was razed by fire this morning. The Fire and Rescue Department which received a distress call at around 7.15 am despatched firefighters from the Miri Sentral and Lopeng fire stations to the scene. At the time this report was received

Iban Balau Association delegates call on Doris

KUCHING: The members of the Iban Balau Association paid a courtesy visit to Sri Aman MP Datuk Seri Doris Sophia Brodi at her office here on Friday. The purpose of the courtesy visit made by the association was to inform Doris of the plans and activities made throughout the entire

Kuching to host animal welfare conference

KUCHING: The Asia for Animals (AFA) Sarawak Conference 2023 will be held at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) over four days from Oct 11. The conference will gather animal welfare organisations to promote animal welfare and wildlife management in the Asia- Pacific region. The conference, themed ‘Education and Engagement