MARUDI: Civil Defence officers captured a one-metre king cobra inside a shop in Marudi town this morning, as floods continue to push snakes into populated areas. The Pusat Kawalan Operasi Daerah (PKOD) Marudi received a call at 9:40 am from a shopkeeper. A four-man Charlie Squad was deployed and reached
MIRI: Patient safety must begin from the very start of life, ensuring children receive the highest level of protection from the moment they are born. This was emphasised by Malaysia’s Deputy Health Minister, Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni, during the launch of the 2025 Patient Safety Week at E-Mart Riam supermarket
MIRI: Floodwaters in Long Bemang are steadily receding after almost a week of inundation caused by high tides colliding with relentless rainfall. Civil Defence officers confirmed that by this morning, water levels had dropped to around one foot across key locations in the settlement. Monitoring teams recorded one foot of
MIRI: Several parts of Long Bemang village in Telang Usan remain inundated following days of continuous heavy rainfall coupled with high river tides. A monitoring by the Civil Defence Force (APM) this morning confirmed flood levels reaching up to 1.6 feet in some locations. The village, its health clinic and
MARUDI: Thirteen residents from three villages have been moved to the temporary relief centre at Dewan Suarah Daerah Marudi after experiencing days of rising river levels compounded by heavy rain. The centre, which opened on Wednesday afternoon, is now sheltering three families from Kampung Padang Kerbau, Kampung Cina and Kampung
MIRI: Miri MP Chiew Choon Man has called on Putrajaya to fast-track approval for a RM31 million allocation under the 2026 federal budget to upgrade the Sungai Tujoh Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) complex at the Sarawak–Brunei border. Chiew said he had presented the request to Second Finance Minister
MARUDI: Flood monitoring operations were carried out early this morning in Marudi following a steady rise in river water levels caused by a combination of king tides and continuous heavy rainfall since Sept 5. The Civil Defence Force (APM) confirmed that a two-man team from the Marudi Civil Defence Volunteers
MIRI: A man and a woman in their 20s were injured after the car they were travelling in was involved in a collision with a four-wheel drive at a traffic light junction in Jalan Pujut 7 here late Wednesday night (Sept 17). The victims, aged 29 and 24, were in a
MIRI: The Northern Sarawak Journalists Association (NSJA) is once again mobilising the community to protect one of the city’s best-loved stretches of coastline. Its annual ‘Sayangi Pantai, Sayangi Miri’ (Love the Beach, Love Miri) Beach Cleaning 2.0 will take place at Luak Esplanade on October 12, running from 6:15 am
MIRI: The Curtin University Malaysia Library has rolled out a dynamic literacy initiative that turned a quiet academic space into a hive of energy and imagination. Twenty-six pupils from SK Sayed Othman took part in the ‘Beyond Books: The Story Steps Boot Camp’, a two-hour programme designed to nurture creativity,