MIRI: A week-long Year of the Horse Carnival has opened here, bringing a surge of cultural performances, festive trading and tourism-driven activity to the city. Held at the open car park of Boulevard Shopping Mall from Feb 5-14, the carnival features more than 50 booths offering Chinese New Year delicacies,
MIRI: Sarawak’s long-running push on oil and gas has never been about dividends or corporate shareholding, but about sovereignty and decision-making authority, said Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Central Publicity secretary and Pujut assemblyman Adam Yii. Responding to a proposal by Sarawak DAP that the state should accept a 30
MIRI: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency officers detained a foreign cargo vessel for violating maritime regulations on Saturday. The vessel was intercepted by Maritim Malaysia patrol boats from the Miri Maritime Zone at about 11.32am, approximately 3.8 nautical miles northwest of Kuala Baram. Miri Maritime Zone director Captain Mohd Khairol Anuar
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, Maritim Malaysia, has detained a foreign cargo vessel off the coast of Miri for multiple violations of maritime regulations during a routine enforcement operation on Saturday. The vessel was intercepted by Maritim Malaysia patrol boats from the Miri Maritime Zone at about 11.32am, approximately
MIRI: Curtin University Malaysia achieved another milestone on Feb 6 with the graduation of the first diploma students from its School of Pre-U and Continuing Education (SPACE). Twenty-eight of the 46 graduating students took to the auditorium stage to receive their certificates in person. They comprised graduates from the Diploma
MIRI: Police here arrested a man suspected of stealing power tools from a residential area in Kampung Pujut Padang Kerbau in a targeted operation carried out on Saturday. The suspect was detained about 11 am during a raid at a house in Kampung Pujut Tanjung Batu. The operation was led
MIRI: Universiti Putra Malaysia Sarawak’s Sinar Harapan outreach programme has won acclaim for paying much-deserved attention to orphaned children. Sarawak Transport Minister Datuk Sri Lee Kim Shin said the two-day programme demonstrated how targeted, hands-on educational exposure could unlock potential, build resilience and prepare vulnerable children to contribute meaningfully to
MIRI: Sarawak’s long-standing tradition of cultural diversity and inter-communal harmony remains one of its greatest strengths, and positions the state as a national model for peaceful multi-ethnic and multi-religious coexistence, according to Sarawak Transport Minister, Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin. He said major cultural and religious celebrations in Sarawak are
MIRI: A full technical investigation is underway following a gas emission at the construction site of the Sekolah Kebangsaan Tudan canteen here. Transport Minister Dato Sri Lee Kim Shin said the state was adopting a cautious, evidence-led approach given the potential safety implications of the incident. “We are not speculating.
MIRI: The dialysis capacity at Miri Hospital was bolstered with the handover of a new dialysis machine amid rising demand for kidney failure treatment. The contribution was made by Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) in collaboration with Sarawak Badan Amal Tenaga Isteri-Isteri (SABATI). Senadin assemblyman Dato Sri Lee Kim Shin said