Saturday, 3 January 2026

Author: Margaret Ringgit

2,500 kg of trash removed from beach

MIRI:  The beach cleaning programme carried out by Miri Secondhand and Recycle Dealers Association on Sunday (Dec 6) morning collected a total of 2,000 kg of garbage and 500 kg of plastic bottles and plastic materials. Eighty committee members and members of the association as well as their family members

Encourage children to aim for local international schools

MIRI:  Parents, especially those in the rural areas, must encourage their children to study hard so that they can be admitted to international schools built by the state government. In making the call, Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau added, “One of the many good things happening in Sarawak is the

Sarawakians accept religious harmony

MIRI: Assistant Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Sebastian Ting asserted that the word ‘acceptance’ best describes religious harmony in Sarawak. “People of various religions in the State are getting along with one another despites the differences in their beliefs, and this is something that we must not take

Search for victims of car plunge called off

BINTULU: The search and rescue operation (SAR) for a car that plunged into a river in Sebauh on the night November 30 was halted at 4.40pm today due to bad weather and will resume tomorrow. It is not immediately known how many passengers were trapped inside the car when it

Two killed in ‘waterhead’ phenomenon

MIRI: A General Operations Force (GOF) personnel and a security guard of the Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline (SSGP) were killed in a ‘waterhead’ phenomenon in Sungai Layun, Ulu Baram last Thursday. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail, who confirmed this, said their bodies of the two victims were transported to Miri

Two security personnel forces found dead

BARAM: Two security personnel forces who went missing after they were swept away by a waterhead in Camp Layun, Long Lama Baram on Thursday night were found dead this evening. According to Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail, the bodies were kept at Long Lama clinic where they will be

STB to continue boosting tourism despite Covid-19

MIRI: The Covid-19 pandemic is no excuse for the Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) not to make plans and preparations to keep the state’s tourism sector going strong in 2021 and beyond, asserted Telang Usan assemblyman and STB chairman Dennis Ngau. He said STB, being the agency tasked to spearhead tourism

Signature product a must for Tatau

BINTULU: Tatau must have a unique signature product to become part of the town’s identity that can be sold in a wider market. This was said by Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Sarawak Bumiputera Law and Customs) Datuk John Sikie Tayai. Speaking to 150 participants at the Agriculture

Library to conduct stocktaking exercise

MIRI: Pustaka Sarawak Miri will be conducting their annual stocktaking exercise on a section-by-section basis starting from Dec 7 to 11. During this period, library users are unable to borrow books until Dec 12, but can return borrowed books at the service counters. Operation hours remain the same from 10am

Woman finds unwanted visitor in living room

MIRI: A homeowner at Lorong 3 Spring, Jalan Riam here had a slithery visitor upon her return from work on Thursday evening. Fearing the metre-long snake to be a cobra, she made an emergency call to Miri Civil Defence Force (APM) seeking for their assistance to capture the reptile. The