Monday, 11 August 2025

Author: Margaret Ringgit

APM helps housewife to catch two-foot long snake

MIRI: A housewife in her 50s from Kampung Lereng Bukit here on Tuesday afternoon immediately called the Miri Civil Defence Force (APM) for help after seeing a two-foot long snake in her kitchen. The snake had slithered into the kitchen while she was preparing lunch. A team of three Miri

SUPP celebrates 60th anniversary this June 4

MIRI: Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) is celebrating its 60th anniversary this coming June 4. In conjunction with the anniversary celebration, SUPP Piasau branch is to organise a flag-raising ceremony on June 4 (Tuesday) at 7am. SUPP Piasau chairman cum SUPP secretary-general Datuk Sebastian Ting revealed this during a press

Gawai-Raya-do for 90 underprivileged children

MIRI: Ninety underprivileged people, including children from the Hamidah Yakub Welfare complex received their ‘duit raya’ during the ‘Sentuhan Kasih Gawai-Aidilfitri’ on Wednesday night. Apart from that, they also received Gawai-Raya goodies presented by Datuk Sri Hafsah Harun, a non-executive special advisor (Sarawak affairs) in the Deputy Prime Minister’s office.

100 children take part in ‘World#Quran Hour’

MIRI: Nearly 100 children from the Hamidah Yakub Welfare complex took part in the ‘World#Quran Hour’ held at Pustaka Miri auditorium this morning. The activity began with the reading of several verses of the Quran for one hour. Miri District Officer Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusuf, who officiated at the event

Bigger parking space for churchgoers

MIRI: Worshipers and visitors attending church services or other activities held at Borneo Evangelical Mission (BEM) Taman Tunku Bahasa Kayan Miri will have a better parking spaces after the completion of the work to upgrade the church’s building parking area. The project is fully funded by the State government through Telang Usan state

Truck-SUV collision claims 3 lives, injures 7

BINTULU: A trailer truck and a sport-utility vehicle (SUV) collided at KM42 of Bintulu-Miri Coastal Road on Wednesday afternoon. Three of the 10 people onboard the Toyota Fortuner died on the spot while the rest were injured. The truck driver and his assistant were uninjured. Those who died at the

Roof catches fire after lightning strike

MIRI: Eight firemen from Lopeng fire station were rushed to a house at Jalan Duku Pujut 3 late yesterday evening after smoke was spotted coming from the roof. Fortunately, it was only a minor incident after a lightning strike in the area. According to Miri Fire and Rescue Department Zone

Boy still missing after two-day search

MARUDI: Nearly 30 search and rescue (SAR) personnel from various agencies including the Marudi Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) were involved in the second day of the operation today. The SAR operation which began at 6.20am focused on three locations in their search for 16-year-old Mohd Farid Adenan. The three

Foreign boat detained for suspected illegal fishing (video)

MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained a foreign fishing boat at about 41 nautical miles off Kuala Miri waters for illegal fishing on Tuesday afternoon. According to Miri MMEA Enforcement head Captain Mohd Fauzi Othman, the registered vessel was detected by the enforcement team upon receiving reports on

Uggah amazed by Miri tilapia fish farm

MIRI:  lt was a wonderful surprise for Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas when he was invited to visit a tilapia fish farm in the suburb of the city here yesterday. The farm belonging to Totara Aquaculture Sdn Bhd is located in Luak. Set up about two years