Rural longhouses to have better access
SELANGAU: Residents in Bunau Oya, Pakoh no longer depend on using boats or rivers as their main mode of transportation after a former logging road there is upgraded. Tamin assemblyman Christopher Gira Sambang who visited Rumah Udin Letan, Bunau Oya, Pakoh last Saturday said the villagers as well as several other longhouses nearby would enjoy […]
Rep hands over MRP grants to nine JKKKs
SELANGAU: Nine village development and security committees (JKKKs) of longhouses under Tamin constituency received their minor rural project (MRP) grant amounting to RM75,000 from its assemblyman Christopher Gira Sambang on Tuesday. Among the recipients including JKKK Rumah Julau, JKKK Rumah Pom, JKKK Rumah Kumbong Inong, JKKK Nanga Senyaro Rumah Jelimbai, JKKK Rumah Christopher Chat, JKKK […]
Fire razes 17-door longhouse
SELANGAU: An evening fire nearly burned down a 17-door longhouse at Rumah Una Tutong, Nanga Duat on Sunday (Sept 5). It was reported that only a storehouse and two kitchen areas were damaged in the fiery incident around 6.55pm. After receiving an emergency call, firemen from the Selangau station had to travel approximately 8km to […]
New Sungai Serindak Cluster declared in Selangau
KUCHING: One new cluster in Selangau was declared by the State Health Department on Saturday (Aug 7). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the Sungai Serindak Cluster is a community cluster involving a longhouse located at Kilometre 98, Jalan Sibu-Bintulu, Sungai Serindak in Selangau district. “A total of 35 individuals had been tested where […]
Body of missing elderly woman found
SELANGAU: An elderly woman reported missing in a forest at Batang Oya, Ensurai last Thursday, was found dead today (July 17). The State Fire Department operations centre said the body of Samban Sabut, in her 70s, was found around 3pm. Samban, from Rumah Lenggang, Nanga Tajam, was found about 200 metres from the search and […]
More vaccination centres wanted for Tamin
SELANGAU: Tamin assemblyman Christopher Gira Sambang suggested the Health Ministry to open more vaccination centres (PPV) in his constituency so that the vaccination process can be speeded up. According to him, the existing centre located in Selangau town (Selangau Multipurpose Hall) is not enough for the needs of all residents in his constituency as it […]
Man, 45, dies of rabies
KUCHING: The Health Ministry yesterday (June 10) announced another fatality from rabies in Sarawak, bringing the total number so far this year in the state to four. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the latest victim was a 45-year-old local man who was confirmed positive on May 11 and died one day later from what was diagnosed […]
Frontliners receive contributions of appreciation
SELANGAU: Kakus Service Centre has handed over contributions to the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) frontliners at Tatau police district headquarters on Wednesday (May 12). The contributions of dry food, two units of fan, roadblock signage and two canopies were given as a sign of appreciation towards the frontliners involved in manning the roadblocks as part […]
Jobless couple picked up for suspected drug activities
SELANGAU: An unemployed couple was among four persons arrested for being involved in drug activities last Wednesday (March 31). Mukah police chief DSP Jimmy Panyau said a team from the Mukah NCID and Crime Prevention and Community Safety Division conducted a raid under an operation codenamed Ops Bersepadu on a longhouse at Jalan Sibu-Bintulu around 11.10am. The team inspected the longhouse and found a couple aged 28 and 34, acting suspiciously. “Further inspections led to the discovery of a plastic packet and eight straw tubes containing crystalline substances, believed to be syabu weighing around 6.11g. “Both the suspects and the seizure were taken to Mukah NCID office for further action,” he said. The suspects tested positive for drugs and have been remanded to facilitate investigations under Section 39A(1) and Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. Apart from that, the police also arrested two men aged 25 and 45, on suspicion of being involved in substance abuse activities in front of the longhouse. Jimmy said both men, who are labourers in an oil palm plantation, have been tested positive for drugs and will be remanded to facilitate investigations under Section 15(1)(a) of the same Act.
Selangau needs a hospital
KUCHING: It is time for Selangau to have a hospital built in the district, said Tamin assemblyman Christopher Gira Sambang. He said the population in the district is over 3,000 and building a hospital is a positive step towards giving more convenience to the people. He said this in his speech during the Malaysia Prihatin […]