KUCHING: Firefighters had a busy afternoon when a house in Padawan and a car in Bintulu caught fire on Wednesday (Feb 16). In Padawan, firefighters from Siburan were deployed to Kampung Sion, Jalan Kuching-Serian after receiving a distress call at 1.05pm regarding a house on fire. Fire station chief Nazry
TANJUNG MANIS: The search for the missing skipper of the ship Laning Drat that sank in Teluk Gelam last Thursday (Feb 10), has been called off. Rosman Bakar, 52, was among three persons aboard who fell into Batang Serdeng after the Laning Drat, carrying a cargo of excavators, capsized around
KUCHING: An abandoned car parked in front of a building in Batu Kawa New Township here caught fire on Tuesday (Feb 15). A Fire and Rescue Department operations centre spokesman said no injuries or casualties were reported. Tabuan Jaya firemen rushed to the scene after receiving a distress call at 10.40pm.
KUCHING: Sarawak’s COVID-19 cases continues to increase with an additional 23 cases from Tuesday’s figure after logging in 307 cases today. This brings the total number of cases in the state to 255,024. In its daily update, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said only one patient was infected with
TEBEDU: A search and rescue (SAR) operation was launched for an elderly woman reported missing after failing to return home from finding fiddlehead (pucuk paku). The victim identified as Dingun Kamo, 78, is reported to have left her house in Kampung Sejijak Mawang around 2pm, to look for fiddlehead in
KUCHING: Sarawak police have yet to receive any reports regarding the use of a new online scam trend through the installation of an android package kit (APK) file. In this regard, Acting Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mancha Ata are advising the public not to be easily fooled by dubious advertisement
BAU: A man was arrested for allegedly engaging in online gambling activities during an operation dubbed Ops Dadu on Tuesday (Feb 15). Bau OCPD DSP Poge Nyaon said the operation was conducted at 3.45pm by the district’s Criminal Investigation Department. The 22-year-old suspect was picked up at a house in
KUCHING: The change from “chief minister” to “premier” is a step to elevate Sarawak’s status as one of the four countries or regions that originally got together to form Malaysia. Safiee Ahmad (GPS-Daro) said the amendment is also important to maintain that status as enshrined in the Malaysia Agreement 1963
KUCHING: Bukit Semuja assemblyman John Ilus has proposed for the Remun or Iban Remun race to be listed in the Schedule of the Interpretation (Amendment) Bill, 2022. To ensure that all the races in Sarawak are not left behind, he has suggested that the Remun race is listed in the
DARO: Police have arrested a man on suspicion of being involved in a murder involving two Indonesian women, who were found dead in Sungai Samong separately on Feb 12 and 14. Meanwhile, another Indonesian woman, who survived the brutal killings, is reported to be in stable condition. Matu-Daro OCPD DSP
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