KUCHING: The three-day State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting commenced at 9.15am today with elected representatives from across the state converging on the DUN complex here. The siting began with a prayer at 9.17am in the DUN chambers. It was followed by the Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib
KUCHING: As today is Valentine’s Day, the public are strongly reminded not to be bewitched by the beauty or handsomeness of a person on social media. Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Supt Maria Rasid when asked to comment on the issue of love scams, said postings about being
KUCHING: A 58-year-old woman was found dead today (Feb 13) after the bedroom floor on the first floor of a house at Star Garden, Jalan Green here collapsed. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah, who confirmed the case, said a report on the incident was received at 2.20pm and a team
SRI AMAN: A family of four was rendered homeless after their house at Kampung Hulu, Jalan Pasir Panas was destroyed in a fire at midnight (Feb 13). The family managed to get out to safety and escaped injuries. Sri Aman firemen rushed to the scene after receiving a distress call
PADAWAN: A student has succumbed to his injuries following a collision between a motorcycle he was riding and a pickup truck at Mile 11 traffic light intersection, Jalan Kuching-Serian. Sarawak Traffic police chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu, who confirmed the case, said the victim identified as Chai Chang Yee, 18,
SRI AMAN: A teenager sustained severe injuries following a two-vehicle crash along KM54, Jalan Skim Skrang on Saturday (Feb 12). Sarawak Traffic Police chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the accident happened at 2.50pm when both vehicles — a lorry and a car — were travelling in opposite directions. “Investigations
KUCHING: Sarawak’s Covid-19 cases are slowly declining after logging in 186 cases on Saturday (Feb 12), which was better than Friday’s 214. This took the total number of cases to 254,026. In its daily update, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said three patients with lung infection were placed under
BETONG: A lorry driver was killed in an accident along KM10, Jalan Betong-Sarikei on Satruday (Feb 12). Betong firemen were despatched to the scene after receiving an emergency call on the incident at 9.25am. Upon arrival, the firefighters found the 10-tonne lorry overturned on its side. Its driver, identified as
TANJUNG MANIS: An unidentified body believed to belong to one of the two missing crew of a ship which capsized at Batang Serdeng on Thursday, was found in Sungai Ipar Semop on Friday (Feb 11). A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire Department operations centre said the body was found around
KUCHING: Sarawak’s crime index figures in the first month of the year are low and under control. This was revealed by Bukit Aman Integrity and Standard Compliance Department director Datuk Azri Ahmad during a press conference at the Sarawak Contingent police headquarters (IPK) on Friday (Feb 11). “Only 327 crime
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