Author: Amyra Varkisa

Partial closure from April 21 to May 5

SIBU: A half road closure will be implemented along Jalan Persiaran Brooke here. The Public Works Department (PWD) Sarawak in a recent statement said that the road would be closed for 15 days from April 21 to May 5. “It is necessary to facilitate tree trimming works along the road,”

Fire station hosts Raya open house

SIBU: The Sungai Merah Fire and Rescue station treated its staff and their family members to its maiden Hari Raya open house held at its branch here on Friday. The ceremony was officiated by Deputy Resident of Sibu Division, Christopher Ranggau Unting. During the event, he also distributed ‘duit raya’

Calls to nurture potentials of autistic children

SIBU: Individuals diagnosed with autism possess unique talents and abilities but societal support plays an important part in nurturing these potentials further, said political secretary to the Premier of Sarawak, Joshua Ting. He said that through community backing and existing interventions, children with autism could significantly enhance their quality of

SUPP hails change in Scoot flight time

SIBU: Sarawak United People’s Party has given the thumbs-up after Scoot adjusted its first Singapore-Sibu flight schedule on June 5. The party’s Dudong branch chairman Wong Ching Yong said it was originally scheduled to depart at 5.25am on June 5, but now this been changed to 12.35pm. “Thanks to Scoot

Smart TVs for all schools mooted

SIBU: The Ministry of Education, Innovation, and Talent Development is proposing for every school in Sarawak to be equipped with smart televisions. Its Deputy Minister Datuk Dr Annuar Rapaee said the televisions could facilitate the teaching process for educators and is essential in the internet driven era. “Ideally, we would

Establish rapport with doctors, relatives of psychiatric patients told

SIBU: Relatives of psychiatric patients and the general public must work closely with the psychiatric doctors and nurses said Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation and Talent Development Datuk Dr Annuar Rapaee. He said this necessity arises from the escalating number of individuals grappling with mental illness, notwithstanding the insufficient count

Nursing home for mental illness sufferers proposed

SIBU: The Board of Visitors to the Sibu Hospital Psychiatric Ward has proposed that a nursing home be built for patients with mental illness. According to its chairman Kapitan Peter Lau Ik Yang, not all patients with mental illness require 24-hour monitoring from nurses and doctors. “Sometimes they only need

Raya visits: 500 houses down, 22 more to go for Dr Annuar and Co

SIBU: Datuk Dr Annuar Rapaee has his hands full – as far as Hari Raya visits are concerned. The Deputy Minister for Education, Innovation, and Talent Development and his entourage are scheduled to visit more than 22 houses in his Nangka constituency in conjunction with the ongoing Hari Raya celebration.

Worker killed in hydraulic oil drum blast

SIBU: A man lost his life when a hydraulic oil drum exploded at a scrap metal recycling centre at Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman here yesterday (Apr 18). Sibu police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said police were alerted to the incident at 1.30 pm. A team comprising officers from the Sibu

Liquor factory destroyed by fire

SIBU: A factory was destroyed while two others were slightly damaged by fire in the wee hours this morning at Tapah road here. According to Fire and Rescue Department Zone 4 chief Andy Alie, firemen from Sibu Central and Sungai Merah stations were promptly deployed to the scene upon receiving