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Fruitless search for missing five

KUCHING: The fifth day of search and rescue (SAR) efforts to locate five fishermen lost at sea has come up empty handed. There was still no sign of the five missing men as of 5pm today (Oct 7) and the SAR operation was postponed to Friday (Oct 8). Malaysian Maritime

SAR expects to find missing fishermen

KUCHING: Search agencies expect to find the bodies of five fishermen reported missing at sea after their boat sank in the waters of Karang Berumput – Tukun Bass Santubong on October 3. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency Sarawak director Zin Azman Md Yunus said based on his experience, dead bodies tend

Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah

Abd Karim in full support of Undi18

ASAJAYA: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah fully supports the lowering of the legal voting age to 18 (Undi18) nationwide. “We support those who are over 18 years old to be given the right to vote. Based on the Age Majority Act 1971, we can

Still no sign of missing assistant skipper

SAR Day 5 KUCHING: Rescuers in search of six fishermen reported missing in two separate incidents on October 2 and 3 have recovered an unidentified dead body believed to be one of the missing victims. Officials at the scene said the body was taken to Telaga Air Jetty using a

Cops going after vehicles with fancy licence plates

KUCHING: Police are cracking down on fake and non-standard licence plates following a number of summonses issued to innocent motorists. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah said a roadblock was set up along Jalan Datuk Bandar Mustapha here near the Jalan Stampin Tengah junction, on Monday (Oct 4) to weed out

Three survive ambulance crash

SIMANGGANG: An ambulance skidded into a ditch across Pasar Sabu here early Wednesday (Oct 6) morning. The State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said the persons on board were the driver of the ambulance, a doctor and a nurse. Rescuers from the Sri Aman fire and rescue station were

SOP non-compliance main cause of Covid-19 spread among villagers

KUCHING: The complacent attitude of some people with regard to SOP compliance is the main cause in the spread of Covid-19 among villagers, said Samarahan Resident Brahim Lumpu. “Villagers are now seen to pay less attention in wearing face masks, practising physical distancing as well as not being aware and

Drop in cases recorded

KUCHING: The state’s reported daily Covid-19 infections has dropped to 1,189 cases on Monday (Oct 4), a notable decrease compared to Sunday’s 1,418 cases. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the cumulative number of reported cases in the state now stood at 216,765. It said 1,174 of the new

20 backlog death cases confirmed

KUCHING: A 27-year-old man was among 20 newly confirmed backlog Covid-19 death cases registered in Sarawak from June 15 to October 3. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its daily statement said the man was confirmed dead at Sibu Hospital and had no history of chronic illnesses. It said

Driver killed in collision between two lorries

SIBU: A lorry driver was killed in a collision between two lorries in Mile 13, Jalan Sibu-Bintulu on Wednesday (Sept 29). The victim, identified as Kong Sii Cheng, 46, was pronounced dead at the scene due to severe head injuries. Meanwhile, the other driver suffered a fracture in his right