KUCHING: An elderly couple reported missing when out looking for rattan wood at Sungai Janting in Bintangor was successfully rescued by firefighters on Wednesday night (May 5). Klang Entalai, 74 and Achang Unja, 58 were found by firefighters at around 11.30pm at a distance of 4.5km from their last known
SIBU: A single-storey terrace house at Sibu Jaya was razed by fire this afternoon. Quick action by local firefighters managed to prevent the house from being completely burned down and also prevented the blaze from spreading to adjacent houses. The fire is believed to have started in a bedroom of
KUCHING: No open houses are allowed during the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration in Sarawak. Sarawak Islamic Council said this was one of the few activities which were not permitted in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. Other forbidden activities included conducting feasts after Aidilfitri prayers, house-to-house Eid Takbir and Tahlil prayers
KUCHING: A team from the Royal Medical Corps has been deployed to Kapit to set up a field hospital. This came following discussions between Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba and the Defence Ministry. The 1st Infantry Division, in a statement on Tuesday (May 4), pointed out that Kapit
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 356 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Monday (May 3). “This brings the cumulative number of cases to 32,047 with a death toll of 184,” said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its statement. It said 63 percent of the new cases were detected in
KUCHING: Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen’s call for the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) to convene and discuss the state’s immunisation process and vaccine purchase is merely a publicity stunt, says Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. The Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu vice-president added that as an experienced assemblyman and parliamentarian,
KUCHING: Will another movement control order (MCO) be implemented in Sarawak? We should know by tomorrow. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas was quoted by a local news portal as saying an announcement on the matter would be made on Monday (May 3) after the
BINTULU: Four individuals here were fined RM1,500 each on Wednesday for flouting conditional movement control order (CMCO) standard operating procedures (SOPs). Bintulu District police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said the men, aged between 39 and 42, were compounded under Regulation 19 (1) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases
SARIKEI: Rescuers has found the body of a teenager reported missing after falling off a fishing vessel in Batang Rajang last Wednesday. The victim, Muhd Imran Najmi Mohtar, 17, was found floating about 100 metres from where the fishing vessel was anchored at around 11.30am this morning. Sarikei Fire and
KUCHING: Two drugstore owners in Sarikei were fined RM15,000 each for trying to bribe a Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) enforcement officer last year. SFC in a statement on Wednesday said the duo pleaded guilty to committing the offence on July 23 at an eatery by offering RM30,000 as an inducement
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