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
SIBU: A lorry carrying electrical equipment caught fire on Lanang Bridge here, this morning. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said 75 percent of the vehicle was damaged by the flames. The operations centre added that firefighters from Sibu station were despatched to the scene after a distress
MUKAH: A fisherman reported missing at Batang Paloh here since Tuesday was found stranded at a nearby beach by members of the public this morning. Acting on a report received on Tuesday evening, State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said a search and rescue (SAR) operation was conducted
SARIKEI: A search and rescue (SAR) operation has been mounted for a teenager who fell from a fishing boat and into the Rajang River. The 17-year-old victim is believed to have been sleeping on the roof of the vessel prior to the incident near the WTK Kinyau factory here on
KUCHING: Seven more longhouses and a secondary school have been placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO). According to the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), the longhouses are Rumah Likik in Pakan; Rumah Empeni Budom, Rumah Nyuka Lubuk Lemba and Rumah Giman in Sarikei; Rumah Lai Strait and Rumah
KUCHING: Simunjan district now stands as the sole Covid-19 green zone in Sarawak following the declaration of Telang Usan district as a yellow zone. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said Telang Usan, which was previously a green zone, recorded one new positive case today (Apr 27). “This brings the number
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 432 new Covid-19 cases and three deaths today. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in its daily statement today (Apr 27), said the total number of cases in the state stood at 28,961 with a death toll of 165. It said 70 percent of the 432 cases were
KUCHING: Three new Covid-19 clusters were declared by the State Health Department on Monday (April 26). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the Sungai Senibung Cluster was an educational institution cluster involving a secondary school in Sungai Senibung, Julau. “The index case to this cluster is a 15-year-old male
KUCHING: There is no law in the Malaysian Legal System that can compel a party’s candidates or elected persons to pay penalties to the party concerned for failing to file their papers on nomination day or jumping ship after winning elections. “This is why there is a significant number of
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 615 new Covid-19 cases on Monday (Apr 26), bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 28,529 cases, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). In its daily statement, SDMC said of the total new cases reported, 78 people showed and experienced symptoms of
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