Author: Connie Chieng

Six may hang for drug offences

KUCHING: Six persons will face the gallows if convicted for drug dealing. Sarawak Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department head Supt Hasnir Abdul Halim confirmed that the six, three males and three females aged between 18 and 44, were caught with 61g of syabu worth RM9,000. Three of them were jobless while

Head-on collision lands biker in drain

KUCHING: A motorcyclist and his pillion rider were injured after their bike was involved in a head-on collision with a car at Jalan Muara Tebas yesterday at about 12.30pm. As a result of the accident, the car was badly dented. Both the motorcyclist and his pillion rider were flung off

SUPP Youth slams Hadi over remarks

KUCHING: In a rare moment of agreement, Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Youth secretary-general Milton Foo has blasted PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang Hadi’s call to reject DAP, which he claimed was out to give Chinese control of Sarawak and its wealth. Foo deemed it as unwarranted and nonsensical, adding: “It

LBU remains professional amid PDP axing talk

KUCHING: With the decision to terminate the Project Delivery Partner (PDP) agreement for the Sarawak portion of the Pan Borneo Highway project, Lebuhraya Borneo Utara Sdn Bhd (LBU), now hopes that the highway will be completed as promised. “As professionals, we believe that we have done our part to develop,

4 Sarawakians get scholarship to Haikou University

KUCHING: Haikou University of Economics in Hainan Province is inviting Bumiputera students from Sarawak to pursue their bachelor degrees in various fields which would be fully sponsored by the university. The courses offered include engineering, technicians, multimedia, communications, business and accounting which is of international standard. The courses are conducted

Teacher loses cash and gold in burglary

KUCHING: A kindergarten teacher from Muara Tabuan reported that she lost more than RM10,000 in cash and gold from her house last Saturday. The teacher said when she returned home that night her house had been ransacked. The burglars had cut the grill of her kitchen window to gain entry.

Fire razes two houses

KUCHING: Two houses adjacent to RH Megau in Kampung Rapak, Sri Aman were razed to the ground yesterday at 6.45am. Fortunately, the fire did not spread elsewhere as the houses were in a single block. Sri Aman firefighters rushed to the scene to extinguish and control the blaze. The cause

Damaged culvert main culprit of flash floods

KUCHING: The culvert at the junction of Lorong Tengah C, Siburan Village has been identified as the root cause of flash floods and waterlogging. Sanjan Daik, the special assistant to Stampin MP Chong Chieng Jen, inspected the situation yesterday. “We found that not only the culvert was too small to

Sept 16 true date of Malaysia’s formation

KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Public Complaints Bureau chief cum SUPP Kota Sentosa branch chairman Wilfred Yap wishes every Malaysian, “Selamat Menyambut Hari Malaysia”. He urged the people to maintain the harmony and understanding which “binds us all together as one community”. He also stressed on the significance of

Scheme residents appeal for Yap’s help

KUCHING: Residents of Stampin Resettlement Scheme want their main road to be widened and the earth drains there to be upgraded into concrete drains. They conveyed their wishes to Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) public complaints bureau chief Wilfred Yap recently when he visited the scheme with SUPP Stampin Sub Branch members.