Author: Duwin Udih

Popular kampua mee runs out

MUKAH: The supply of noodles for preparing kampua mee in this town has been running low since Tuesday, no thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. Two coffee shops, situated close to each other, had been experiencing supply shortage. A coffee shop proprietor identified only as Lu said kampua mee at the

Giatmara Mukah slowly taking shape

MUKAH: The long-awaited proposed Giatmara Mukah project here is gradually taking shape. A survey by New Sarawak Tribune today (March 9) discovered that parts of the project’s ground structures have been completed. It is located at KM7, Jalan Mukah-Oya some 200 metres into the access road leading to Politeknik Mukah,

District Office distributes Covid-19 immunisation forms

MUKAH: The local District Office recently took a pro-active step by distributing Covid-19 immunisation  forms to people in the vicinity of the town here as part of the efforts to expedite the registration process. It was meant for people who had not registered through the MySejahtera application. Mukah District Office

SAR launched for missing fisherman

OYA: A search and rescue (SAR) operation has been launched to find a fisherman who went missing and is believed to be attacked by a crocodile while looking for prawns at Batang Oya here on Saturday. Dalat district police chief ASP Haswata Abdullah Buyong said the victim has been identified

Kampung Teh to get new hall

OYA: A new multipurpose hall costing about RM400,000 is expected to be built in Kampung Teh here in the near future. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the project began in 2016 with identifying a site for the hall, followed by soil-filling

Temple receives aid after fire

MUKAH:  The management committee of Mukah Tua Pek Kong temple here received financial aid from Tellian Service Centre today (March 5) after a fire damaged the temple’s rumah wakaf cum store on Thursday night. Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo handed over a cheque amounting to RM10,000 to committee chairman Leong King

Fire destroys Tua Pek Kong premises

MUKAH: A rumah wakaf cum store belonging to Mukah Tua Pek Kong temple was destroyed in a fire on Thursday night. The fire which occurred at about 8.20pm damaged most parts of the building, situated next to the temple at Jalan Boyan here. Mukah Fire and Rescue Department in its

Coastal highway U-Turn poses danger to users

MUKAH: The construction of a U-Turn at the KM7 Mukah-Oya highway supposed to facilitate traffic flow near the new Mukah Airport has led to somewhat dubious circumstances. New Sarawak Tribune observed that while the U-Turn has a significant purpose for being constructed at that section of the coastal highway, it

Drive-thru registration a new normal for students

MUKAH: Registration of new students for the 2020 December session for the 2021 March intake at Politeknik Mukah (PMU) here was conducted through a drive-thru on Monday and Tuesday which was in line with the new normal. For senior students, it will be held on Thursday and Friday (March 4-5).

Tellian rep among first to be vaccinated

MUKAH: Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo was among the first group of people vaccinated with the first dose of Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine on Monday. “I usually sleep early. Tonight (Monday night) I could not sleep. Maybe (it’s) the effect of the vaccine,” he said, sharing his experience in a WhatsApp post,