SIBU: Once a major timber-producing region, Sibu will remain an integral part in the state’s economic development. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said Sibu is well-positioned to be a centre for commercial and financial services to other towns in the central region like Belaga, Kapit, Kanowit, Song,
BINTULU: The front part of a truck was destroyed after it suddenly caught fire at Bintulu-Bakun Road here. The State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operation centre received a call at 1.05pm yesterday and deployed a team of firefighters to the scene. The firefighters took about an hour to get
KANOWIT: A 73-year-old senior citizen, who had been missing since Jan 26, from Rumah Joshua Medan, Sungai Tuah, Jalan Nibong Tada, Kanowit was found on the second day of a search and rescue (SAR) operation. According to the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operation centre, Bomba received a call
SIBU: About 4,000 people from all walks of life attended the Chinese New Year (CNY) open house hosted by Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) Central Region at Catholic High School Hall here. The open house began at 9am and ended at 1pm. The party president Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing, central
SIBU: Reporters here visited the chairman of Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) Clarence Ting during the Chinese New Year. Ting told them he hoped his dream of improving Sibu would be realised. “I hope to make Sibu cleaner and a better place to live in. “But before that, we have to
SARIKEI: Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii yesterday provided assistance to a 17-year-old teenager who was in need of immediate treatment at Sarawak General Hospital in Kuching. The teenager, who is a secondary school student here, had fell from the third floor of a building and sustained serious injuries.
KANOWIT: Firefighters succeeded in coaxing an Indonesian man down from a 150-metre telecommunications tower at Bukit Memaloh here. The Indonesian, an oil palm plantation worker, is believed to have been on the tower some 100 metre up since Monday, with some individuals claiming since early Sunday. He is said to
BINTANGOR: Two houses at Taman Bintang here were damaged by a fire yesterday. Personnel from Bintangor Fire and Rescue Station (Bomba) rushed to the scene after receiving a phone call around 11.24am. “The fire affected two single-storey terraced houses. The first house was empty, and the fire started in the
SIBU: Assistant Minister of Education, Science and Technological Research Dr Annuar Rapaee observed that many people nowadays are very much affected by outside influences such as the poco-poco dance. He said that because of the influence of the “foreign” dance, many young people were now unaware of their own customs,
SIBU: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Dudong branch chairman Wong Ching Yong and his branch committee members had set up a mobile service centre at Fawley Supermarket at Salim Sibu. The purpose is to help people aged 60 and above to apply for the government’s Kenyalang Gold Cards. The benefits
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