SIBU: Collectors of old bank notes and coins have been told not to take the net worth of such collectible items at face value as published in social media. President of Sarawak Philatelic and Numismatic Society John Goh Cheong Hua said lately there had been many stories in Facebook telling
SIBU: A 27-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a schoolgirl in a hotel in Kapit. Kapit district police chief, deputy Supt Freddy Bian said the alleged offence took place for three days where the 17-year-old victim, was locked up by the suspect in the hotel room. Freddy said
SIBU: A dish washer, who stabbed the private part of her husband’s girlfriend with a knife in a threesome which went wrong, has been sentenced to eight years’ jail by the Sessions Court here yesterday after she pleaded guilty to the offence. Meanwhile, her husband, who also pleaded guilty in
KAPIT: What was supposed to be a joyous hunting trip turned tragic when a 40-year-old man was shot dead by his friend who had mistaken him for a wild boar. The victim had been identified as farmer Liee Amat from Rumah Roma, Sungai Ranan, Kanowit. Kapit District Police chief DSP
SIBU: A second year Research Chemistry student of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) beat 14 other finalists to win the coveted Miss Grand Sarawak. Bidayuh lass Julie Minele Senele won RM2,000, a ELite Estatik MediSpa service worth RM2,500, a crown and a sash. She collected her prizes from Lanang MP Alice
SIBU: Nine families of 73 people whose seven wooden houses at Kampung Baharu here were destroyed by a fire at noon last Friday received financial assistance from Sibu MP Oscar Ling last Saturday. When visiting the fire victims, Ling presented RM1,000 to each family at the village mosque. Earlier in
SIBU: A night of lust climaxed with one person bloodied and seriously injured, and another arrested. In a threesome involving a man, his wife and his girlfriend that went awry, the wife stabbed her husband’s girlfriend while they were having sex on Sunday. Sibu OCPD ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said
KANOWIT: A group of about 50 hawkers staged a demonstration against the Kanowit District Council (KDC) move to relocate them to the bus terminal. They have been trading at the existing council market near the old St Francis Xavier Primary School, but the council wants them to move to the
SIBU: Some 23 squatter families received a surprise visit from National Registration Department (NRD) officers. The families, totaling about 100-odd persons, have been squatting at the sanitary landfill in Jalan Seng Ling here. The 10 NRD officers from Kuching were there from March 20-21 to process their applications for MyKads
SIBU: A total of 73 people from nine families were made homeless when seven wooden houses in Kampung Bahru here were destroyed in a fire yesterday. Central Zone Bomba acting chief, Wan Kamaruddin, said four of the houses were completely burned while the other three about 70 to 80 per
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