SIBU: The Sarawak Transport Ministry will be setting up a Public Transport committee in every division with the main task of studying how to reduce traffic congestion in towns and cities in the state. Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin told the press after meeting with bus company operators here
SIBU: A farmer died in what is believed to be a self-accident in Jalan Kanowit-Durin on Monday night. According to Kanowit OCPD DSP Tega Bilong, the 42-year-old victim, Bedon Tihau from Rh Tihau, Sungai Ranan, was on his way home on his motorcycle from Sibu at 8.10pm when the accident
SIBU: Residents in the Oya-Pakoh and Sekuau Stem Areas are encouraged to venture into the MD2 pineapple cultivation. Oya-Pakoh Bar and Area Development Association chairman Cr Henry Kanyan Vincent Rawing said pineapples had high demand in the local as well as international markets. “I urge people in rural areas, especially
SIBU: Yesterday’s promotion of 48 personnel of the tenth battalion of the General Operations Force (GOF) here was the largest ever in the state. They were upgraded from sergeant major to sub-inspector, sergeant to sergeant major and corporal to sergeant positions. Its commander, Supt Sanudin Mohamad Isa, who spoke at
SIBU: A housewife here reportedly lost RM5,180 in a Macau scam. According to Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit, at around 4pm on March 5, the 38-year old victim received a call from a man who identified himself as a staff of a courier company in Shanghai, China.
SIBU: The Sarawak General Operations Force’s (GOF) success in seizing contraband items worth RM49mil last year has earned praise from the nation’s top cop. Commander SAC Datuk Khaw Kok Chin, speaking at the 10th Battalion’s monthly parade yesterday, said Inspector- General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador had congratulated
SIBU: Pelawan assemblyman David Wong wants the newly-formed Perikatan Nasional coalition government to proceed with the heart unit here, which was approved by the previous Pakatan Harapan government. Speaking at a press conference yesterday, he said he and Bukit Assek assemblywoman Irene Chang had made a proposal to the federal
SIBU: An Indonesian plantation worker and a motorcyclist were killed in two separate accidents in Mukah and Dalat respectively on Sunday. In the first case which happened at 11.09am at KM 53 Sibu-Bintulu Road, Hamsan Hamdani, 31, died after a truck crashed into him. “The accident happened when the victim
SIBU: The state government will pay Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) the RM15mln shortfall it suffered as a result of the lowering of assessment rates from 2016 to 2019. Local Government and Housing, Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian revealed this during his visit to the SMC office yesterday. He said
SIBU: Jalan Ulu Sungai Merah here will be made into a dual carriageway following the construction of a traffic light intersection. Residents there had voiced out to Pelawan assemblyman David Wong that the construction of the traffic light intersection at Jalan Ulu Sungai Merah-Jalan Ling Kai Cheng would worsen the
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