MIRI: It has happened yet again. This time a housewife has told police that she was fleeced out of RM5,900 after she fell for a Macau scam. The 23-year-old from Kampung Batu 1 said she received a call from someone posing as a police officer from IPD Kuantan, Pahang early
MIRI: A local fisherman in Kampung Kuala Batu Satu near here caught a giant grouper weighing 131kg off Kuala Batu Satu beach yesterday. The giant grouper was found trapped in his fishing net. The market price for the gigantic fish is estimated to be around RM40 per kg. An unknown
MIRI: Eleven women from the interior were shown the ropes on fire safety and ways to handle an emergency in the event of a fire in their homes here Saturday. The one-day Celik Suri programme held under the auspices of the Miri Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Zone 6 saw
BINTULU: A total of 27 people from two families were left homeless after fire destroyed two wooden houses in Kampung Baru here on Sunday (Feb 27). A team of 17 firemen in two fire engines were deployed to the scene after they were alerted at 1.12pm and managed to bring
MIRI: A two-time ‘widower’, Jimmy, a male Oriental-pied hornbill at the Piasau Nature Reserve (PNR) here, appears to have found love again. Months after Juliet’s passing (Jimmy’s second lover after his Faridah was brutally killed back in 2013), Jimmy now has another female hornbill into his life, which the Sarawak
MIRI: Boundaries around the Miri-Sibuti Coral Reefs National Park need to be clarified to minimise confusion among local fishermen who frequent the area. In bringing this matter up, the secretary of the Sarawak Fishing Vessel Association (SFVA), Harry Tan Joo Seng, said today during a press conference held here that
LAWAS: Three brothers were burnt to death when their house in Kampung Seberang Kedai near here, was razed to the ground last night. In the 11.30pm incident, the victims were identified as Mohd Hesdi Huzaidi Azrie, 4 ; Mohd Hezni Huzaili Azrie,7 and Mohd Hezry Huzaimi Azrie, 8. Sarawak Fire
MIRI: Singapore’s Scoot Tiger Air made its maiden flight to the city on Wednesday, making it the first foreign airline to fly here direct from the island republic after the Covid-19 pandemic had brought everything to a near standstill. The A320 aircraft carrying 22 passengers arrived to a water cannon
MIRI: A woman reported on Tuesday (Feb 22) that her brother-in-law assaulted her. The incident allegedly occurred at her house in Bandar Baru Permyjaya around 6pm. The suspect, 57, suddenly went berserk and punched the victim, 62, on her face. Acting on the report lodged, a police team detained the
MIRI: They didn’t get far. Two men with previous criminal records were detained by police during a routine patrol in Permyjaya and Senadin on Tuesday (Feb 22). A motorcycle patrol unit (URB) spotted the suspects acting suspiciously carrying four car rims on a motorcycle. The two URB personnel stopped the
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