MIRI: Miri City Council (MCC), anticipating huge volume of domestic and bulky waste in the upcoming Christmas celebration, has allocated 48 Roll-On Roll-Off (Roro) bins to housing estates. The council said in a statement on Monday (Nov 22) the bins had been placed at 35 strategic locations to enable residents
MIRI: A local protected bird species called Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) was surrendered to the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) on Saturday by a concerned citizen. According to SFC in a statement, the owl will be released back into the wild after health checks. Owls are a protected species under the
MIRI: Pustaka Negeri Sarawak will be conducting its virtual health talk series on mental and bipolar disorder on Monday (Nov 22). The session is scheduled to be held at 10am on Pustaka Sarawak’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. It will feature a guest speaker, Dr Frederick Tonen, medical officer from
MIRI: A retired school headmaster has been named as Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru’s (PBDSB) candidate for the Marudi seat in the 12th Sarawak Election. Sawing Kedit, 56, from Rumah Neting Sungai Bair Atas Bakong Beluru Baram, obtained his Bachelor in Education in 2012. “Marudi is a Dayak majority seat,”
MIRI: Repairs to the access road leading to Kampung Tukau Jaya are in progress, says Miri mayor Adam Yii. In a statement on Thursday (Nov 18), he said the Road Maintenance Section of the Miri City Council (MCC) was repairing potholes and other work on the stretch, which is several
MIRI: A two-metre long python was rescued by the Miri Civil Force (APM) personnel after it was found trapped in a fishing net of a fisherman’s boat in Kuala Batu 1, Kuala Baram on Thursday morning (Nov 18). According to Miri APM officer (PA) Usman Harto, the reptile, weighing four
MIRI: Some 56 fishermen from the Piasau constituency can look forward to better days at work after receiving fishing equipment on Wednesday from the Sarawak government. The aid, worthRM2,000, was distributed via the Fishermen’s Fishing Equipment Input Assistant (BIPPN). Besides receiving fish nets, the recipients were also given cool boxes
BINTULU: The disbursement of Minor Rural Projects (MRP) grants, especially to recipients in the rural areas reflects the state government’s continuous effort to develop the rural communities. As such, Kakus incumbent Datuk John Sikie Tayai urged the constituents in Kakus constituency to rally their support towards the ruling government under
MIRI: A 21-year-old GrabFood delivery rider sustained injuries after his motorcycle was involved in a collision with a four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicle on Wednesday morning (Nov 17) along Jalan Wireless here. Sarawak Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said police and ambulance were despatched to the scene after
MIRI: A skipper and two crewmen were arrested and their vessel seized after Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) officers here found it operating with an expired licence. In a statement MMEA director, Captain Md Fauzi Othman said the vessel was held by a patrol team about 16 nautical miles, north-west
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