Author: Margaret Ringgit

Man arrested for arson threat

MIRI: Police here on Thursday night arrested a man from Tudan Phase 6 after he allegedly threatened to burn down his father’s house. The man, aged 25, was picked up by a team from the Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) around 11.30pm, shortly after his 55-year-old father made a police

Two foreign fishing boats detained

BINTULU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Bintulu Zone on Thursday detained two foreign fishing boats along with its 25 crew members about 87 nautical miles northwest of Kuala Kemena. Acting director of MMEA Bintulu Zone Commander Maritime Effendy Mohamed Fadil said the arrests were made by the patrolling asset

Man detained for attacking sister

MIRI: A 26-year-old man was detained for assaulting his sister by the roadside of Jalan Dato Permaisuri 2A here on Monday (May 24). A commotion broke out when the victim, 22, tried to calm her brother down who had ran amok earlier on looking for his wife. The suspect then

Teens arrested for alleged motorcycle theft

MIRI: Four teenagers, who were allegedly involved in the theft of a motorcycle belonging to a technician in Jalan Rice Mill here on Monday, were arrested in an operation codename Ops Lejang/Ops Aidilfitri. The arrest was made in less than 24 hours after the motorcycle’s owner lodged a police report

Reminders fall on deaf ears

MIRI: Despite the announcement of stricter standard operating procedures (SOPs) under the conditional movement control order (CMCO), people can still be seen moving around freely and thronging shopping malls here. Based on a brief observation by New Sarawak Tribune today (May25), security personnel were posted to mall entrances to conduct

RM214,000 for 31 religious bodies

MIRI: Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin today presented RM214,000 worth of financial aid to 31 religious bodies here in conjunction with this year’s Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Wesak Day and Hari Gawai, The purpose of the assistance was to provide some financial support, especially to buy Covid-19 sanitation equipment to

Vaccination begins in Columbia Asia Hospital Miri

MIRI: Columbia Asia Hospital Miri today (May 25) begin its inoculation drive under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin, who is also minister-in-charge of the Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC), today (May 25) morning paid a visit to the hospital to monitor the progress

Five private medical institutions do vaccination

MIRI: Five private medical healthcare institutions in this division will be involved in the national inoculation programme to help accelerate the vaccination drive. These institutions will serve as vaccination centres, said minister in charge of the Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (MDDMC) Datuk Lee Khim Shin on Monday (May 24).

Two metric tonnes of food for flood victims

MIRI: The Miri Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) on Monday (May 24) delivered two metric tonnes of food to flood victims in the Mulu district. According to the minister in charge of Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee and Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin, the food was flown from Miri

Miri eatery operators, workers allowed to eat on premises

MIRI: Eatery operators and their workers are allowed to eat inside their own premises on the condition that they have the relevant documents as proof that they are operators or workers there. This was said by Miri City Council (MCC), who said the documentation includes the council’s licence, certificate of