MIRI: Firemen from Miri fire station today teamed up with the Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB) to battle bushfire in Marina Bay. They were assisted by personnel from a company, namely Pantai Bayu Indah Sdn Bhd. According to Zone 6 fire chief Supt Law Poh Kiong, nearly three acres
MIRI: A 25-year-old man was detained on Monday (Apr 19) for allegedly injuring his wife with a steel rod during an argument early that day. The victim, aged 29, sustained injuries to her left wrist. Preliminary investigation revealed that jealousy had driven the man into injuring his wife around 2pm
MIRI: Eight firemen from Miri Central fire station, successfully put out a bushfire near a Christian cemetery along the Miri-Bintulu Road yesterday’s morning (19 April). The bushfire also happened near the Battalion 12th General Operations Force (PGA) Miri camp. “It was a small bushfire and our men successfully contained it
MIRI: Phase Two of Covid-19 Immunisation programme for this division will kick off on April 23 until 29, focusing on the elderly and vulnerable groups. A total 3,510 vaccines will be administered during the programme, said Minister of Transport Sarawak Datuk Lee Kim Shin in a statement on Monday (April
MIRI: The Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) today (April 18) decided that schools in the district should be temporary closed for 14 days to curb the spread of the virus in schools. “All schools in the district will revert to home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) and the situation will
MIRI: The sharp rise in active Covid-19 cases in Sarawak lately is a worrying sign that more effective mitigation and intervention approaches are needed. During a press conference held in Kuching on Friday, State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that the committee is looking
MIRI: Police here on Friday night detained a 31 year-old local man for his alleged involvement in stealing iron rods. He allegedly stole a total of 14 iron rods worth RM2,000 from a construction site in Kampung Lusut here. The arrest was made in less than 24 hours after the
MIRI: A local jobless man was arrested this morning for allegedly injuring his girlfriend during a quarrel inside their rented house at Taman Hilltop here. Police personnel from the Miri Criminal Investigation Department nabbed the 31-year-old man following a report lodged by the 21-year-old victim. Miri police chief ACP Hakemal
MIRI: Following the city council’s decision to not hold any Ramadan bazaar during the Muslim fasting month, food and beverage traders have turned to the Internet to do business. “You don’t have a choice really. We need to adapt to change, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic,” said one food vendor,
MIRI: Miri City mayor Adam Yii Siew Sang today expressed his deep concern over the lack of compliance with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) in respect of activities at Lutong Beach. This was after carrying out his site visit to the area last weekend. He noted that Lutong Beach lately
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