BINTULU: An early morning blaze destroyed a double storey dormitory that housed 12 male pupils of Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Sebauh, Bintulu on Wednesday (Aug 5). Luckily an adjacent dormitory which accommodated 12 female pupils was saved in the incident. Eight firemen from Bintulu fire station arrived at the scene which
MIRI: A 5m-long King Cobra weighing 10kg gave a family of 12 in Jalan Bakam here goosebumps, after it was found hiding behind a wardrobe. According to Civil Defence Department (APM) officer Capt (PA) Usman Harto, three of his colleagues rushed to the location after responding to an alert around
MIRI: State Minister of Transport Datuk Lee Kim Shin on Wednesday presented a cheque worth of RM5,000 each to two primary schools’ Parent Teacher Association (PTA) in Kuala Baram. The aid for SK Kuala Baram 1 and 2 was to help assist the schools in acquiring personal protective equipment (PPE) to
INSOLVENCY ACT 1967 MIRI: Most members of the public here welcome the decision by the federal government to table an amendment to the Insolvency Act 1967 in the current Dewan Rakyat meeting. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan revealed the federal government’s plan during
MIRI: Travellers from Malaya, Labuan and Sabah returning here, and whose residential addresses are in this district, will be issued home quarantine order by health officials, said Minister in-charge of Miri Division Disaster Management Committee Datuk Lee Kim Shin on Sunday. “The date and time for their day-two swab will
MARUDI: The Rural Water Supply Department (JBALB) has finished installing new water pipes at Kampung Pemindahan under the Northern Region 2 (NR 2) programme, said Local Government and Housing Assistant Minister Datuk Dr Penguang Manggil on Sunday. He told that by next week, installation of new water pipes at Kampung
Long Lama: Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau donated two cows and a buffalo to the Muslim community here in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidiladha celebration on Friday. He also witnessed the ritual slaughter or korban of the cows and the buffalo which was held at the compound of Long Lama’s
MIRI: A local man has been detained for possessing 1,357.91 liters of diesel worth about RM2,470 without a permit from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs. The ministry’s Miri branch enforcement chief Joe Azmi Jamil said, the man was caught transporting the diesel in a vehicle on Friday
MIRI: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) women wing chief Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah expressed her hope for its candidates to not only win in this coming state’s 12th election, but to win in style (big majority). As of February this year, PBB has 337,356 members out of which 162,110 are
MIRI: Four secondary schools and four primary schools in this division on Thursday received special contributions amounting to RM58,000 from Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin to help them buy sanitisers, additional face masks and other necessities to fulfil the SOP requirements. He also suggested the schools use the funds he
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