MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has conducted a successful water bombing operation at Sungai Adong here, extinguishing a massive 5.5 square kilometre area engulfed by peat fire. MMEA Miri zone director Captain Mohd Shafie Paing said during the water bombing operation, MMEA’s bombardier aircraft dropped a total of
MIRI: A 10-foot long python was spotted underneath a water tank of a house in Lambir, here in the midst of a sweltering hot weather on Wednesday afternoon. The 38-year-old house owner immediately contacted the Miri Civil Defence Force (APM) at around 2.48 pm after she spotted the python underneath
MIRI: A snatching incident occurred in front of a secondary school at Jalan Temenggong Lawai Jau here today resulting in injuries to a teenage boy and his mother. The boy sustained injuries on his cheek after being attacked with a pocketknife by the suspect during the incident. The suspect who
MIRI: Iguana sightings have kept Miri City Council (MCC) staff busy the last few weeks.Acting on public complaints, the council together with the Sarawak Forest Corporation (SFC) embarked on an operation to catch the critically endangered green iguanas.To date, the council has managed to round up seven of these reptiles
MIRI: The City Council (MCC) is transitioning to digital assessment bill delivery.According to Miri mayor Adam Yii Siew Sang, the move is in line with the Smart City status and the City Council is sending the assessment rates bills via email.“There will be no sending out of physical assessment bills
MIRI: Sarawak witnessed a substantial surge in tourist arrivals, totalling 397,785 visitors in February this year, compared to 280,973 in the corresponding month the previous year. Deputy Minister for Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew said the upswing reflected the increasing appeal of Sarawak as
MIRI: A Bombardier aircraft from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (APMM) will also be deployed to carry out water bombing operations to combat peat fires here this Wednesday. Minister-in-charge of the Miri Disaster Management Committee (MDMC), Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin, who announced this, said water bombing involves dropping large
MIRI: The Chemical and Energy Engineering and Civil and Construction Engineering departments of Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) recently conducted a site visit to the Miri Centralised Sewage Treatment Plant (MCSTP) for 21 third- and final-year civil and construction engineering and environmental engineering students. The students were accompanied by 10
MIRI: Deputy Minister for Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew is concerned about increased criminal activities, especially armed robberies in the city, and stressed the need for swift and decisive action to ensure the safety of the community. Ting, who is the Piasau assemblyman, expressed
MIRI: Sarawak commemorated the79th anniversary of the historic Semut landing in Bario on Monday. It was when eight paratroopers under the Z Special Unit of the Allied Forces – ‘Semut 1’ – led by Tom Harrison descended in Bario on March 25, 1945 to liberate the region from enemy occupation
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