Author: Margaret Ringgit

Trio unhurt as car engulfed in flames

MIRI : A female driver and her two passengers escaped unhurt but their car was destroyed in the wee hours of yesterday after it erupted in flames at Jalan Ilmu Desa Senadin here. A team of firemen from Lopeng fire station was despatched to the scene after responding to a

Spring Festival calligraphy event on Dec 31

MIRI: A calligraphy competition on writing Spring Festival Couplets will be held here on Dec 31. The event which is open to primary and secondary students and also features an open category offers the Dato Sri Dr Lee Kim Shin challenge trophy. It is being organised by the Federation of

Local media practitioners to converge on Miri for prestigious awards

MIRI: Some 100 journalists from the broadcast and print media in Sarawak are set to receive their awards at the upcoming Kenyalang Journalism Awards 2022 (KJA) this Friday (Dec 9). This year, Miri City is playing host to the prestigious event, which has been organised since 1988. According to organising

Contraband fags, liquors worth RM8k seized

MIRI: Police here on Monday seized contrabands of cigarettes and liquors worth RM8,000 during a raid at a premise in the city. In disclosing this in a statement today, Miri district police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu said the raid was carried out by a team of Miri Criminal Investigation

Curtin awards students for capstone computing projects

MIRI: Curtin University Malaysia recently presented Best Project Awards to three teams of students for their Capstone Computing Projects (CCP). CCPs are undertaken by computing students as their final year projects, giving them the opportunity to execute software engineering projects in consultation with members of the academic staff, industry partners

Suspect, 35, detained for drugs

MIRI: Police here on Tuesday afternoon detained a local man for alleged drug abuse activities. According to Miri district police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu, the 35 year-old suspect was detained inside a vacant shophouse in Niah during an operation around 1.30 pm by a team from Miri Narcotic Crime

Huge python caught, released

MIRI: It was a slimy slithering experienced for a 31 year-old woman when she found a huge two and a half metre-long python underneath the hood of her car today afternoon. The incident reportedly occurred in front of her house in Jalan Sing Chong Chay, while she was washing her

28 receive mayor’s award

MIRI: Twenty-eight persons have received awards for outstanding service to this city. The presentation of the awards was made during the fourth edition of the Miri Mayor’s Award 2021-2022 ceremony on Monday night. Former Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water (2009 to 2013), Tan Sri Dato Sri Peter Chin

This cat has nine lives after all

MIRI: A common myth is that cats have nine lives. Well maybe, a black cat miraculously survived after it was impaled by a sharp metal railing at a house in Kampung Lusut, Taman Tunku, here this morning (Dec 6). The poor cat was spotted by its 51-year-old owner who saw

Telang Usan rep to bring up OKU matter with ministry

MIRI: Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau hosted an early Christmas lunch for 30 persons with disabilities (OKU) of Eda Beran Long Laput community-based rehabilitation centre (PPDK). The lunch had been an annual affair prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. Also present last Sunday (Dec 4) was PPDK Eda Beran Long Laput