Author: NurhauniLee Abdullah

5,600 Meluan households allocated with food aid

JULAU: A total of 5,600 households in Meluan state constituency will receive food aid under the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance (BKSS) 6.0 following the re-implementation of the movement control order (MCO). According to Meluan assemblyman Roland Duat Jubin, the distribution of the aid had already started since Tuesday. “We will

Prioritise bus employees, body appeals

SIBU: Sarawak Bus Transport Companies Association (SBTCA) appealed to the government to consider the needs of employees at bus terminals throughout the state to be given priority to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Its advisor Lau Khing Seng when contacted today said the staff members included bus drivers and conductors as

Don’t politicise appointment of community leaders

SIBU: Senator Robert Lau Hui Yew has urged some parties not to politicise the appointment of community leaders (KMKK) in Sibu. He said that recently, there was a dispute over the appointments which caused dissatisfaction among certain parties. He explained that each selection made was based on the criteria and

No one will be left out

SIBU: Sibu Division Disaster Management Committee (SDDMC) coordinator Dr Annuar Rapaee has assured that no one will be left out in the distribution of food baskets under Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance (BKSS) 6.0 during the movement control order (MCO). He gave the assurance when he visited the collection centre for

Impossible to have zero case

SIBU: It is not easy for this district to record zero positive Covid-19 case at the moment, said Dr Annuar Rapaee. The Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) Sibu coordinator pointed this out during a livestream of the Sibu District Covid-19 daily update on his social media site on Saturday (June

Police need help to locate fugitive

SIBU: The public have been reminded to contact the police if they have seen or know the whereabouts one Lee Ka Yieng, an inmate who escaped from prison here recently.   District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said information about the escaped inmate had already been disseminated on social media

Speedy action saves house from fire

SIBU: Quick action of a homeowner managed to save his house from fire at Lorong 3C, Jalan Rantau Panjang Jaya today. Sibu Fire Department Zone 4 chief Janggan Muling said that firemen from Sungai Merah station were despatched to the scene after receiving a distress call at 9.22am. “The fire

Technician loses RM180k to investment scam

SIBU: A piano technician lost RM180,000 to a scam after he was enticed by higher profits offered through a get-rich-quick scheme on social media. District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the 48-year-old man had sold a land belonging to his father just to invest in the scheme offered

Sibu police set up another roadblock

SIBU: Police have set up another roadblock (SJR) along Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman throughout the movement control order (MCO) period. Sibu OCPD ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit, in confirming this, said four checkpoints had been set up around the town. “The existing SJR is at Jalan Sibu-Durin, Jalan Paradom, Jalan Bawang

Roadblocks to be tightened in fugitive hunt

SIBU: Police here will be tightening roadblocks in efforts to capture an inmate who escaped from the Sibu Central Prison on Sunday. Sibu OCPD ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said police in nearby districts had also been informed. Nevertheless, he believed that the suspect, Lee Ya Kieng, 49, is still hiding