SIBU: Police arrested a couple and seized two boxes containing syabu worth more than RM150,000 behind Sibu Post Office building here last Monday (May 17). District deputy police chief Supt Collin Babat, who confirmed the case, said the team found the suspects, both aged 32, carrying the boxes to a
SIBU: Newly appointed Pemanca of Sibu Division Chinese community Datuk Jason Tai has promised to help the government register more Chinese here for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. He told reporters this after receiving his appointment letter from Sibu Resident Wong Hee Sieng yesterday at the Sibu Resident’s office. Dr
SIBU: The vaccine is expected to be administered to around 7,000 residents in this district during the third phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, which begins Tuesday (May 18) until May 29. Sibu Divisional Disaster Management Committee coordinator Dr Annuar Rapaee said this during a visit to the vaccination
SIBU: More than a quarter of the traders at Pasar Minggu Sibu in Taman Indah, Teku here have not registered for Covid-19 vaccination programme yet. Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) chairman Clarence Ting Ing Horh discovered this when he visited the market on Sunday. “From our survey at this market, many
SIBU: The state will soon get 500,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine, revealed the coordinator of the Sibu Divisional Disaster Management Committee, Dr Annuar Rapaee. He stated that the vaccine was purchased by the state government through its own initiative in order to expedite the vaccination process for the people of Sarawak.
SIBU: The community has been urged to not be complacent with the declining number of positive Covid-19 cases lately. This was said by Sibu Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) coordinator Dr Annuar Rapaee on Saturday (May 15). Last Thursday, Sibu recorded 27 positive Covid-19 cases while on Friday, there were
SIBU: The state government has allocated RM500,000 to five secondary schools — SMK Tiong Hin, SMK Tung Hua, SMK Chung Cheng, SMK Chung Hua and SMK Kwong Hua. Senator Robert Lau Hui Yew, when contacted on Saturday (May 15), said that each school received RM100,000. He said it showed the
SIBU: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Bukit Assek Branch on Friday donated food and other necessities to the six families who were affected by a fire at Jalan Tiong Hua 1 last Thursday. The branch chairman and also SUPP deputy president II, Datuk Chieng Buong Toon instructed his members to
SIBU: A 52-year-old female clerk failed to realise her dream of owning a house after she was cheated by a broker. Sibu District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit, in a statement on Wednesday (May 12), said the woman met the broker who offered a house for sale in Taman
SIBU: Controlling the movement of people under conditional movement control order (CMCO) is a huge challenge for authorities, says Sibu OCPD ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit. “Controlling longhouses subject to CMCO is much more difficult than controlling private homes. “It is easier for authorities to track the movement of occupants of
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