SEBAUH: Utilities Minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom welcomed the Sarawak government’s initiative in providing mobile banking services in rural areas, especially in Sebauh. With the service, residents did not have to get police permits to go to Bintulu to do their banking during the movement control order (MCO).
BINTULU: Police have arrested the main suspect in the murder of an oil palm plantation worker at Sebauh last Tuesday. District police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said the suspect, an Indonesian national in his 30s, was arrested during a raid at the workers’ quarters in Sebauh around 8.30am on Thursday
BINTULU: A woman reportedly lost RM16,750 after being deceived by a business scam syndicate using Instagram application. District police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said the 33-year-old woman claimed that she received messages offering job to promote goods and was promised lucrative returns through Instagram. “The victim was attracted to the
BINTULU: Recipients of minor rural project (MRP) grants are advised to make the best use of their funds. At the same time funds given must be used wisely and accordingly. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Native Laws and Customs) Datuk John Sikie Tayai said the grant should only
BINTULU: Serba Dinamik Sdn Bhd today donated food, drinks and electrical equipment to the Bintulu Hospital. The donation, under the Serba Care Team Programme, was presented by independent non-executive director of Serba Dinamik, Datuk Abdul Kadier Sahib to the Bintulu Hospital’s deputy director Dr Sivashunmugam Sangaran at the hospital lobby.
BINTULU: A technician at a private company here, was arrested by police at a car park at Mile 5, Bintulu-Miri Road today. District police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said the 28-year-old is believed to be involved in drug distribution activities around Bintulu. “Inspections found four straw tubes containing crystalline lumps
BINTULU: Individuals with no identification, or citizenship, documentation are also eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, says Bintulu health officer Dr Melvin Chung. They can go to any health facility or nearby district office to register for the vaccine, by giving their name and date of birth. Further elaborating, he
BINTULU: Utilities Minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom today handed over minor rural project (MRP) cheques for the Kemena state constituency at the Rural Water Supply Department Office here. Among the 22 recipients who received the MRP grants totalling RM28,000 were representatives of Village Security and Development Committees, Women’s
BINTULU: Two more vaccination centres will be set up here namely at the Bintulu Development Authority (BDA) auditorium and BDA Sports Centre in Tanjung Kidurong to accelerate the Bintulu Covid-19 immunisation programme. According to Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing, the vaccination centre at the BDA auditorium is specifically
BINTULU: All types of Covid-19 vaccine, including Sinovac and Pfizer-BioNTech, used in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme serve the same purpose, said Bintulu Division Health Officer Dr Melvin Chung Hsien Liang. He said however, his party would be powerless to intervene on the public’s choice of vaccine. “If they are
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