MCC donates daily provisions to fire victims
MIRI: Miri City Council (MCC) responded to a call for help from residents affected by a fire outbreak which damaged their longhouse at Kampung Pa’Derung Bario last night (Mar 18). Under the advice of Miri City Mayor Adam Yii, and as part of its corporate social responsibility, MCC has arranged to provide the fire victims […]
21 residents made homeless in Bario fire
MIRI: Fire gutted an eight-door longhouse and a stand-alone dwelling at Kampung Pa Derung, Bario in the wee hours of Friday (March 19). Miri Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) chief Law Poh Kiong said fortunately, no casualties and injuries were reported. “The police along with (utilities company) Sarawak Energy Berhad were alerted of the incident […]
A lesson in peacemaking
Peace may sound simple — one beautiful word — but it requires everything we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal. — Yehudi Menuhin, violinist History buffs may be interested to know that Bario, Sarawak’s “Shangri-La”, is an ancient community that goes back as far as 3,000 years ago. It would also enlighten Sarawakians to know that […]
