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Early NY cheer for the needy

MIRI: Lions Club of Batu Niah held its CNY Caring Love Programme at PPDK Batu Niah in conjunction with the upcoming 2023 Chinese New Year (CNY) festival celebration yesterday. ‘Angpow’ (red packets containing cash) and food baskets were distributed to the needy during the programme. Lions Club of Batu Niah president, Andy Jong Wan Joon […]

Miri Volunteer Fire Brigades receive grants

MIRI : All six existing Volunteer Fire Brigades (PBS) in Miri Division, namely Batu Niah, Long Bemang, Long Kevok, Long Ikang, Long Laput and Long Lama received grants worth RM3,000 each from the government. The grants were presented by Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department director Datuk Khirudin Drahman during an engagement programme held on Tuesday […]

Partial closure of Samalaju road

MIRI: A temporary partial closure of Jalan Samalaju towards Batu Niah will be carried out to make room for culvert replacement work from June 13 to October 13. The work to replace the culvert involves two different locations namely at Culvert 1 (KM74) before WTK Agriculture and Culvert 2 oil palm plantations (KM75) before the […]

Four arrested for stealing cable

MIRI: Four local men were arrested by the police here on Tuesday to help with the investigation into the theft of Telekom Malaysia’s cable in Batu Niah. On March 30, a 60-meter long cable worth RM10,000 was reported missing from a power station. According to Miri deputy district police chief Supt Mohd Sabri Zainol, the […]

450 households receive food aid from Lions Clubs

MIRI: Four hundred and fifty households from Miri, Batu Niah and Marudi have been receiving food aid for the past these three months from the Lions Clubs International of District 308 via its ‘Feed the Hunger’ project.  “On July 31, we completed the distribution to low-income households,” said a spokesperson of the Lions Clubs International […]

Buddies in crime nabbed

MIRI: Two friends were arrested early Monday (June 21) in Batu Niah near here for allegedly stealing 11 oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFB). “The suspects were spotted harvesting the FFBs from an oil palm orchard belonging to a villager from Kampung Lajong Kuala Niah,” said Miri OCPD ACP Hakemal Hawari. He added that the […]

Mega-size mural painting proposed

BATU NIAH: A mega-size mural painting themed with various uniqueness in the Subis district has been proposed. This special item is to be set up here in Batu Niah.  Assistant Minister for Women, Family and Childhood Development Assistant Minister Rosey Yunus who disclosed this on Friday, said the proposal to set up a mural painting […]

Fire razes oil palm fruit container

MIRI: An oil palm fruit collecting container was destroyed after it caught fire last Saturday night (August 29). According to the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), a distress call on the incident was received the next day (August 30) and a team of firefighters of Batu Niah Fire and Rescue Station were despatched to […]