Longhouse power project ready at last
BINTANGOR: There is light at last for the people of Rumah Panjang Nyandang, Sungai Rayah here after the completion of rewiring work for the electricity supply in their longhouse. The Sarawak Public Communication Unit (UKAS) said in a news report today that the RM90,000 Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) project was under Meradong assemblyman Datuk Ding […]
Electricity bill paying machine for Bintangor residents soon
BINTANGOR: Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) will provide a bill paying machine in the near future to provide more ease for residents here to pay their electricity bills. According to Sarawak Public Communication Unit (Ukas) in a news report on Saturday (Jan 15), this move is following the closure of the SEB’s customer service counter here […]
Tree trunk saves man from drowning
BINTANGOR: A 25-year-old man hung on to dear life on a tree trunk after he was swept away by strong currents while swimming across a flooded road to get to work at Kampung Nanga Strass this morning (Nov 9). A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire Department operations centre said the incident happened around 6.45am when […]
Bid to smuggle in 7,000 litres of diesel fails
BINTANGOR: A bid to smuggle in 7,000 litres of diesel with a tanker truck was foiled by Sarikei Marine Police along Jalan Utama Bintangor on Sept 2. Region 5 Marine Police commander ACP Zulfikar Mohd Ghazali, who confirmed the case, said the team noticed a tanker truck heading towards Bintangor and stopped it by the […]
Senior citizens, poor and disabled receive food aid
BINTANGOR: A group of 50 senior citizens, poor and persons with disabilities (OKU) received contributions in the form of food essentials under the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) ziarah programme, which is currently touring Meradong constituency to help the needy there. Meradong assemblyman Datuk Ding Kuong Hiing officiated at the distribution of the contributions at […]
Search continues for missing woman
BINTANGOR: Search and rescue operations for 50-year-old Ijah Lasa who was reported missing while looking for forest produce in Nanga Lijan on June 1, entered Day Seven today (June 16). A spokesman from the State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said the search yesterday (June 15) was focused at three areas — Jalan Denai […]
Awkward moments but fire extinguished
BINTANGOR: Firemen had to travel back and forth to extinguish a fire at a garbage disposal site in Pakan on Friday. The incident involving the site about 0.3 hectares in size was believed to have been deliberately set ablazed. Bintangor fire chief Nicholas Belulin said they received an emergency call around 9.20pm and his men […]
Teacher dies in road accident
BINTANGOR: A female teacher was killed while four others sustained injuries following a two-vehicle collision at Mile 8, Jalan KJD Sungai Mador this morning. The 10.30am accident involved a car and a van that were travelling in opposite directions. Sarawak Traffic Police chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said that investigations found the driver of the […]
Another sick woman, one more bed given
KUCHING: It was a happy moment for one sick woman in Bintangor when receiving a patient’s bed donated by Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii on Wednesday (May 19). Kou Lee Kian, 53, is unable to move and is now bedridden at her home under the care of her family. Huang’s donation in the […]
Fires raze double-storey houses
KUCHING: Two double-storey houses at separate locations were burnt to the ground last Sunday. The fires happened at Kampung Segali, Simunjan and Jalan Bakong-Meradong, Bintangor. A spokesman from the State Fire Department operations centre stated that no casualties were reported in both cases. The first fire in Kampung Segali happened at a salted egg processing […]
