42 illegal logs seized
BINTULU: The Bintulu Region 5 Marine Police Force (PPM) seized 42 logs worth RM16,800, discovered by the side of the road about 6.2km from the junction of Ladang Samling (Akasia) Sungai Sera, Samarakan on Wednesday (Apr 21). Bintulu PPM Operations Headquarters Commanding Officer ASP Ezuandi Bahadin said seizure was carried out in accordance with the […]
Earlier curfew may be imposed on Bintulu
KUCHING: The Bintulu Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) will consider moving forward the curfew time in town from 8 pm to 6 pm. An alternative is to re-implement the movement control order (MCO) if members of the public continue to defy the conditional movement control order (CMCO) enhanced standard operating procedures (SOPs). Bintulu MP Datuk […]
Screening for entry, transit in Bintulu extended to April 27
BINTULU: The reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rT-PCR) screening test for entry and transit in Bintulu district has been extended until Apr 27. The screening requirement was supposed to end today. Bintulu Division Resident Jack Aman Luat said the Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) decided to extend the screening test period simultaneously with the CMCO […]
Rep gives dates to mosques, surau
BINTULU: Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Integrity and Ombudsman) Datuk Talib Zulpilip recently presented dates to eight mosques and ten surau throughout the Jepak constituency. Jepak Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth Chief Jefferi Johari, who represented Talib, who is also a Jepak assemblyman, handed out the dates. Jefferi hoped that this small donation would […]
New cluster at Jalan Sultan Iskandar, Bintulu
KUCHING: The State Health Department (JKNS) has declared a new cluster in Bintulu District called the Jalan Sultan Iskandar Cluster. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this is a workplace cluster involving Covid-19 infections among civil servants of a government department at Jalan Sultan Iskandar in Bintulu. “The index […]
Briefly closed for sanitisation
BINTULU: The Land and Survey Department (JTS) Bintulu division temporarily ceased its office operations starting from yesterday until further notice. JTS in a statement today stated that it was a safety and health precautionary measures for sanitisation works following the standard operating procedures (SOPs). On that note, matters relating to the payment of land tax, […]
Give Bintulu more medical staff, equipment
KUCHING: The Ministry of Health (MoH) has been urged to provide Bintulu with more medical staff and equipment in view of the increasing Covid-19 cases in the district. Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing said he made an official request to Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba on this matter. “The district is […]
Longhouses get upgraded road
BINTULU:The upgrading road project to Gajah and Latip longhouses in Balingian, Mukah has been completed. The project was carried out under the Kakus’s assemblyman Datuk John Sikie Tayai’s Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) 2020. According to Sikie who is also Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Native Laws and Customs), the upgrading project costed RM200,000. […]
Dept’s temporary closure on Monday
BINTULU: The Divisional Land and Survey Department here will temporarily close office operations on Monday (April 12) April 2021. The department in a statement on Sunday (April 11) said the office will begin operating as usual on Tuesday (April 13). “Therefore, all matters related to the payment of land tax, land premium, etc can be […]
Try not to go to Bintulu
KUCHING: Kakus constituents residing in Tatau District are urged to not go to Bintulu District unless necessary. Assistant Native Laws and Customs Minister Datuk John Sikie Tayai reminded that this was to break the Covid-19 transmission chain. “Likewise, for those who are in Bintulu or urban areas, they are also not encouraged to return to […]
