Male foreigner held for drugs
BINTULU: A foreigner was nabbed by narcotic police team in a raid. This was after drugs worth RM5,000 was found in a hut near Sungai Kemena, Jalan Sebungan-Sebauh on Monday (Nov 2). District police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said during the raid a male suspect, aged 40, found at the premises, was arrested around 4pm. […]
Don’t twist things
BINTULU: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing has refuted accusations by certain quarters that the state government was using Section 6 of the Sarawak Land Code to seize native customary rights (NCR) land. Describing the accusations as unfounded, he explained that Section 6 was for the perimeter surveys of NCR land before […]
Body found in river
BINTULU: The body of a man was found floating in a river nearby the Hock Ming factory at Jalan Sungai Nyigu. Bintulu district police chief Superintendent Zulkipli Suhaili said the body of man was found at 2.30pm on Friday. He said the body was discovered by members of the public who were fishing for shrimp […]
Body of dead man found under barge
BINTULU: The body of a dead man trapped under a barge at Sungai Batang Kemena, Jalan Nyiguk was retrieved by the authorities last Friday. The Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said it received a call about the find just before 3pm. Thereafter, firefighters from Bintulu fire station were deployed to the scene, retrieved the […]
Cancer patient requests help from public
BINTULU: A lorry driver has been out of work for the past eight months now as he is suffering from lymphatic cancer. Buludi Chili, 40, is hoping members of the public would come to his aid in lessening his financial burden. He, his wife and their four children aged between two and 13, are currently […]
50 attend seminar on Iban customs
BINTULU: An Adat Iban 1993 (Iban customs) seminar/workshop for community leaders (ketua masyarakat) and village chiefs (ketua kaum) of Tatau District was held last Monday (Oct 26) till Tuesday (Oct 27) at Promenade Hotel here. Fifty ketua masyarakat and ketua kaum (KMKK) were involved in the two-day programme. Present at the event were Council for Customs […]
10-tonne lorry catches fire
BINTULU: A 10-tonne lorry caught fire at Jalan Kemena-Bintulu here last Sunday (Oct 25). The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre received a call on the incident at 9.15pm and deployed firefighters of Bintulu Fire and Rescue Station to the scene. Upon arrival, the fire had damaged 80 percent of the lorry’s unloaded engine […]
18 longhouses benefit from scheme
BINTULU: Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Sarawak Bumiputera Law and Customs) Datuk John Sikie Tayai asserts that in 2019, 18 longhouses within the Ulu Kakus area had round-the-clock electricity supply under the Sarawak Alternatives Rural Electrification Scheme (Sares). “This reflects the state government’s long-term commitment in delivering its promises to the people,” he […]
A government that feels people’s pulse
BINTULU: The Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) state government is a government that feels the pulse of the people regardless of their background. In making this point, Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Native Laws and Customs) Datuk John Sikie Tayai pointed out that this year RM50 million had been set aside for Unifor to […]
3,000 litres of diesel seized
BINTULU: The Sarawak Marine Police seized 3,000 litres of diesel worth RM5,220 from a three-ton container truck by the roadside at Jalan Pesisir Bintulu-Miri on Saturday (Oct 24). Its Region 5 operations headquarters commanding officer ASP Ezuandi Bahadin told that the operation took place around 11.30am which was a result of monitoring carried out by […]
