Underground cable damage cause hours of power outages in 2022
MIRI: Roadwork contractors caused inconvenience to thousands of customers of Sarawak Energy by neglecting to check with the power utility before digging. Over 220 reports of power outages caused by excavation works were reported in 2022. In Miri, more than 2,000 residents in the Lambir, Bekenu, Bakong and Niah areas experienced hours of power disruption […]
Coconut fibre factory damaged in fire
ASAJAYA: A coconut fibre factory in Kampung Semera Sadong Hilir was damaged in a fire on Today (Nov 21). A spokesman from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firefighters from the Asajaya and Kota Samarahan stations were deployed to the scene after receiving an emergency call around 8pm. The factory suffered 30 per cent […]
Lorry driver fined RM1,800 for smashing café’s wall with brick
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court today sentenced a lorry driver to a RM1,800 fine or two months in prison for smashing a café’s door wall and signboard with a brick on October 12 at Metrocity Jalan Matang. The accused, Nazmi Jem, 39, pleaded guilty to a charge read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali under […]
Expedite construction of new mosque, seawall
PUSA: The government has been urged to expedite the implementation of two major development projects worth RM9 million in Kampung Semarang which were approved quite a while ago. Beting Maro assemblyman Razaili Gapor said the damage suffered by Masjid Darul Ihsan after being hit by a storm last Saturday afternoon should be the main justification […]
Vandalism affects effort to provide broadband coverage
KUCHING: Efforts to provide broadband telecommunication coverage in the Bengoh Resettlement Scheme (BRS) area in the Puncak Borneo Parliament faced problems when the telecommunication tower there was damaged again and its equipment was stolen. Puncak Borneo Member of Parliament Willie Mongin today said this was the ninth time the tower had been damaged and he […]
