Kentucky flood death toll hits 28
JACKSON, United States: Kentucky’s governor predicted bodies will continue to be found for weeks as the death toll from devastating flooding rose Sunday to 28 and rescuers embarked on a long and gruelling effort to locate victims. Some areas in the mountainous region are still inaccessible following the flooding in the state’s east that turned […]
Trio cheat death after pickup truck crashes into log
SIBU: Three locals were lucky to be alive after their pickup truck crashed into the overhanging end of a log on a trailer truck yesterday. The near-death accident happened around 8.30pm when the trailer truck was entering a factory along Lorong Rantau Panjang, Jalan Trusan. Firemen from Sungai Merah station were promptly despatched to the […]
Senator extols death penalty abolishment
SIBU: Senator Robert Lau Hui Yew welcomes the move made by the government to abolish the mandatory death penalty and get it replaced with the discretionary power of the courts. It is indeed a historic decision and a milestone for our country, Lau said in a press statement yesterday. “According to the press statement by […]
Thai’s ‘Joe Ferrari’ cop jailed for life over death of suspect
BANGKOK: A flashy Thai cop nicknamed ‘Joe Ferrari’ for his taste in fast cars was on Wednesday jailed for life for torturing a drugs suspect to death during a brutal interrogation. A Bangkok court found Thitisan Utthanaphon guilty of murder by torture in a case that caused public outrage and shone a rare light on […]
USA nears 1 mln COVID dead, early epicentre New York seeks to move on
NEW YORK: The United States is about to cross the threshold of one million deaths from COVID-19, a grim milestone that comes as cities like New York try to turn the page on the pandemic despite threats of another surge. “It’s unfathomable,” Diana Berrent, one of the first people in New York state to catch […]
COVID-19: Sarawak records 189 news cases, one death
KUCHING: The COVID-19 positive cases in Sarawak fell to 189 cases today compared to the previous day’s 286 cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement today said 185 of the total number of cases comprised Categories 1 and 2 while four were of Categories 3 and 5. Kuching accounted for the highest […]
749 new Covid cases in Sarawak
KUCHING: Two Covid-19 clusters, namely Kampung Batu Kitang Jaya and Kampung Dangak — both in Kuching district — have come to an end after recording no new cases in the past 28 days. Sarawak now has 44 active clusters, of which two recorded one new case each. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 749 […]
Decrease in Covid cases reported
KUCHING: The state registered 1,037 new Covid-19 cases on Monday (Oct 11) — a decrease of 95 cases compared to the previous day’s tally (1,132). The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 1,018 or 98.17 percent of the new cases were categories 1 and 2, while 19 cases fell on categories 3, 4 and 5. […]
Kuching tops new cases in state
KUCHING: Sarawak on Sunday (Oct 10) recorded 1,132 new Covid-19 cases, six more cases compared to Saturday’s 1,126 cases. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in its daily Covid-19 update today, said 1,118 or 98.76 percent of the new cases were of categories 1 and 2, while 14 cases were of categories 3, 4 and […]
22 latest deaths including seven BID cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 22 Covid-19 deaths, mostly comprising elderly people with comorbid diseases on Wednesday (Oct 6). Twenty of the deaths occurred between Oct 2 and 5 while one occurred on June 12 and another on September 28. Out of 22 fatalities, seven were brought-in dead (BID) cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said […]
