Ceiling price for standard chicken if necessary
BUTTERWORTH: The government will not hesitate to implement the maximum price scheme for standard chicken if prices continue to rise sharply, said Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi. He said the ministry would set a ceiling price for standard chicken similar to that carried out during the festive season, if necessary. […]
Sibu police arrest trio for drug trafficking
SIBU: Three men have been arrested for trafficking 1,019.10gms of methamphetamine on Thursday (June 18) Sibu deputies OCPD Supt Collins Babat said the suspects, aged 24 to 25, and were remanded for six days to facilitate investigation under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1952. The offence carries a mandatory death sentence by hanging […]
Lone woman driver injured in crash
KANOWIT: A woman driver sustained injuries to her legs when her car crashed into a ditch near a house at Jalan Kanowit just after 2pm on Friday afternoon (June 5). Being near to Kanowit police headquarters it was quite easy for a team of five firemen to reach the place after being alerted. The 33-year-old […]
Dalat police looking for Jose Jawan
DALAT: Police here are looking for one Jose Jawan to assist them in their investigation. Dalat OCPD DSP Saga Chunggat yesterday said Jose, 30, was from Rumah Juli, Skim Empuru Skuau, KM45 Jalan Oya, Sibu. He added that Jose was wanted by Dalat police in relation to a case – Stapang/RPT/149/2020 dated May 30. He […]
SFC probing illegal hunting of wildlife
KUCHING: Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) is currently investigating the illegal hunting of wildlife reported to have taken place in Sarawak. According to The Star on May 15, Borneo Sun Bear Conservation Centre, an animal conservation activist group, alleged that the killings of wild animals occurred in the state and were carried out by a Sarawak […]
SDMC sends reps to SGH
ANGRY LETTER PROBE KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will get to the bottom of the issues behind an open letter by an anonymous writer who claimed to be a health care worker at the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH). SDMC chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas yesterday disclosed that the committee had appointed Utilities […]
State still Covid-19 free
KUCHING: State Disaster Management Committee and the State Health Department are still tracing those who had got into contact with Case 33, a 58-year-old man who was in Kuching on Feb 16. The committee and the department want to meet these people because Case 33 has been confirmed positive of Covid-19. On March 3, Health […]
Investigation into unidentified corpse under way
KUCHING: Families with missing members are urged to go to the nearest police station to facilitate investigation into the human skeleton found at Mile 11, FAC Road in Matang on Tuesday. Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said police have yet to indentify the deceased. As such, all that could be deduced for now […]
Nine queried over death of python
KUCHING: Nine individuals are being investigated in connection with the death of a giant male python that was featured in a video that went viral on social media on Jan 8. They were questioned by Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) officers who were promptly despatched to Lingga in Sri Aman Division to conduct the probe from […]
Principal removed from school
SEXUAL GROOMING ACCUSATION KULAI: An award-winning school principal in the state accused of sexually grooming a student has recently been ‘removed’ from the school. Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching said he is currently placed at a district education office while investigations were being carried out by the ministry. She said the action was taken to ensure […]
