Kanowit cop, wife test positive
SIBU: A policeman attached to Kanowit District Police Headquarters (IPD) and his wife tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday as a result of the Pasai Cluster. This was confirmed by Kanowit District police chief DSP Tega Bilong in a statement today. The policeman and his wife attended a funeral at Rumah Langi Ambau in Pasai […]
Fire razes two vehicles
KANOWIT: Two vehicles were razed in an early morning fire, which also damaged a pepper store at Taman Lucky Garden, Jalan Kanowit-Durin this early morning. Kanowit fire chief Arrahman Chik said they received a distress call on the incident at 4.49am and despatched their firefighters to the scene. Upon arrival, firefighters found that two vehicles […]
CM to declare open new agriculture office
KANOWIT: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg is scheduled to declare open the new Nanga Machan Agriculture Office tomorrow. The RM4 million-office sits on a 1.2-hectare site near the Nanga Machan bazaar. The office is among several new work places of the Agriculture Department in rural areas throughout the state. The department is […]
Warm welcome for CM
KANOWIT: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg was warmly welcomed on arrival at his first stop — Kanowit District Council multipurpose stall and tamu — during a motorcycle convoy trip to Kapit on Sunday (Oct 4). Abang Johari and his entourage left Eco Garden in Sibu Jaya around 8.50am before arriving at Kanowit […]
Developing Sarawak’s central region
A development plan, called Ngemah Development Area (NDA), has been proposed for Ngemah under Upper Rajang Development Agency (Urda). Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the plan is a comprehensive socio-economic and infrastructure development plan for the former Rajang Area Security Command (Rascom) resettlement areas in Nanga Tada, Nanga Ngungun and Nanga […]
Workers’ quarters damaged in fire
KANOWIT: Fire badly damaged a 10-unit row of workers’ quarters at Jalan Durin-Kanowit on Thursday (Sept 24). The Fire and Rescue Department operations centre received a distress call around 7.02pm and deployed firefighters from Kanowit fire station to the scene. Upon arrival, operations commander PPgB Arrahman Chik told that the 40×50 feet quarters was already […]
Floods swell after days of heavy rain
SIBU: Low-lying areas here were inundated by flash floods over the past few days. According to Sibu Resident Charles Siaw, it is due to heavy rain over the past several days which also coincided with the high tide. “The authorities are monitoring the situation closely,” he told reporters on Monday (September 7). The flash floods […]
Parts of Kanowit hit by flash floods
KANOWIT: Jalan Lukut Penyulau and Jalan Rantau Kemiding here were hit by flash floods, with water levels rising up to three feet and one foot respectively as at 11.37am on Sunday (Sept 6). According to updates from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), Jalan Lukut Penyulau was impassable to motor vehicles, while Jalan Rantau Kemiding […]
Conservation works unearth new artefacts
KANOWIT: New artefacts were discovered by the Sarawak Museum Department while they were doing conservation and upgrading works of Fort Emma here. According to acting director Tazudin Mohtar, the artefacts, in the form of ceramic fragments and small cannon balls, were believed to date back to the 17th century. “This finding proves that there have […]
Slithery visitors
This is one of the two snakes captured by firefighters in Kanowit on Sunday (June 14). The snakes were caught at two separate locations, namely Shak Kim Garden and Jalan Kampung Muhibbah. A resident reported the snakes which were in the compounds of houses to Kanowit Bomba. The firefighters released the snakes into an isolated […]
