Ngemah rep donates to frontliners
KANOWIT: Ngemah assemblyman Alexander Vincent donated cash to finance the cost of supplying food to Covid-19 frontliners in this district. According to his representative Cr Sulaiman Nyandang, Alexander’s concern towards the frontliners had motivated him to initiate the donation in fulfilling his duty as an elected representative. “The conditional movement control order (CMCO) has been […]
PKR Kanowit office bearers all resign
SIBU: All Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Kanowit committee members had unanimously left the party yesterday. The announcement was made by the former chairman, George Chen, in a statement yesterday. However, the press statement did not disclose the number of committee members that had resigned. “With the current situation facing us, we unanimously agreed that the […]
Five areas in Kanowit flooded
KANOWIT: Five areas in Kanowit district were affected by floods yesterday. According to the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre, the affected areas were two longhouses, Rh Ling and Rh Stephen Untai in Jalan Melalun; SJK Sing Shing; SK Ulu Bawan and SK Balingiau. “As of 2.30pm, three areas (Rh Ling, Rh Stephen […]
Families cut off by landslide
KANOWIT: Heavy rain since Sunday has caused landslide, cutting off a road connecting 21 longhouses, affecting 270 families here, while three primary schools were hit by flood. Kanowit OCPD DSP Tega Bilong said the landslide occurred at Jalan Nanga Belasang, Sungai Jagau here, cutting off Nanga Jagau Resettlement Scheme. He said Kanowit police received a […]
2.2-metre long python caught in kitchen
KANOWIT: The Kanowit Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) team managed to catch a python in a house at Jalan Wayang yesterday. Kanowit District Bomba Superintendent Arrahman Chik said they received an emergency call from the home owner at 8.39am. “The snake catching operation using special tools was led by PBK II Azahari M Dai and […]
Teenager dies in road mishap
KANOWIT: A 13-year-old girl died in an accident involving a motorcycle and a four-wheel drive vehicle at Nanga Ngungun/Nanga Ngemah Road (near the Nanga Ngungun Resettlement Scheme) on Sunday afternoon. Before the accident which happened around 4.30pm, Olivia Serani and her friend Shakira Erica Durin, 16, were on a motorcycle which was travelling from Nanga Ngungun […]
Distraught man finally comes down
KANOWIT: Firefighters succeeded in coaxing an Indonesian man down from a 150-metre telecommunications tower at Bukit Memaloh here. The Indonesian, an oil palm plantation worker, is believed to have been on the tower some 100 metre up since Monday, with some individuals claiming since early Sunday. He is said to have climbed up the tower […]
