Form 4, Form 5 students from Limbang get their first dose
BY RACHEL MINA LIMBANG: Form 4 and Form 5 students received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at the Dewan Suarah immunisation centre here on Friday (Sept 10). According to the Sarawak Information Department (JaPen), the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NCIP) for teenagers aged 16 and 17 began on Friday with students from SMK Seri […]
Parked car suddenly catches fire
LIMBANG: A Perodua Kancil car suddenly caught fire while parked at the road shoulder of a junction near the owner’s house at Lorong 4, RPR Batu Biah here early Monday morning (Sept 6). The incident stunned the car owner, who later on called the Limbang fire station for help. The fire station despatched a fire […]
RM15,000 contraband fags, liquors seized
LIMBANG: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (Customs), Limbang branch, on Friday (Sept 3) morning seized RM14,468.83 worth of cigarettes and liquors with unpaid duties following a raid held at a house at Jalan Batu 3 ½, Jalan Kubong. The total value of the items seized including a van was RM37, 463.83. According to Sarawak Customs […]
Limbang turns red, six more localities under EMCO
KUCHING: The district of Limbang today joined 29 other districts in Sarawak as a red zone district after 70 local transmission cases were recorded in the past 14 days. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its daily Covid-19 update said the newly declared red zone district was previously an orange zone. The other districts […]
Another RM4 mln to upgrade facilities in Limbang
LIMBANG: The Sarawak government has approved an additional allocation of RM4 million through the Regional Corridor Development Authority (Recoda) to build and upgrade several social and recreational facilities under the Limbang District Council (MDL). Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development Assistant Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Ismail, through a report by the Sarawak Public Communications […]
Low-lying areas in Limbang hit by flood
LIMBANG: Following heavy rains over the weekend, water level at several low-lying areas in this division has risen. On Monday (Aug 23), three villages here have been affected by floods causing their inhabitants to be stranded at their respective homes. The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department said the villages are Kampung Merajang Lubai, Kampung Merambut […]
Marine police seize diesel worth RM163,000
BINTULU: The Sarawak Marine Police Region Five thwarted two attempts of transporting 20,000 litres of diesel worth RM163,000 without valid documents in separate operations. Its commander ACP Zulfikar Mohd Ghazali, who confirmed the cases, said the first operation took place on Wednesday (Aug 18) at Jalan Bintulu-Bakun. “In the operation codenamed ‘Op Kontraban’, the team detained […]
Food baskets for needy at rural Limbang
LIMBANG: Scout leaders and rover scouts, led by Limbang District Scout Commissioner Ustaz Abdul Malik Deni, last Saturday (Aug 14) deliver food baskets to the needy in the outskirts of Limbang town. The Scout Food Bank, which was set up in early July by the Sarawak Scout Council, aims to provide relief to the people […]
Residential barrack destroyed in fire
LIMBANG: A Sarawak Energy Berhad residential barrack at Jalan Marin was destroyed in a fire on Monday. Limbang fire chief Clarence D Primus Tiandun said his men were despatched to the scene after receiving a distress call around 8.15pm. No human casualties or injuries were reported in the incident. “Upon arriving, my team found that […]
Limbang turns green; five localities were put under EMCO
KUCHING: Limbang district finally turned green after recording zero positive cases in the past 14 days, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). With the change in status today (July 17), Sarawak now has three green zones. Song district also changed its status from red to orange after recording 33 Covid-19 positive cases in the […]
