Miri City Council — Quotation Invitation
Police conduct thorough investigation on diver’s death
MIRI: Police are looking at all angles in their investigation to ascertain the cause of death of a diver, whose body was found floating at a dive site in Miri-Sibuti Coral Reefs National Park last Sunday (April 18). Miri police chief, ACP Hakemal Hawari said so far, there were no criminal elements involved, and they […]
Collaboration succeeds in containing bushfires
MIRI: Firemen from Miri fire station today teamed up with the Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB) to battle bushfire in Marina Bay. They were assisted by personnel from a company, namely Pantai Bayu Indah Sdn Bhd. According to Zone 6 fire chief Supt Law Poh Kiong, nearly three acres of bushes were on fire […]
Firemen stop bushfire from spreading
MIRI: Eight firemen from Miri Central fire station, successfully put out a bushfire near a Christian cemetery along the Miri-Bintulu Road yesterday’s morning (19 April). The bushfire also happened near the Battalion 12th General Operations Force (PGA) Miri camp. “It was a small bushfire and our men successfully contained it from spreading further,” said Zone […]
Man and sibling arrested for threatening wife
MIRI: A man and his elder brother were detained by police on Sunday (April 18) for allegedly threatening and injuring his wife. The alleged incident occurred at the man’s house at Grace Hill Garden Phase 2 around 9.11pm. During the altercation, it was believed that the husband, 53, had hit the 50-year-old victim. After the […]
Vaccination kicks off in Miri on April 23 to 29
MIRI: Phase Two of Covid-19 Immunisation programme for this division will kick off on April 23 until 29, focusing on the elderly and vulnerable groups. A total 3,510 vaccines will be administered during the programme, said Minister of Transport Sarawak Datuk Lee Kim Shin in a statement on Monday (April 19). “We targeted those aged […]
Police nabs three men for housebreaking, theft
MIRI: Police detained three local men to assist in investigations into theft of construction equipment and tools missing from a construction site at Jalan Nakhoda Gampar here, less than four hours after they were reported stolen on Saturday. All three suspects aged 25, 47 and 52 years were picked up from various locations in the […]
Two fined RM1,500 each for flouting SOPs
MIRI: Two individuals have to pay a heavy price for violating one of the Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs). Just by not registering their details when entering the Miri Central Market here, the two were issued with a compound of RM1,500 each. According to Miri City Council (MCC) in a statement today, the compounds were […]
Stricter SOPs, tighter enforcement needed
MIRI: The sharp rise in active Covid-19 cases in Sarawak lately is a worrying sign that more effective mitigation and intervention approaches are needed. During a press conference held in Kuching on Friday, State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that the committee is looking into tightening enforcement to flatten […]
Iron rod thief, 31, caught
MIRI: Police here on Friday night detained a 31 year-old local man for his alleged involvement in stealing iron rods. He allegedly stole a total of 14 iron rods worth RM2,000 from a construction site in Kampung Lusut here. The arrest was made in less than 24 hours after the items were reported stolen earlier […]
