Four dead, four injured in Pan Borneo Highway crash
MIRI: Four persons were confirmed dead and four injured after a car accident occurred at the Miri-Bintulu Pan Borneo Highway (PBH), near Kampung Suai yesterday (Dec 21). According to Miri district police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu, further investigations revealed that the accident happened around 12.50pm after two 4WD vehicles collided into each other. A […]
Two-lane road to Spaoh junction opens Dec 19
BETONG: Sarawak Public Works Department (JKR) has announced the opening of two-lane road from Pelasong Skrang to Spaoh junction of the Pan Borneo Highway. The road, which is located in Betong district will be opened on December 19 at 2.30 pm. “Road users are urged to be careful while using this road during the road […]
Pan Borneo Highway lives up to billing
IT will only be sometime next year when the Pan Borneo Highway in Sarawak is expected to be completely built but, truth be told, it is already living up to its billing as a game changer. I discovered as much when I took the road on a 15th general election work assignment in the central […]
RM100 million to upgrade Bau – Kuching road
BAU: The tender to upgrade the old Bau – Kuching road into a dual carriageway will be out by April next year. Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said the road upgrading project costing about RM100 million has been approved. “The tender will be out in April next year and the Public […]
Choose wisely to ensure good governance
SELANGAU: Prime Minister Datuk Patinggi Ismail Sabri Yaakob has called on Malaysians to make the right choice this 15th general election. Ismail pointed out that the government elected in GE15 must be a responsible government instead of cancelling projects in the interest of the people. “The difference is, they cancelled (the projects). We increase allocations […]
Pan Borneo Highway proof of Putrajaya’s commitment to S’wak
SELANGAU: The 27km Selangau stretch of the Pan Borneo Highway is now officially open to the public. The project, which started on Nov 1, 2016 at a total cost of RM588 million, is one of the two sections under Work Package 08, Sungai Kua Bridge to Sungai Arip Bridge. Prime Minister Datuk Patinggi Ismail Sabri […]
Lee leads SUPP team in walkabout
MIRI: SUPP’s Mobile Service 2U Team went to the ground on Today (Oct 30) to meet with ordinary folk as the pace picks up for the general election. The party’s Miri-Sibuti Parliamentary Liaison Committee chairman Datuk Sri Lee Kim Shin led the walkabout at the Krokop Lorong 10 Market and Krokop Lorong 5 Market areas. […]
Pan Borneo Highway 88 per cent completed
BY JACINTHA JOLENE & TANIA MATU KUCHING: The Sarawak Pan Borneo Highway project is 88 per cent completed, according to caretaker Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. According to him, the first phase of the Pan Borneo Highway from Telok Melano to Miri with a length of 786km had been completed. “Of the first […]
Govt should prioritise people’s interest, welfare
KUCHING: The interest and welfare of the people, especially in Sarawak, must always be the government’s first and utmost priority. Political observer Dr Abdul Kuddus Ramlee placed this criterion as his priority when asked what he wanted from the next federal government after the15th general election. He said Putrajaya must build and improve all facilities […]
RM100mil road linking Bau to Pan Borneo Highway in the pipelines
BY SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA & ALVERDTEKOSTER ANYAP BAU: The construction of a dual carriageway road from the Pan Borneo Highway to Bau will be tendered in October this year. This was revealed by Transport Deputy Minister Datuk Henry Harry Jinep who said the RM100 million project is funded by the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) state […]
