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50 food baskets for the needy

MIRI: Persatuan Dayak Miri (DAM) on Monday helped Senator Dr Nuing Jeluing to distribute 50 food baskets to low-income households from Tudan, Permyjaya and Senadin. The handover ceremony took place at a shop lot in Senadin. “The aid under the Pemulih package is meant to ease the burden of the people during the Covid-19 pandemic. […]

Momentary congestion at Permyjaya PPV

MIRI: There were long queues for those waiting for their turns to get immunised with the vaccine at Dato Permaisuri multipurpose hall jab centre (PPV)at Permyjaya here on Sunday (June 13). As such this resulted in the congested situation at the centre. Upon receiving public complaint, state Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin went to […]

Control posts to detect bushfires

MIRI: Three control posts have been set up by the Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) to detect early bushfires within peat soil areas covering Kuala Baram, Senadin, Tudan and Permyjaya. Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin, who is also minister-in-charge of the Miri DDMC, said the control posts, which are manned by People’s Volunteer […]

Four SOP violators fined RM1,500 each

MIRI: A member of the public, two beauty salons and one eatery outlet have been compounded for defying the standard operating procedures (SOPs) of Covid-19 last Saturday during an operations held at Bandar Baru Permyjaya, Senadin and Tudan areas by Miri City Council enforcement team. Miri City mayor Adam Yii Siew Sang said during the […]

New kidney dialysis centre ready in Sept

MIRI: The new Malaysian Red Crescent (MRC) Kidney Dialysis Centre in Permyjaya is expected to be ready for use in September this year, said Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin. It is currently 90 percent completed, he said, adding that there were some delays in the construction works of the building due to the conditional movement […]

Permyjaya recreational parks completed

MIRI: The construction of two recreational parks in Permyjaya located in two residential areas, namely, Taman Desa Indah and Desa Murni, has been completed. The completion of the projects under Senadin’s Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) was confirmed by its assemblyman Datuk Lee Kim Shin who visited the sites of completed recreational parks here today. During […]

New kidney dialysis centre ready next March

MIRI: The new Malaysian Red Crescent (MRC) Kidney Dialysis Centre in Permyjaya is expected to be ready by March next year. Senadin assemblyman Datuk Lee Kim Shin said the dialysis centre was now 50 percent completed. He said construction work had been slightly delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak in the state. “The project […]

Haze returns, authorities to meet Monday

MIRI: The haze looks to be coming back. Several bush fires were detected in Kuala Baram and Permyjaya yesterday, resulting in thick haze shrouding these two areas. These hotspots are the same areas that were burned during last year’s bush fires. Bush fires have been Miri’s perennial problem every time the persistent dry and hot […]