Health office confirms 108,000 registrations
SERIAN: A total of 108,000 residents from the Serian district registered for vaccine shots which will be received during the second and third phases Covid-19 vaccination programme. The division’s resident Tuah Suni said the total number of participants was based on the registration received and collected by the Serian Division Health Office. He explained that […]
4,000 frontliners in Serian to be vaccinated
KUCHING: More than 4,000 frontline workers in Serian division will receive the Covid-19 vaccine during the first phase of vaccination starting at the end of this month. Serian Resident Tuah Suni said the first phase will involve frontline staff consisting of medical workers, police, Armed Forces, Civil Defense Force and others. “However, it also depends […]
Accident victim dies in hospital
KUCHING: A motorcyclist who was involved in an accident at Jalan Datuk Tawi Sli last Tuesday died while receiving treatment at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH). Sarawak Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the victim was identified as Wilson Julius, 26, from Kampung Tangga Plaman, Serian. He said when the accident happened […]
Only three flood evacuation centres open as victim numbers dwindle
KUCHING: The number of flood victims in Sarawak has decreased from 823 on Sunday (Feb 7) to 528 as of 4pm, Monday (Feb 8). Following this, only three temporary flood evacuation centres in Serian are open as six have been closed. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said there were only 528 victims from 175 […]
Six arrested on suspicion of abusing drugs
SERIAN: Police have arrested six unemployed persons including a woman for alleged substance abuse in an operation called ‘Ops Tapis’. The operation was carried out by the district’s NCID team from 6.30pm onwards in Kampung Rayang last Friday. The first arrested was a man inside an unnumbered house in the village. Inspections found a black […]
Man stays up all night for the sake of his chickens
KUCHING: Determined to ensure his 57 chickens would not fall victim to the flood, a resident in Serian, about 65 kilometres from here, worked doggedly through the night to evacuate them to high grounds. Ismail Tugiman, 38, of Kampung Munggu Limo, said he managed to evacuate his chickens in the nick of time to high […]
NGO lends help to Serian flood victims
KUCHING: Hope Place, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has come to the aid of flood centres in the Serian area, providing necessities for victims affected by the recent floods. Hope Place founder Kelvin Wan said they received information in the late afternoon on Thursday (Feb 4) that Serian area flood centres were in need of help. […]
Serian – third district hit by the third wave floods
KUCHING: Serian became the third district to be hit by the third wave of floods in Sarawak when 55 residents in two villages had to be evacuated since yesterday afternoon, bringing the total number of evacuees to 140 people. According to a report by the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) Secretariat, 32 of the flood victims in […]
Van driver dies in collision
SERIAN: A driver died after his van collided with a lorry loaded with cooking gas cylinders near the Gedong junction at Jalan Serian-Sri Aman on Wednesday (Feb 3). Sarawak Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the 71-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident while the lorry driver […]
GOF thwarts human smuggling attempts
SERIAN: Two human smuggling attempts here were thwarted by the General Operations Force (GOF) over the weekend. Sarawak GOF commander SAC Mancha Ata said the first attempt took placed last Saturday (Jan 30) around 7pm in Jalan Serian-Sri Aman. A GOF team carrying out Ops Benteng Covid, spotted a suspicious vehicle on the road. They […]
