Flood hits Sibuti, Baram and Telang Usan

MIRI: Continuous heavy rains for the past two days inundated several areas in Sibuti, Baram and Telang Usan. According to a report by Miri Fire and Rescue Department, six primary schools and a secondary school in Telang Usan as well as one primary school in Saeh are flooded. These schools are Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Long […]

Prepare well for state polls, Sibuti voters told

MIRI: Prepare well for the 12th Sarawak Election so that  the ruling government led by the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) continues to govern Sarawak and that development policies are implemented smoothly. Sibuti MP Lukanisman Awang Sauni told Sibuti voters this on Saturday (Oct 16) during the ‘Sepakat@ Komuniti’ programme organised by Miri Information Department (JaPen) […]

Fear over Covid-19 if Sarawak election held after emergency ends

KUALA LUMPUR: A Sarawak MP told the Dewan Rakyat today he would agree to “a localised emergency” in the state after the nationwide emergency ends on Aug 1 as a means of deferring the overdue state election if the move can really save the lives of the people from Covid-19. Lukanisman Awang Sauni (GPS-Sibuti) said […]

Tighter movement control between districts in Miri

MIRI: Datuk Lee Kim Shin, the minister in charge of  Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC), together with agencies under Miri DDMC, visited the Siwa roadblock located at the border of Miri and Sibutitoday. “The roadblock has been moved to a new location, which is an area located right on the border of Miri and […]

MP allots 6,000 Ihya Ramadan gift sets

SIBUTI: Despite the constraints due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Sibuti MP Lukanisman Awang Sauni still made the effort to distribute Ihya Ramadan contributions. This was to enliven the atmosphere of Ramadan celebrations this year. A total of 6,000 Ihya Ramadan sets which included canned milk, syrup, dates, and 2021 calendars were distributed to 80 villages […]

MP attends to flooded areas

KUCHING: Sibuti MP Lukanisman Awang Sauni on Sunday (Feb 14) paid a series of visits to areas in his constituency affected by the high tide and flash floods resulting from heavy rains the day before. Beginning with a visit to the Tiris area, he said the issue was that the river flow needed to be […]

RM166,700 in MRP grants distributed

MIRI: Seventeen minor rural projects (MRPs) worth RM166,700 were disbursed on Monday under the Sibuti parliamentary. Present to hand over the grants was Cr Abdullah Jaini, who represented Sibuti member of parliament (MP) Lukanisman Awang Sauni as he was still in Kuala Lumpur for the Parliament sitting. However, Lukanisman managed to greet the recipients via […]

Cracks force family to move out

MIRI: Excessive rainfall since Saturday damaged the ceiling, wall and floor of a house in Sibuti, forcing a family of 14, including six children, to vacate the premises. According to the house owner, Roymond Kenchendai Agan, 64, he noticed cracks in the ground outside his house at 2am on Sunday. “I immediately told my family […]