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Tragedy shattered the innocence of childhood

‘Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.’ – Norman Cousins (1915-1990); an American journalist, author, and political activist One sunny afternoon in 1961 when both of us were eight years old, my cousin Ratum and I were playing with a worn-out football on […]

Landslide: Bodies of mother, child found hugging each other

BATANG KALI: The bodies of a mother and child, believed to be buried alive in the landslide at a campsite in Gohtong Jaya this morning, were found hugging each other. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department director Datuk Norazam Khamis said they were the 17th and 18th bodies found at the site next to the river […]

All agencies, disaster management committees ordered to be on alert for floods

BERA: Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today said all disaster and security-related agencies, as well as state and district disaster management committees, have been ordered to be on alert for monsoon and flash floods after several areas in various states were inundated by floodwaters since last night. The caretaker prime minister said all the agencies […]

A family getaway in Lundu turns tragic

LUNDU: A weekend family getaway turned into a tragedy after a seven-year-old boy was found drowned in a swimming pool at a resort here yesterday (Feb 19). In the 9.30am incident, the body of the boy was found in the pool by another resort guest who was also swimming there Lundu OCPD DSP Damataries Lautin […]

Prasarana confirms receiving legal notice of LRT crash victim

KUALA LUMPUR: Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana) confirmed that it has received the legal notice of demand from the solicitors acting for Wong Chee Foong, one of the passengers affected by the Light Rail Transit (LRT) crash recently.  Its acting president and group chief executive officer Datin Norlia Noah said Prasarana received the notice today (June […]

Tragedy, potholes and smartasses

Use the right tools, proceed slowly and carefully, and you can walk through even a minefield safely. – Benjamin Smith, English actor The iconic year 2020 ended with the nefarious Covid-19 virus still running amok around the world with no end in sight. Despite this, optimism is the one thing that always keeps people moving […]

Wait for tragedy, then we act?

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. – Karl Marx, philosopher It was a tragic start to the New Year for Sarawak. A four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicle with nine people from two families plunged into Batang Lupar from the Triso ferry landing in Sri Aman last Friday. No one survived the afternoon accident which […]

Family members heartbroken

By Clement Erik Wong, Naziry Harizan & Osman Razali DEBAK: Sad and heart-breaking. Those were the words used to describe the kedai runcit (grocery shop) fire tragedy Sunday morning which claimed the lives of four family members. New Sarawak Tribune’s visit to Kampung Dit here was reminiscent of a similar situation to that of the […]

Europe reports over 17,000 new Coronavirus cases in 24 hrs

GENEVA: Europe reported 17,506 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours as of midnight Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the region to 104,591, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday in a daily situation report. A total of 4,899 patients in Europe had died of Covid-19 as of 23:59 […]