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Duo nabbed for drug possession

KUCHING: Two men have been arrested for possession of drugs on Monday at Jalan Matang here. The arrest took place in front of Matang Maybank at 9.45pm after Insp Fariq Nazmi Mustafa and a team of police officers found two plastic packages containing clear substances, believed to be syabu, in a

Fully digital TV Oct 31 for S’wak

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will be fully switching to myFreeview Digital TV broadcasts later this month, said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). MCMC said the transition of analog TV broadcasts to myFreeview Digital TV already began in the central and south regions on Sept 30 and the north and east

22 teams vie for CP’s Cup

MIRI: Twenty-two teams will compete for Sarawak Police Commissioner’s Cup in a football tournament to be held in Kuching from October 28 to November 3. This year’s tournament host is IPD Kota Samarahan. Miri District Deputy police chief  Supt Sabri Zainol who bade farewell to IPD Miri team yesterday  reminded

World’s biggest outdoor sculpture festival returns to Bondi beach

Australia’s most famous beach Bondi in eastern Sydney is home to the annual Sculpture by the Sea, the largest annual outdoor sculpture exhibition in the world. The two-kilometre installation, which stretches along the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk, started on Thursday (October 24) and runs until November 10. This year,

RM370,000 bridge declared open

SRI AMAN: Residents in and around Hulu Sungai Raya Ibol now have a newly completed concrete bridge to use. The bridge that cost RM370,000 was declared open recently by Community Wellbeing Assistant Minister Datuk Francis Harden Hollis, who believed that the  structure would help ease travel for the locals and improve

100 for Mulu trail running, rafting

MIRI: The 2019 edition of Mulu Eco Challenge Trail Running and Rafting 2019 is set to be held on November 15 and 16 at Mulu Marriott Resort and Spa. This time around, the event organiser is targeting to assemble 100 participants from within and outside the state. According to Miri Resident

Fire safety from a young age

SERIAN: The state Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) has set up fire safety clubs for children as part of an initiative to raise awareness of practising fire safety. State Bomba director Khirudin Drahman @ Hussaini said that fire safety education must be taught at a very early age to children so

MBKS opens counter for assessment bills

KUCHING: The payment counter at the office of Kuching South City Council (Majlis Bandaraya Kuching Selatan — MBKS) will be opened on the following dates for the payment of MBKS assessment bills only. • Saturday, Oct 26, 2019 – 8am to 4pm • Sunday, Oct 27, 2019 – 8am to

More fibreglass boats for monsoon

KUCHING: The Civil Defence Force (APM) Sarawak has 45 more fibreglass boats to deal with any emergency during the approaching monsoon season. Its deputy director Cuthbert John Martin Quadra told the media yesterday at the Civil Defence Training Centre in Jalan Diplomatik, Petra Jaya here. He said the assets from

Swinburne’s photography 
club gives back to community

KUCHING: The Photomedia and Design Club of Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus has recently donated household products and food item to Hope Place Kuching. The club along with the help from the public, through an exhibition organised at The Hills Shopping Mall, managed to raise cash donations and essential