KUCHING: A teenager died in a freak accident after he was run over by a lorry yesterday afternoon. Danish Bakhtiar Mian Baharuddin from Kpg Gelam, Pork Dickson, Negeri Sembilan was riding a motorcycle along Jalan Demak at 1pm when it went out of control causing him to fall near the
Drug menace seeks to enslave Sarawak’s young ones if left unchecked KUCHING: Nathan Achuk is a worried parent these days. A father of three teenage daughters, Nathan, who is SMK Lake Parent-Teacher Association chairman, is not happy with the latest menace in town – the influx of drugs into rural
Second of a four-part special series on the drug scourge Marked increase in drug abuse but a simple solution may be closer at hand KUCHING: Everything starts at home – and Kuching Narcotics Addiction Rehabilitation Centre (Puspen) director Christopher Billy is a firm believer of this age old expression. “It’s all
KUCHING: A family struggling with poverty was saddled with an additional burden as their 29-year-old son is bed-ridden due to a tumor in his brain. The family in Kampung Bintawa Ulu has brought their son back from Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) and needs tubal feeding, in addition to receiving 24-hour
KUCHING: Here was one ungrateful, thankless patient. All he did was swear and curse – at people he should be thanking for coming to save his life. The incident unfolded when a motorcycle and a car collided at Jalan Astana here at about 10am yesterday. The ambulance was called to
KUCHING: Sadness was written all over the face of single mother Siti Rohayu as she counted her loss. A fire at 2.45pm yesterday totally destroyed the upper floor of the mother-of-four widow’s house at Kampung Tabuan Melayu here. Siti Rohayu and her four children aged between five and 25 years
KUCHING: It was the end of the road for a motorcycle thief who tried to act “innocent” in front of policemen at the Tabuan Jaya Community policing centre here at 11pm on Friday. A sharp-eyed resident saw the youth sitting near the grass verge with a motorcycle near him but
KUCHING: Despite numerous often near-fatal incidents that occurred all over the world warning users against charging their mobile phone near their bed or use it while it is being charged, there are those who choose to ignore these warnings. Here in the city, a youth learned the lesson late as
KUCHING: Sarawak is facing a catastrophe of an influx of drugs moving into the jungles. Today, in most rural areas from south to north, many districts are hit with drug abusers among the young. The situation demands an urgent remedy and if the authorities do not address the problem immediately,
KUCHING: A couple with past drug-related convictions was arrested together in a room for the possession of drugs. The male suspect from Taman Mei Lee, Stakan has been detained 14 times and the woman from Jalan Kuap, Mile 10 was detained eight times. Sarawak Narcotics CID chief Supt Sahar Abdul Latif said acting
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