SIBU: Responding to an emergency call from an anxious lady caller requesting for help by the sudden presence of a wild animal in her home, Sarikei Fire and Rescue Station mobilised a Rescue Squad immediately to the address. Station chief Mahmudin Narudin said the fire department received an emergency call
SIBU: The state government has allocated RM7.6mln to Sarakup Indu Dayak Sarawak (SIDS) for the development and empowerment of Dayak women in the state. SIDS president Datuk Alice Jawan said the allocation showed the commitment of the state government in making sure Dayak women were not left behind. “The total
SIBU: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Dudong Branch chairman Wong Ching Yong has proposed that the Education Ministry set up three more schools in Sibu Jaya. Wong said the existing schools, namely SJK (C) Tian Hua, SK Sibu Jaya and SMK Sibu Jaya were crowded. “SJK (C) Tian Hua has
SIBU: The war against corruption must go on even though the country’s ranking in the latest International Transparency Index has improved from 61 to 51 among the 180 countries. Speaking at a Chinese New Year open house yesterday, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Deputy Minister Chong Chieng Jen said the
SIBU: Incumbent Datuk Tiong Thai King of Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) will defend his Dudong seat in the 12th State Election due in July next year. Speaking at PSB Dudong branch Chinese New Year Dinner on Saturday night, party president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh said Tiong’s candidacy had been
SELANGAU: Chinese families are making last minute preparations to celebrate the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival tomorrow and many of those working or staying outstations are rushing home to be with their families for the reunion dinner tonight. Sibu Rural District Council (SRDC) councillor, Henry Kanyan Vincent Rawing yesterday
SIBU: Sarawak Bus Transport Company Association is appealing to the Transport Ministry to allow bus operators in Sarawak to implement the cashless payment system in the near future, and not now. Sarawak Bus Transport Company Association adviser Lau Khing Seng said the system should only be implemented in another five
SIBU: Police are searching for the mother of a newborn girl found abandoned near a banana tree at Sibu Jaya here last Friday. The baby with her umbilical cord still intact was found by a 45-year-old man while he was about to throw his rubbish outside his house at 9.30am
SIBU: The local police will treat every case, even a minor one, seriously in their effort to make the town safe and secure. Sibu OCPD ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said yesterday that if a place is not safe, folk will migrate elsewhere and this will have negative effects on the
SIBU: The opening of a Chinese New Year (CNY) bazaar at Jalan Blacksmith here has put people in the festive mood. A 100-metre road built in the 1960s is now decorated with bright red lanterns and the bazaar is open from morning to night until Jan 22. Sibu Municipal Council
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