SIBU: A padi farmer was shocked to find a healthy baby girl abandoned in a bush outside his home in Sibu Jaya. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the 45-year old man came out of his house to dispose of rubbish at 9.30am yesterday, when he heard
SIBU: SMK Bawang Assan here held a back-to-school programme together with the Education Ministry and the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) on Wednesday in its efforts to curb social problems among students. School principal Abdul Rahman Abdullah @ Nicholas said such a programme was expected to produce a generation of students
SIBU: Sibu Water Board (SWB) under the Sarawak Utility Ministry is committed to providing clean and treated water supply in line with the board’s vision of 100 per cent water supply coverage by 2025. SWB, in a press statement yesterday, said that it takes serious concerns about shortage of water
SIBU: Express boat operators and passengers alike were urged to always make safety their top priority. Guidelines and regulations set by Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB) must be complied with, said Sarawak Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin. Speaking at the launch of the River Transport Safety campaign in conjunction with
SIBU: An e-ticket system which facilitates the purchase and booking of express boat tickets in Sarawak is expected to begin in the second half of this year. Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin said the ministry is in the process of getting approval from Sarawak Multimedia Board (SMA). “For the
SIBU: Native Customary Rights (NCR) landowners in Oya, Ulu Oya, Sekuau and Pakoh have expressed their thanks to the Sarawak government for approving their land to be surveyed under Section 18 of the Land Code. Oya, Sekuau and Pakoh Area Development Association chairman Cr Henry Kanyan Vincent Rawing confirmed this
SIBU: A worker from a construction site at Pulau Li Hua here plunged to his death from a 15-foot high building on Saturday. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the victim, identified as Deli Entri, 65, from Rh Malis, Batu 4, Sebetan, Saratok, was found lying in
SONG: A student management assistant has been taken into custody for allegedly throwing a wooden chair at a seven-year-old girl, causing an injury to her head. The incident occurred around 7pm during a night class at a primary school in Nanga Nansang, Terkalit, here on Wednesday. Song district police chief
SIBU: A woman was killed while her two passengers were severely injured after their car fell into a ditch at Jalan Stabau yesterday morning. In the 11am accident, the victim, 24-year-old Christina Umie Jalin, was driving when she lost control of her car — the car hit a tree before
SIBU: Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) Sibu has confiscated RM1.7 million worth of contraband cigarettes and liquor including illegal firecrackers at Sibu-Stapang road on Tuesday. During the raid, conducted between 9.50pm and 10.30pm, the Customs Enforcement Division detained two separate trucks and seized the untaxed items at two separate locations.
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