Author: Margaret Ringgit

Four-vehicle pile-up causes massive jam

MIRI: There were massive traffic congestions on both sides of the Kampung Bakam Bridge, along the Miri coastal road yesterday morning after four vehicles were involved in a pile-up. Fortunately, no serious injuries were reported in the 11am incident. All the vehicles comprising one lorry tanker and three four-wheel drives

Delayed IC issuance: Over 100 villagers stage protest

MIRI: Over 100 disappointed people from three villages, including Penans in Baram and Miri, staged protest outside the premises of National Registration Department (NRD) at the Miri Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) here yesterday morning over the delay in issuing of identification cards and birth certificates. These three villages were Rumah

Drivers cheat death in crash

MIRI: Two drivers cheated death after the cars they were driving were involved in an accident at a traffic light intersection near Miri Airport at 8am yesterday. According to sources, one of the cars was heading towards Taman Tunku from the town area when the driver was believed to have

250 attend SSGP fire safety programme

MIRI: Some 250 Saremas Plantation workers in Suai, Niah near here and villagers in the surrounding area attended the Petronas Sabah Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSGP) programme on fire safety held on Tuesday. With the main objective of creating and raising public awareness on fire safety among the participants, the programme

ACP Lim: No arrest made on football betting yet

MIRI: The 2018 Fifa World Cup which kicked off in Russia last week saw many people placing bets with illegal bookies intending to win easy money. However, since last week the police here had conducted operations to curb the illegal activity. Miri city police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah when

Man lodges police report over threat

MIRI: A man in his early 20s, fearing for his safety, lodged a police report yesterday after his friend threatened to harm him using a parang (machete). Prior to the incident, the complainant and his friend had quarrelled inside their workers’ quarters at Jalan Miri-Bintulu here. However, it was not

Bodies of Sujai’s missing grandsons found at last

MARUDI: The bodies of drowning victims, Mohd Zafril Waslie, 13 and his brother, Mohd Alyeff On, 14, were found yesterday afternoon. Their grandfather, Sujai Jaree, 72, was found floating in the Baram River on Friday morning. He had told his daughter that the trio would be fishing in front of

House break-in suspect nabbed

MIRI: A 29-year-old man was apprehended on Saturday afternoon for suspected involvement in several house break-ins here. The man was apprehended in a house at Piasau here at 1pm following a public tip-off. During yesterday’s arrest the police also seized and discovered several stolen items from the house namely a

What happened to Sujai and his grandsons?

  MARUDI: Yesterday morning, a 72-year-old grandfather, Sujai Jaree, told his daughter that he wanted to go fishing in front of the express wharf in Marudi with his two grandsons aged 14 and 13. However, at about 8.30am, the daughter was told by her uncle that her father’s body had

Legal victory a happy day for Sarawakians – Ting

  MIRI: Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) State Assemblyman for Piasau and Secretary-general of the party, DatukSebastian Ting expressed great joy when the Federal Court dismissed Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) application for leave to commence proceedings against the Sarawak state government.The Sarawak legal counsel had proven their case. Ting, who