SIBU: The RM1 Low Price Bus Fare Programme to bring vaccine recipients who do not have transportation to the Covid-19 vaccination centre (PPV) has received encouraging response from the public. Sarawak Bus Transport Companies Association advisor Lau Khing Seng said the programme was a win-win arrangement between the state government,
SIBU: A 33-year-old man was arrested after leading the police on a 45-minute car chase here on Friday (June 25). The action was recorded by members of the public who later viralled the video on social media. Sibu police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit, who confirmed the case, said the
SIBU: A total of 116,661 or 50 percent of the total local population of 232,528 here have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. This was said by Sibu Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) coordinator Dr Annuar Rapaee when met by the media while observing the vaccination process
SIBU: The weekly market at Jalan Indah, Teku here is now busier than before, said Sibu Municipal Council (MPS) chairman Clarence Ting Ing Horh. He pointed this out when visiting the market today (June 26). “It is unlike last April when the Pasai cluster was still contagious and the Covid-19
SIBU: Sibu Division Chinese community chief, Datuk Temenggong Vincent Lau Lee Ming, hopes that the government will not extend the movement control order (MCO) after it ends on June 28. He pointed out that the longer the MCO was, the more bad impact it would have on the economy and
SIBU: A woman who was so excited to marry a man from Korea, ended up losing RM15,000 after she got duped by a Love Scam syndicate. District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the 38-year-old victim had earlier met the suspect via Facebook, who introduced himself as ‘Lukiet’, a
SIBU: A total of 2,020 longhouse residents in the Nangka constituency have received their first dose of the vaccine. According to Sibu District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) coordinator Dr Annuar Rapaee, the number represents 89.7 percent of the longhouse population from 31 longhouses in his constituency. “In just four days,
SIBU: University College of Technology Sarawak (UCTS) has received approval from the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) to operate as the district’s first industrial vaccination centre (PPV) starting from June 28. Sibu District Disaster Management Committee (SDDMC) coordinator Dr Annuar Rapaee revealed this after monitoring the dry run of the
SIBU: Police have brought a burglary gang, responsible for numerous cases in the district since 2019, to its knees. It was revealed on Monday (June 21) that Geng Jaya had committed at least 20 burglaries and thefts before the members were collared. Sibu OCPD ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the
SIBU: Three members of Geng Joseph, a group active in robbing swiftlet farms here, are being hunted. The district’s police have established a special team to track down the gang, which has committed at least six robberies so far, causing losses to the tune of RM53,400. Sibu OCPD ACP Stanley
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