Miri, Malaysia Archives

MIRI: The Ministry of International Trade and Industry is prepared to impose mandatory standards on other products other than imported iron and steel to avoid the inflow of low-quality goods into the country.

MIRI: Police here are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of two young Indonesian farm-workers whose bodies were found along KM15 of the Miri-Bintulu second coastal highway.

The Loagan Bunut Lake, though beautiful, is haunted, claims the Berawan tribe. Legends and taboos still affect the everyday life of many Berawan people living around the Loagan Bunut Lake in Baram, Miri, Sarawak.

The Australian government has recorded an annual average of 700 Bruneians enrolments in Australian educational institutions.

Food processor BMC Food Industries Sdn Bhd is looking to send its products across the border to nearby Malaysian cities next year, its factory manager told The Brunei Times yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 -- A pole platform was supplied by a company to the Miri Industrial Training Institute in Sarawak at a cost of RM30,510 while similar equipment was bought by the ILP in Sandakan and Kepala Batas for RM1,600 and RM1,240, respectively, according to the auditor-general. The Auditor-General's Report of 2008 says the prices, besides ...

MIRI: A man was hacked to death while his son was seriously injured when they were set upon by a group of parang-wielding youths at a restaurant in Pujut here last night.

MIRI : The name Borneo will lure the yachting community to participate in the Borneo International Yachting Challenge .a oeBorneo has a mystical and adventurous image to the outside world particularly westerners.

Malaysian drivers crossing the border into Brunei have been urged to remove tinted glasses on their cars to abide by the Sultanate's traffic rules and regulations.

Tajikistan News.Net Thursday 15th October, 2009 Deepavali this year has special significance for the Indian community settled in this eastern state of Malaysia as the Miri Indian Association is now 70 years old.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology Brunei Darussalam Network will be holding its 12th Annual General Meeting on October 16 at 7pm to elect its new office-bearers. The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Utama Hotel and all IET members in the country are invited.

JIRONI Riduan cemented his place as the No 1 middle distance runner in the country with victory in the 800 metres at the Malaysian Open Athletics Championships in Bukit Jalil yesterday.

MIRI, Fri: Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan today dismissed talk that over 600 Shell exploration and production staff here, would be retrenched simultaneously, following the company''s downsizing exercise.

Friday, 09 October 2009 19:20 In an article entitled " Inconclusive Findings " in the Eastern Times of 16 September 2009, James Ritchie wrote: Led by Director-General of Women's Development Department Dato Dr Noorul Ainur Mohd Nur, the 24-member team, which included the likes of Ivy Josiah from the Women's Aid Organisation, Dr Prema Deveraj from ...

A Brunei permanent resident was fined B$2,500, or serve four months' imprisonment in default, by the Bandar Seri Begawan Magistrate's Court Saturday, after he pleaded guilty to having in his possession uncustomed alcohol inside a Toyota Corolla at the Rasau Toll Gati in Kuala Belait.

MIRI: The High Court has sounded the death knell for 'Da Ma Cai' telelink gambling in Sarawak when it ruled that the numbers game is illegal in the state.

This problem is pronounced among its Penan community living deep in the interiors of Belaga in the Kapit Division and Baram in the Miri Division.