Poor drainage blamed for Bintulu floods, MP pushes for river deepening, widening

[BorneoPost] - 01/30/2025

BINTULU (Jan 30): Flaws in Bintulu’s drainage system have hindered Sungai Sebiew from effectively discharging excess water, leading to a rapid surge in river levels, claimed Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing. He highlighted that the worst-affected areas are those surrounding Sungai Sebiew, a (…)



        e-mail

In Malaysian newspapers

Malaysian student missing in Hiroshima found safe, taken to embassy
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — A Malaysian female student who was reported missing in Hiroshima, Japan, has been found safe (…)
[Malay Mail] - 30/01/2025
Meta agrees to US$25m settlement with Trump over post-Capitol riot bans
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 — Meta has agreed to pay President Donald Trump US$25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit he filed (…)
[Malay Mail] - 30/01/2025
18 bodies recovered from river following aircraft crash in Washington DC
WASHINGTON: Eighteen bodies have been recovered from the Potomac River following the collision of a passenger plane (…)
[New Straits Times] - 30/01/2025
Indonesia keeps Rohingya refugees at sea, citing public holiday concerns
JAKARTA, Jan 30 — At least 75 Rohingya refugees arrived by boat at a tourist beach in western Indonesia on (…)
[Malay Mail] - 30/01/2025
Guardiola: Real or Bayern, my Man City will give you trouble in Champions League knockout stage
MANCHESTER, Jan 30 — Pep Guardiola said he cannot see Manchester City winning the Champions League on current form, (…)
[Malay Mail] - 30/01/2025
Speaking truth to power
[Herald Malaysia] - 30/01/2025
Hamas release eight more hostages, including Israelis and foreigners
JERUSALEM, Jan 30 — Hamas on Thursday freed three Israeli hostages and five foreigners captured in the October 7, (…)
[Malay Mail] - 30/01/2025
Microsoft, Meta CEOs defend hefty AI spending after DeepSeek stuns tech world
Days after Chinese upstart DeepSeek revealed a breakthrough in cheap AI computing that shook the US technology (…)
[New Straits Times] - 30/01/2025
Serbian patriarch calls for an end to violence
[Herald Malaysia] - 30/01/2025
AI, The Beatles, and the Grammys: A controversial nod to technology’s role in music’s future
NEW YORK, Jan 30 — Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar and...The Beatles? The Fab Four broke up more than half-a-century ago and (…)
[Malay Mail] - 30/01/2025
Figure skaters, coaches on plane that crashed in DC
WASHINGTON: Top figure skaters and their coaches were among the 64 people aboard an American Airlines flight that (…)
[New Straits Times] - 30/01/2025