KUCHING: Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) will not be given a new deadline after they failed to pay the five percent sales tax on petroleum products to Sarawak at the end of October. Sarawak Utilities Minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom (pic) said this left the state government no choice but
KUCHING: Negotiations are still ongoing between Petronas, the Sarawak government and the federal government, Petronas chairman Datuk Ahmad Nizam Salleh revealed. He said this in relation to Petronas not having paid the five percent State Sales Tax (SST) on petroleum products yet. “We are still negotiating,” he said when met by
MIRI: The purported directive from the Education Ministry barring Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) lawmakers from speaking at events held in schools in Sarawak is ridiculous and disrespectful, said Minister of Transport Datuk Lee Kim Shin. “They’re doing it in Sarawak and not in Malaya or Sabah,” he lamented. He added
LAWAS: A book documenting the local heritage in Lawas entitled ‘Lawas: Memugar Khazanah Melestarikan Peradaban’ was launched by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan yesterday. The book was compiled by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) Sarawak. “This book is an effective and sustainable marketing of culture conservation and heritage tourism
KUCHING: There is no issue of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) being afraid of improvement to the electoral system, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. “We welcome all efforts to improve the electoral system as long as it’s fair and just,” he said when contacted by
LONG Sobeng Ulu Tinjar: Political leaders should not politicise education at the expense of students and the younger generation, said Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau. He said the move by Pakatan Harapan to bar Gabungan Party Sarawak (GPS) elected representatives from attending events held in schools in the state could result in
Some 5,000 GPS leaders and members from all four component parties — PBB, SUPP, PRS and PDP — will converge on the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) in Kuching today. They are coming for the coalition’s inaugural convention since its official launch on Jan 19 last year. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi
Today’s convention reaffirms the political union of the four component parties of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). Thus it is as important to Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) as it is to GPS as a whole, said PDP youth chief Robert Ayu. “PDP, alongside Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), Sarawak United People’s Party
KUCHING: Contractors are urged to call Sarawak Energy before commencing any excavation works to avoid damaging underground electricity cables and disrupting power supply to customers. The utility company, in a statement issued yesterday, said that it has been actively raising public awareness on the risks of damaging underground cables through
KANOWIT: Some 40 workers of an oil palm estate in Ranan near here staged a demonstration on Thursday demanding better salary and overtime pay. Kanowit OCPD DSP Tega Bilong said the workers felt that there was no improvement in the payment for overtime work since October. “The motive of the
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