Author: Allan Jay

Systems exist for very good reasons: Ang Lai Soon

KUCHING: Members of the St John Ambulance Sarawak (SJAS) have been urged to respect one another when on- or off-duty regardless of religious or racial backgrounds. SJAS founder, chairman and commander Datuk Seri Ang Lai Soon said this when officiating at the parade celebrating the restoration and the 48th anniversary

Inform us, urges Fatimah

KUCHING: Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah wants the public to provide information regarding drugs and substances abuse to enable the authorities to take necessary actions. In Subis district, 60 arrests were made from January to April this year, whereby 56 of them

Dawos a loyal PBB member

KUCHING: Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah acknowledged that the passing of Datuk Seri Dr James Dawos Mamit was a huge loss to the people of Sarawak. “Dawos has always been the people’s representative of his constituency in Mambong and his passing early this

Karim ‘yes’ to automatic registration of voters at 18

KUCHING: Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah welcomes the automatic registration of 18-year-olds as voters. The Prime Minister revealed recently the Pakatan Harapan (PH) Presidential Council had agreed that Malaysians who reached the age of 18 would be registered as voters automatically. Karim believed

RM13 million RWMF facility upgrade

KUCHING: Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said festival-goers to the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) would be greeted with upgraded facilities. With the state government’s RM13 million allocation, the facilities at the Sarawak Cultural Village (SCV) are spanking new. “As they have not

Stupid, naive remarks

By their own admission, MMEA, Fisheries Dept cannot protect our seas: Tiong BINTULU: Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing is neither impressed nor inspired by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) and Fisheries Department. In fact, a seemingly pissed off Tiong wants the tasks of the two enforcement agencies

Work with honesty, integrity and vision: Redzuan

KUCHING: Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) leaders in Sarawak have been told to carry out their jobs with honesty, integrity and vision to ensure that the party moves forward with the present time. Entrepreneur Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Mohd Yusof gave the advice yesterday when attending the state

School’s new projects launched

SRI AMAN: Community Wellbeing Assistant Minister Datuk Francis Harden Hollis declared open SK Batu Lintang’s new infrastructure projects worth RM556,000 recently. The infrastructure projects under the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) were a pedestrian walkway roof worth RM106,000, an extension awning worth RM250,000 and a paved parking lot worth RM200,000. Harden

Not easy for Malays to unite under one party

KUCHING: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is just being realistic in calling for political unity of the Malays in the Peninsula. Political analyst Datuk Peter Minos believes the Prime Minister is alarmed by the political disunity among the Malays in the peninsula and disunity means a loss of power

Strategy to pressure division heads work harder: Prof Azman

KUCHING: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s call for Malays to unite under Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) is more than psychological war strategy to put pressure on the division heads and committees to work harder. Universiti Malaya (UM) Associate Professor Dr Awang Azman who shared his opinion with New