Author: Alwin Lawrence

Churches to hold X’mas parade

MUKAH: A Christmas parade involving all the Christian churches here will be held on Dec 10, starting at Astaka Dataran Menara Pehin Setiaraja. Organised by All Churches of Sarawak (ACS) Mukah branch, the parade is being revived after several years following the COVID-19 pandemic. According to organising chairman Richard Revis

Voters confident in state govt

IGAN: The victory of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) candidate in Igan in the 15th general election (GE15) proves that the voters there are very confident in the GPS state government led by Premier Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. In pointing this out, Daro assemblyman, Safiee Ahmad also attributed

Smooth early voting for Mukah

MUKAH: The early voting process in Mukah for the 15th general election (GE15) went smoothly today (Nov 15). Mukah district police chief DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said the early voting process involving 202 voters was held at the Mukah Police Headquarters Multipurpose Hall. He was also the first individual to

Aiming to meet voters, to retain seat

When Mukah is featured, certainly it is synonymous with the Melanau ethnic group which is the third largest ethnic in the Land of the Hornbill. Up to today, the Mukah District sits under the Mukah parliamentary seat which is separated under three state assemblies – Balingian, Tellian and Dalat. This

APM training centre to begin recruiting trainers next year

MUKAH: Sarawak will be the first in Malaysia to set up a Civil Defence Force (APM) training centre. Sarawak APM director Abdul Rahim Wahab said the centre in Demak here would start recruiting trainers next year. “We already have a training centre but previously we only depended on the current

PH proven to be a strong pact

KUCHING: Mukah parliamentary candidate from Pakaran Harapan (PH) Abdul Jalil Bujang said that PH has proven to be a strong pact compared to Barisan Nasional (BN) and Perikatan Nasional (PN). He said there was a dispute between BN and PN because the mission of their struggle was not clear. “Can

Social media approach to woo young voters

MUKAH: Social media will be the main approach to attract young people especially in the Balingian area and Mukah in general to come out and vote this time. Balingian assemblyman Abdul Yakub Arbi said he is well aware that young people are very much into social media such as Facebook,

Straight fight in Mukah

MUKAH: This time, incumbent Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) is involved in a straight fight with Abdul Jalil Bujang of Pakatan Harapan (PH) for the Mukah seat. This is their second battle after the first one in GE14 in 2018. In 2018, Hanifah obtained 13,853 votes

Hanifah has right attributes to be re-nominated

KUCHING: Tellian assemblyman Royston Valentine is confident the Mukah incumbent MP Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib will be re-nominated to contest in the 15th general election (GE15). He said that Hanifah is one of the women leaders from Sarawak who is versatile as she is capable of carrying out her responsibilities

Enticing young voters main challenge

KUCHING: The main challenge faced during this 15th general election (GE15) is ways to attract young voters to the polls and vote a party worthy of forming the new government. Tellian assemblyman Royston Valentine said that even though it would  be the first time that these young people are involved