KUCHING: With crime rates increasing in the city especially in Sg Moyan, Batu Kawa, political secretary to the Chief Minister Tan Kai has called for more proactive actions. According to Tan, in recent weeks residents in Batu Kawa have been complaining to Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) Batu Kawa service
KUCHING: A senior citizen passed away while waiting for another ambulance after the one he was in met with an accident here. Lai Kim, 66, was being transported to hospital when the ambulance was hit by a lorry at a petrol station early Monday. State Traffic Investigation and Enforcement head
KUCHING: Three men who had previous convictions will likely to face the gallows if they were convicted for drugs trafficking in Bau. The trio aged between 27 and 32 were arrested in an unnumbered house at Jalan Seringgok, Bau at about 2.20am yesterday. Acting on information received, police raided the
KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) says it is just as concerned as PKR over the heavy sentence meted out to a man for insulting Islam. Alister Cogia, 22, was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to uploading offensive materials about Islam and Prophet
KUCHING: Sarawak could be short of seven parliamentary seats if the Federal Constitution is amended to recognise Sarawak as a region, said Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing. When Malaysia was formed in 1963, Sarawak was allocated 23 per cent of the seats in Parliament. Following the secession
KUCHING: Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) Women chief Kho Teck Wan has thanked the Federal Cabinet for its decision to table the proposal to amend Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution to restore Sabah and Sarawak’s status as equal partners in Malaysia, at the upcoming parliamentary session. In today’s press
KUCHING: Quitting Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) to join Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) is his own endeavour, his own doings, in his own accord, but with risks attached. That is how PRS Youth representative Charles Nissom sees Sri Aman MP Datuk Masir Kujat’s party-hopping act. “Masir’s antic mirrors how democracy blossoms
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing Jemut said the departure of Sri Aman Member of Parliament Datuk Masir Kudat from Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) was one of the pros and cons of democracy depending on how a person perceives it. Masing, who is PRS president, said people
KUCHING: There is no need to renegotiate the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) as it is a straightforward agreement, said Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing. Hence he could not understand why there is a need to negotiate “when it’s based on the formation of the Federation of
KUCHING: Two students, who have been offered to study Engineering and English at Cambridge University, United Kingdom, are unable to go due to financial constraints. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Public Complaints Bureau chief Wilfred Yap hoped that the state government would assist in the matter, and grant scholarships to
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