By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. – Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright Six years ago, RTM’s Jennifer Lau interviewed me on REDfm radio station and we had a roaring time. The topic was “Celebrating the life
I’ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn’t have a chance to win. – Arnold Palmer, American professional golfer Legendary Malaysian golfer Nellan Vellasamy, who passed away in Petaling Jaya last Saturday, had
KUCHING: Today is a special day for Sarawak being the birthday of Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, Sarawak’s longest serving politician and now Governor. The grand old man of Sarawak is 84 years old this year. He was born on May 21, 1936. The first woman in Taib’s life
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, USA’S 32ND PRESIDENT Last week a young man confronted me at sundry shop and said it was an offence to go around “mask-less”. Since this was the height of the coronavirus fight, he said I should
Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale. ― Peter S Beagle, American novelist and screenwriter Two week ago Sarawak lost one of its renowned Lun Bawang leaders Penghulu George Sigar Sultan who passed away after a
The true story of Rajah Charles Johnson Brooke and his ‘Eurasian’ son from Malay aristocrat Dayang Mastiah and a jealous step-mother The forgotten son We always think we know everything about Sarawak’s rich Brooke history. In fact whatever knowledge we have provided in the old history books are just the
The older I get, the faster I was. There are old bikers and there are bold bikers, but there are no old, bold bikers. – Evel Knievel, American stunt performer and entertainer Alice was driving out of the lane to her house with three children when a drunk teenaged motorcyclist
Pioneers of the Bidayuh Mountains Among Sarawak’s most innovative and hard-working communities are the Bidayuh — highlanders who came down the mountains to settle on the plains around Kuching. Originally from the Sungkung mountain complex in South Western Kalimantan, the community trudged across the forests to the hills of Sentah,
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