KUCHING: Eighty-one days after being appointed as the 20th Senate president, Senator Datuk Mutang Tagal breathed his last at 11.46am on Friday (May 10). He passed away at the National Heart Institute (IJN) in Kuala Lumpur, having been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) since May 6. Earlier, he
BECOMING a member of parliament at the age of 26 came as a surprise for him though at university, he had dreamed of entering politics.But he didn’t expect that dream to come to fruition so quickly. But that was the reality that Mutang Tagal (now Datuk) had to accept on
Finally, on April 1, Lo Khere Chiang, stepped down after 12 years as the chairman of Padawan Municipal Council (MPP). It is not easy for Lo, who is Batu Kitang assemblyman, because the role is suitable for him. However, he has to abide by the decision of his superior, the
A total of 90 per cent of the 6,118 respondents who voted in the Astro Awani poll thought it is inappropriate to put any Members of Parliament (MPs) with court cases to be part of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s Unity Government Cabinet. This poll is actually quite interesting because it
At the moment, two names are being bandied worthy to create history by assuming the role of the first Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) of Malaysia from the Land of the Hornbill. The name of Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof is mentioned because of his experience and effective and excellent role as
The struggles faced by Anwar Ibrahim in his life have always been the talk of the people. From early on during his student days in Universiti Malaya, his name had popped up in the Special Branch report when he became head of the students’ movement. From 1968 to 1971, Anwar
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) will play a role as a pillar party in the Federal government. That was the assertion by newly-minted Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Nov 26, after receiving a visit from the coalition’s chairman Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. Abang Johari went
THE entire nation is now focused on the composition of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s unity government and the individuals who will serve in it following his swearing-in last Thursday. Anwar in his first press conference afterwards, hinted that he would have two deputies. It will be represented by UMNO and
A unity and inclusive government — that is the dream of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdulah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. The King had faced the “losing trust towards the Prime Minister” twice. Changing Prime Minister means there will be changes towards the government and the cabinet, because the cabinet
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) has chosen Perikatan Nasional (PN) as the coalition government’s leader, as well as Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as Prime Minister. GPS chairman Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg was quite clear about the matter, before knocking on the door of negotiations at Muhyiddin’s residence
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