KUCHING: The Pakatan Harapan (PH) government was taken to task for not being able to fulfill what it had promised in its election manifesto. Former Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) youth information chief Jaya Ramba said there were many unfulfilled promises which included the agreement to pay 20 per cent oil
KUCHING: Sarawak Workers Party (SWP) hopes the federal government will allocate more funds to Sarawak to conduct Native Customary Rights (NCR) land survey in Budget 2020. Its deputy president Engga Unchat said there were still huge areas to cover and the survey needed to be sped up. “We urge the
KUCHING: Sarawak is looking into the oleochemical industry to drive the palm oil industry further. An oleochemical is any chemical that has been derived from fats and oil. It is widely used in home and personal care industries, including as raw material or as an intermediary for the pharmaceutical, rubber,
KUCHING: Sarawak Patriots Association (SPA) has urged the federal government to do the honourable thing and stop being obsessed with political expedience and political one-upmanship at the expense of its promises, several of which motivated the people to vote for Pakatan Harapan (PH) during the 14th general election. Its president,
KUCHING: The city’s Orang Ulus have been urged to make sure that their children, especially those from poor families, are properly educated. Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau believes that education is the main (if not the only) key that can elevate the community’s standard of living in future. “Our parents
KUCHING: More parents of children with special needs in the state are now accepting their children’s conditions, said Welfare, Community Well Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. “Last time, it was hard for children with special needs to be registered with my ministry or even
KUCHING: The Sarawak government has disbursed a total of RM13.9 million in Sarawak Early Childhood Education Institution Special Grant to 1,164 preschools and kindergartens in the state as of Sept 26. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said all registered public and private
KUCHING: The state-level Women’s Day Celebration 2019 themed ‘Sarawak Women in Safety and Security… In Good Hands’ held at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) yesterday saw women in the safety and security profession honoured for their services and contribution to the development of Sarawak. Present to officiate at the event
KUCHING: The main focus of the Sarawak government now should be to ensure the collection of the five per cent sales tax on petroleum products is duly received. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Law, State-Federal Relations and Project Monitoring) Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali said if the federal
KUCHING: Come Oct 31, if Petronas fails to deliver the five per cent sales tax on petroleum, the state government will sue the company for breaching the Federal Constitution (FC). This was the warning given by Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing who was responding to Prime Minister