KUCHING: Sarawak is a beautiful place and is a perfect destination for film shooting. This pointer was in a two-minute welcoming message by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg showed on screen during the fourth edition of Asean International Film Festival and Awards (Aiffa) 2019 Gala Night at Pullman
KUCHING: The draft of the Legal Profession Bill 2019 (LPA Bill) that went viral in the social media is to test Sarawak’s legal capacity, said Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing. Rejection of the LPA Bill by Sarawakians at large and the state’s legal fraternity shows that we
KUCHING: A sharing session on Sarawak’s government stand in not voting for the Amendment Bill of Article 1 (2) of the Federal Constitution was held on Friday night. The speakers, Batong Sadong MP Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri, Batang Lupar MP Datuk Seri Rohani Karim, and Samarahan MP Rubiah Wang, shared
“It looks to me to be a systematic strategy by the federal government to take away the constitutional rights of Sabah and Sarawak.” – Voon Lee Shan KUCHING: Former Batu Lintang assemblyman Voon Lee Shan doubts there is any good intention in whosoever drafted the Legal Profession Bill 2019.
KUCHING: The Sabah Law Society (SLS) and the Advocates Association of Sarawak (AAS) oppose the provisions concerning both the extension of the Legal Profession Act 2019 (LPA Act 2019) and the repeal of the Advocates Ordinances in Sabah and Sarawak (the Extension and Repeal provisions) as contained in the draft
KUCHING: More than 100 local and international photographers took part in the 8th International Bornean Frog Race here today. The participants are from Bangladesh, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia, Brunei and Malaysia. They are required to take photographs of amphibian species along the forest trails at Kubah National Park, Matang
KUCHING: An Australian biologist has commended Sarawak Forestry Corporation and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) for holding the 8th International Bornean Frog Race at the Sarawak Islamic Information Centre here today. “We need to start educating our children, especially those living in the city, to get out of their homes once
KUCHING: The Advocates Association of Sarawak (AAS) “strongly opposes” the extension of the Legal Profession Act 1976 (LPA 1976) to Sarawak. Its president Ranbir Singh Sangha said this in response to the proposed Legal Profession Bill 2019 which came to the knowledge of state’s legal professions yesterday. “I am consulting
KUCHING: A draft of the Legal Profession Bill 2019 has been circulating since yesterday, and legal professions in the state feel that the Bill was another of Malaya’s attempt to extinguish Sarawak’s rights. Veteran lawyer Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the main objective of the Bill by
KUCHING: A community area committee has been formed to better serve the people living in Sekama, Lumba Kuda, Ellis, and Ang Cheng Ho areas here. The formation of the committee is a joint effort by Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Kuching Branch and Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Padungan Branch.
