KUCHING: Pelagus assemblyman Wilson Nyabong insists the crisis now in play is Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) crisis. “It is not Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) or Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) crisis alone, but a Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) problem now,” Wilson said in response to a “PRS crisis’ news headline.
KUCHING: Party hopping is part of democracy but it has its disadvantages. Sarawak Patriots Association (SPA) chairman Datuk John Lau said this in view of certain politicians switching from one party to another. “SPA therefore urges the federal government to enact an anti-hopping law to prevent elected representatives from switching
KUCHING: The Local Government and Housing Ministry today sent a team to catch stray dogs at Hui Sing Garden. On Tuesday, a dog bit four people, one after another, at a coffeeshop at Hui Sing Commercial Centre. The dog was later beaten to death by passers-by. The incident went viral
KUCHING: The job scam that left eight Sarawakians stranded in Monrovia, Liberia is a straightforward case. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the Liberia case was not the same as the one in Cambodia. “The 47 Malaysians in Cambodia were detained while
Putrajaya to speed up citizenship applications for stateless children KUCHING: The Home Affairs Ministry has agreed to put the citizenship application from Sarawak under Article 15A of the Federal Constitution. “The application under Article 15A will be put in a basket of its own. This means that the applications from
KUCHING: The rising cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Sarawak is a cause for concern, said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. According to her, the most common STIs reported are Gonorrhea and Syphilis. Speaking to reporters after attending the Women and
KUCHING: Integrity is one of the key factors to the success of an organisation. Compliance to rules and regulations is the other, says Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. He was speaking at the opening ceremony of Brooke Dockyard’s Demak fabrication yard near here yesterday. The 60-acre facility
CM says it’s management is transparent and accountable KUCHING: Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (Petros) is not 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) of the state as claimed by a news portal. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the portal claimed it is the 1MDB of Sarawak when referring to Petros.
KUCHING: The country’s current economic situation has caused an increase in job scams, claims Sarawak Community Policing Association chairman Datuk John Lau Pang Heng. He said many unemployed people chose to look for easy money by scamming others. “When people lose their jobs, they cannot pay for their expenses, so
KUCHING: The police are trying to trace three men suspected of being involved in a job scam that victimised 47 Malaysians (40 of them Sarawakians) who ended up imprisoned in Cambodia. Sarawak Commercial Crimes Investigation Department (CCID) chief, Supt Mustafa Kamal Gani, said two of them are Chang Ying Shiong
