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PRS to finalise Batang Ai candidate

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | March 4, 2009 Leave a Comment

KUCHING, 4 March 2009: Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) is expected to finalise its candidate for the Batang Ai state seat, which fell vacant following the death of its assemblyperson Datuk Dublin Unting Ingkot, in the next few days. PRS president Datuk Seri Dr James Jemut Masing said several possible candidates have been identified and it […]

Political parties take battle to Dayak front

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 25, 2009 1 Comment

KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Feb 2009: While the political operatives are set to battle for support in the two “Bukit” by-elections — Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau — in April, another battleground has emerged in East Malaysia. The Batang Ai state constituency in Sarawak is also the heartland of the Dayaks, who make up almost 95% […]

4 March EC meeting on Batang Ai (Updated 1pm)

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 25, 2009 Leave a Comment

PUTRAJAYA, 25 Feb 2009: The Election Commission will be holding a special meeting on 4 March to discuss the date for a by-election for the Sarawak state assembly seat of Batang Ai. A by-election has to be called following the death of assemblyperson Datuk Dublin Unting yesterday. In KUCHING, the EC said it has received […]

EC: By-election for Batang Ai

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 24, 2009 Leave a Comment

PUTRAJAYA, 24 Feb 2009: There has to be a by-election for the Sarawak state assembly seat of Batang Ai following the death of assemblyperson Datuk Dublin Unting today. Election Commission (EC) chairperson Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said this was because the Sarawak state assembly was only over two years old and according to […]

Batang Ai assemblyperson passes away

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 24, 2009 Leave a Comment

KUCHING, 24 Feb 2009: The state assemblyperson for Batang Ai in Sarawak, Datuk Dublin Unting Ingkot, passed away this morning at 1.25am after being in a coma following a stroke nine months ago. Ingkot was Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) vice-president and also Sarawak Deputy Sports and Agriculture Minister. Following his death, a by-election will have […]

S’wak MACC: 90% claims false

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 20, 2009 1 Comment

SIBU, 20 Feb 2009: About 90% of Sarawak’s corruption cases reported to its Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office last year, centred on false claims. State MACC director Samsiah Abu Bakar said the claims also involved non-existent projects, adding that making false claims were serious offences under the MACC Act 2009. She was speaking to reporters […]

We sometimes forget the basics

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 19, 2009 Leave a Comment

DATUK Shahrir Abdul Samad is a political enigma. On one hand, he was stinging in his criticisms of the Pakatan Rakyat, implicitly justifying the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s takeover of Perak. On the other hand, he has displayed maverick tendencies within Umno. He opposed the 2008 Internal Security Act (ISA) arrests of journalist Tan Hoon Cheng, […]

Najib: BN leaders must read people’s sentiments

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 13, 2009 Leave a Comment

MIRI, 13 Feb 2009: Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders in Sarawak and the peninsula must be adept in reading the people’s sentiments to ensure support for the government continued to remained strong, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. He said the people in Sarawak, who will be going to the polls in 2011, were […]

Third orang utan birth at Semenggoh

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 13, 2009 Leave a Comment

KUCHING, 13 Feb 2009: It was a record of sorts when a third baby orang utan was  born within a week at the Semenggoh Wildlife Centre here, home to numerous baby orang utan born in the semi-wild to rehabilitated mothers. The latest addition to its orang utan baby boom was a female, with the birth […]

“Minority bumiputeras won’t be neglected”

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | February 13, 2009 2 Comments

KUCHING, 13 Feb 2009: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has promised the minority bumiputera community that they will not be marginalised in the nation’s march towards development. He said that although the progress and development of these communities had not been monitored, their views would always be taken into account in the drawing […]

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