GPS better take control of its cyberspace
Social media will play an important role come the 12th state election, expected in 2021, and the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government has been reminded to take the effectiveness of…
Author Archives: Jimmy Adit
Honeymoon is over, time to defend this state
And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over….
It’s the Iban ego that’s hampering our progress!
EGO weakens the Dayaks; we are our own greatest enemy because we let our hearts rule our heads: Dr Rundi (New Sarawak Tribune, May 26, 2019) I have not seen…
The ai pengayu tastes bitter this Gawai
Celebrating Gawai Dayak is fun. Families get to come together, to drink the ai pengayu (the longevity tuak) at the stroke of midnight and thereafter celebrate the way you know…
‘Ada padi ada beras’ – Nancy has been sowing empathy
Sungai Bulu in Batang Sadong is Sungai Buluh today. I have not been there to see how different it is from the days when I knew it to be Sungai…
State’s right to exist is now threatened
It was in 2016, and Zuraida Kamaruddin had just been banned from entering Sarawak again. The national women’s chief of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) had been turned back at immigration…
The de facto Law Minister comes to town
When Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong said he was going “to closely monitor the resolution of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (DUN) on matters pertaining…
Sarawakians would love to see them in court
With growing vigour Malaysians continue to debate the failed Bill that was proposed to amend Article 1 (2) of the Federal Constitution. For most Sarawakians the furor is understandable as…
M’sia’s survival in the hands of Putrajaya
It looks like until MA63 is made part of the Constitution, the debate now raging is not likely to die down. Sarawak has made its stand clear. It wants the…
States aren’t our concern, let’s deal with Malaya
I like the position taken by GPS on why the proposed amendment to Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution in its present form is not acceptable to Sarawak, and to…