Author: Lynch Cowan

Eight seats a given

Manyin confident of delivering all Bidayuh seats in next polls KUCHING:  We will deliver all eight! This is the spontaneous response from Datuk Seri Michael Manyin Jawong when asked on the fate of the predominantly Bidayuh seats come the next state election. Manyin, who is Education, Science and Technological Research

‘Why aim your guns at me?’

KUCHING: The president for Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) Voon Lee Shan said Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak should concentrate on fulfilling its promises to voters in the last parliamentary election rather than attacking him for purportedly leaving the party. Voon said in the quest for democracy, PBK would surely contest

63 pct of state’s forests remain unlogged

KUCHING: At least 63 per cent of land has been conserved in Sarawak even though its logging and timber industry is now more than 100 years old. “It was possible because the state has a sustainable forest management policy which is balanced with the state’s development plans,” said Sarawak Forest

Pay more attention to underprivileged children

KUCHING: Underprivileged children in the state need to be paid more attention so that they could also be cared for, said Pertubuhan Bahu Yang Membantu (Helping Shoulder) patron Datuk Normah Ibrahim. “I am very keen to help the children in the state as they are still young and require basic

Long wait, aid recipients blame weak system

KUCHING: Recipients of the Bantuan Sara Hidup (BSH) who queued up at the Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) Satok branch here yesterday to receive the financial aid are complaining about the mode of payment for the financial assistance. According to one of the recipients, she had waited since early morning in

Sex scandals are sheer waste of time, says Fatimah

KUCHING: Politicians and those who aspire to be politicians have been urged to train themselves to be professionals in the field, said Welfare, Community Well Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She was alluding to a viralled sex video involving Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Santubong youth

‘Bed episode’ not the way to bring a person down: Snowdan

KUCHING: In response to the sex video that went viral recently of Santubong Parti Keadilan Rakyat Youth chief Muhammad Haziq Abdul Aziz, Datuk Snowdan Lawan said the confession made by Haziq on Facebook yesterday was another “bed episode”. “It is another ‘bed episode’ repeated, either it is (a) personal matter

The less said the better, says Talip Zulpilip

KUCHING: Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office (Integrity and Ombudsman) Datuk Talib Zulpilip has called for restraint to making comments on the homosexual act allegedly involving Haziq Aziz, a principal private secretary to a PH deputy minister and a senior PKR minister in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) cabinet. “The authenticity of

No race politics for PBK, says Voon

KUCHING: Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) does not believe in race politics, said its president Voon Lee Shan. He said that due to race politics, the economy, religious freedom and democracy had been destroyed. “What we have now is a country that has constant arguments and fights for supremacy. It is

Swinburne’s Hummingbird 4.0 finishes runner-up in hackathon

KUCHING: Swinburne students finished second in the recent Ericsson Hack for Good 2.0 hackathon, a competition that provided an opportunity for participants to build Internet of Things (IoT)-based solutions. Held in Skudai, Johor recently, the competition required participants to upload video pitch and abstract of their proposed idea of their