KUCHING: Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDSB) today accused the Education Ministry of being insensitive to Sarawakians, particularly the natives. The party’s new information chief William Mangor said this was evident from the fact that the People’s Consultative Advisory Panel would be holding its public consultation townhall session on the
KUCHING: Disappointed, saddened, upset, dismayed, and shocked were among the words used in response to a recently released school holiday video in which Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik only mentioned Hari Raya Aidilfitri but failed to acknowledged Gawai Dayak and Pesta Keamatan which are major ethnic festivals in Sarawak and
KUCHING: Members of the Malaysian Volunteer Corps (Rela) are making a name for themselves as dependable guards for hire. State Rela director Rini Tupong said because of this more government departments and agencies are hiring them to guard premises and installations. He said to date 19 government departments and agencies
KUCHING: A major problem of Dayaks today is political fragmentation, said newly appointed secretary-general of Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDSB) Julius Enchana. Julius believes that the biggest disadvantage for the Dayaks is the fact that their political leaders are spread thinly among all the parties in the state. “They
KUCHING: Malaysian leaders need to start helping citizens and develop local assets for Malaysia to be respected, said academician Dr Frank Kiong. Frank, who is now working in the Middle East, said the Malaysian government should emphasise ‘Malaysianisation’ and help the people to gain specific skills through being better educated
KUCHING: Rela (Volunteer Corps Malaysia) members in the state are reminded to maintain their good work and to uphold high discipline and integrity. The reminder came from Rela deputy director general Roslan Mat Nong during a breaking of fast with Rela members, staff and officers of several state and federal
KUCHING: The federal government must prioritise local talented Malaysian students before helping any foreign students. The newly appointed PBDSB information chief William Mangor (pic) was responding to Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s announcement on Wednesday that the government was willing to offer scholarships to Palestinian students who intend to
KUCHING: Bung Bratak Heritaga Association chairman Datuk Peter Minos has supported the call by Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU) president Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom for a proper body be set up to coordinate the state and federal level Gawai. “Gawai is a celebration for everyone and as such, it
Barring defaulters from travelling most effective way for them to settle study loans KUCHING: The travel ban on defaulters has proven to be an effective measure to encourage borrowers to repay their loans to the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional-PTPTN). Batang Sadong Member of Parliament
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