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No personal resources? Better don’t contest

The difficulty now is going out and raising money. Spending 80 percent of your time begging for money — it’s so debilitating on a candidate. Douglas Muzzio, American educator The most interesting incident to emerge out of our 12th Sarawak state election so far has to be the one involving a potential candidate and Parti […]

Undi18 will have minimal impact on GPS

KUCHING: The implementation of Undi18 in the post Covid-19 period will only have minimal impact on the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government. A political analyst, Dr Ammar Redza Ahmad Rizah of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) said that the GPS government is seen to be very committed in implementing the economic recovery plan and helping the […]

Resetting political culture as the way forward

By Prof Dr Mansor Mohd Noor History proves that the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 triggered a mass and urban-based reformasi movement that resulted in the downfall of Barisan Nasional (BN) 20 years later in 2018. The political life of the country was strengthened as questions were being asked of the illiberal state, semi-democracy and […]

Schools will not be closed hastily

ARAU: The Ministry of Education (MOE) will not hastily order the closure of schools, Senior Education Minister Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin said. He said the closure of schools, whether entirely or partly would be implemented on the advice of the district health office (PKD). “Schools where positive Covid-19 cases have been detected will only be […]