New DBP Sarawak director calls on CM

KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg received a courtesy call from new Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Sarawak Branch (DBP Sarawak) director Abang Haliman Abang Julai at his office at Wisma Bapa Malaysia here today. Abang Haliman took up the post on August 12, replacing former DBP Sarawak director Abdul Wahab Hamzah who […]

Masing: PSB not good for Sarawak’s unity

KUCHING: Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh is not sincere in his intentions and now his true character has surfaced, says Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing. “Even when he declared full support for Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari (Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg), I did not […]

Don’t use Abang Johari’s name in vain: Miro

KUCHING: Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) president Wong Soon Koh should not use the name of Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg to hide his weaknesses, said Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth deputy chief Miro Simuh. “Soon Koh is playing hide and seek. Please, stop seeking political mileage by tarnishing the chief minister’s […]

SUPP Youth chief: Wong disgruntled and ungrateful

KUCHING: Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh and his group have been reminded that they were made assemblymen and MPs under Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). “I wish to remind Wong that it is a fact that he had left SUPP by first joining Teras together with a group of disgruntled SUPP […]

GPS Youth chief questions PSB’s agenda

KUCHING: With Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) opposing and questioning the various initiatives of the state government, it is best to question them on what their agenda is, opines Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) Youth chief Gerald Rentap Jabu. “Is it for the sake of all Sarawakians or their own divisive intentions?” he said when contacted on […]

Remarks reveal Wong’s true character: SUPP Women chief

KUCHING: Bad-mouthing the person who had helped his party so much all these years reveals the true character of Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh, says Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Women chief Kho Teck Wan. She was commenting on Wong’s recent statement in which he hit back at Chief Minister […]

PRS Women chief: CM’s PSB remarks not wrong

KUCHING: The role that Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg played in the formation of United People’s Party (UPP) or Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) was done in good faith, opines Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Women chief Datuk Seri Doris Brodie. “I am certain that as a leader of the ruling government in Sarawak, […]

Tellian rep concurs with CM’s response

MUKAH: Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo concurred with Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg’s response regarding the statement by Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB)’s president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh on Abang Johari. The chief minister’s press statement on the matter was issued (and dated) on Tuesday (Sept 8). “I support the opinion of Sarawak […]

PDP Youth chief agrees with CM on Umno

KUCHING: Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) Youth chief Robert Ayu says he agrees with Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg, that United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) is not welcome to spread its wings to Sarawak. “True to his word, Abang Johari had continued with what the late Tok Nan (late chief minister Pehin Sri […]

Abang Johari praised for care and concern for minorities

KUCHING:  Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos has praised Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg for showing his care and concern for minority groups like the Bidayuhs in the state. In his statement issued on Thursday (Sep 3), Minos said, “By openly saying and clearly showing that he cares and […]