Race-based party won’t fit in
KUCHING: A race-based political party will not be well-fitted in the making of any policies for the country and for the state for that matter, said Serembu assemblyman Miro Simuh. He said this in response to Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDSB) president Bobby William’s recent remarks in which he said that a multi-racial party […]
DCCI praises job formula for bumiputeras
KUCHING: Members of the Dayak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) welcome the announcement by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg on using a certain formula to create jobs for the bumiputeras. Its supreme council member Marichelle Livan Lah said such effort and initiatives by the government to help the bumiputera community is […]
Basic demographic data on the Penan
KUCHING: As of 2016, Sarawak has around 25,810 Penans (with most of them already having permanent settlements) compared to only 16,281 in 2010, said the Penan Education Community Programme (2010 – 2020) coordinator Dr Abang Ismail Abang Julhi. According to Dr Abang Ismail in his study, the Penan communities, who inhabit the inaccessible tropical forest […]
Foundation, DCCI to have new HQs
BY SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA & NATASHA JEE KUCHING: The Dayak Cultural Foundation (DCF) and Dayak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) will finally have a new headquarters after several years of waiting. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that the approval and establishment of the headquarters for DCF and DCCI, known as […]
Work with state government
BY NATASHA JEE & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING: The Dayaks have been urged to remain united and work together with the state government in making Sarawak the most developed state by 2030. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg, who made the call, said the state is now focusing on infrastructure development particularly in […]
Francisca to enter Malaysia Book of Records
Miss Universe Malaysia KUCHING: Francisca Luhong James will be entered in the Malaysia Book of Records (MBOR) as the first woman of Dayak descent to hold the title of Miss Universe Malaysia. The lady who is of Kenyah, Kayan and Iban descent beat 17 other contestants at the beauty pageant held in Kuala Lumpur last […]
Bukit Peninjau — a historic institution
Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved. — Thomas Fuller, English historian When I first arrived in Kuching to head the New Straits Times office in Sarawak 40 years ago, I made it a point to visit a historical site that had long been forgotten. Only […]
