Search

Memories of Tun Salahuddin

Not everyone has the opportunity to live for a hundred years or a century. Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng was among the fortunate few. I had the opportunity to get to know Tun Salahuddin closely in 2009 when he and his wife Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Hajah Norkiah asked me to write a biography. […]

State assembly dissolution up to Agong, governor

KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) will leave it to the wisdom of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Yang Dipertua Negeri of Sarawak Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud to decide on the appropriate time to dissolve the State Legislative Assembly (DUN). GPS secretary-general Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said under the state’s […]

Taib – Grand old man of Sarawak

KUCHING: Today is a special day for Sarawak being the birthday of Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, Sarawak’s longest serving politician and now Governor. The grand old man of Sarawak is 84 years old this year. He was born on May 21, 1936. The first woman in Taib’s life was his mother Wan Hamidah […]

Asfia is acting Governor

Sarawak Legislative Assembly Speaker Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar taking the oath of office as the acting Head of State. The appointment takes effect today until January 11, next year.  The swearing-in ceremony at the Astana Negeri in Petra Jaya was witnessed by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg (seated left). Earlier, […]