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Veteran journalist James Ritchie first Sarawakian honoured with Special Jury Award

KUCHING: James Alexander Ritchie, a respected journalist with a remarkable career in Sarawak, has expressed his immense gratitude for being bestowed with the prestigious Special Jury Award at the annual Malaysia Press Institute (MPI) Petronas Malaysian Journalism Awards 2023. In an interview with New Sarawak Tribune on Wednesday (June 14), Ritchie, who has garnered numerous […]

A 70-year study of our unique communities

Ethnicity should enrich us; it should make us a unique people in our diversity and not to be used to divide us. – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian politician Unlike other states, Sarawak can pride itself of being a community of more than 60 ethnic and sub-groups spread over a sparse and massive land mass of […]

James Ritchie: The state’s media figure

KUCHING: There is no need for an introduction when it comes to James Alexander Ritchie, whose name, if not among the most popular, is among the most accomplished journalists in the state. It was no wonder that he was presented with the Sarawak Media Figure Award at the 32nd edition of Kenyalang Journalism Awards (KJA) […]

Great Sarawak transformation

Sarawak can be an example for other countries of different races, languages, and religions that in Sarawak the people can live peacefully as in a large family. – Jofri Jaraiee, politician As Sarawak prepares to welcome Malaysia Day, it’s good to remember the significance of the month of September. September was the month when the […]

Lucky Lim — the forgotten hero

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. – Joseph Campbell, American professor Peter Lim Chian Seng can thank his lucky stars he is alive because the day he entered this world during WW2, he was almost strangled to death. “I was a born a premature child […]

Defending English, the Tok Nan way

If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers. – Doug Larson, columnist and editor I always thought I was a good reporter until I realised that I was still a novice when compared to the great writers of our times. And my hero is none […]

Adventures with a man-eater

Take the crocodile, for example, my favorite animal. There are 23 species. Seventeen of those species are rare or endangered. They’re on the way out, no matter what anyone does or says, you know. – Steve Irwin, wildlife expert, environmentalist and conservationist Last week, the Fire and Rescue Department caught a killer crocodile and upon […]

How do we mask Sarawak?

We don’t know for sure, but they could help and they can’t hurt. – Dr. Linsey Marr, American scientist As Malaysia prepares to implement the compulsory “mask up” order on Aug 1, Sarawak will be burdened with a multitude of issues. If it is easy to monitor the crowded places in the Peninsular, how would […]

Walking tall with the Penan

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face. – Helen Keller, American author, political activist and lecturer When I first travelled into the remote Baram interior and wrote about the semi-nomadic Penan of Ulu Baram 35 years ago, they were a small community of 5,000 poor and illiterate […]

The King, Frankie and I

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. — Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright In 1977, I was sent from Kuala Lumpur to Seremban to become the staff correspondent for New Straits Times. It must have been NST adviser Tan Sri Samad Ismail’s idea when he […]