Form committee for fair rural projects
BY NURUL SHIMA SHAHMINON BINTULU: Jepak assemblyman Iskandar Turkee has announced plans to establish a special committee aimed at enhancing the implementation of the Minor Rural Projects (MRP), Rural Transformation Programme (RTP), and Sarawak Poor House Improvement Programme (PPRMS) in his constituency. Iskandar emphasised the committee’s role in ensuring equitable distribution of project benefits across […]
GPS will win, but by what margin?
‘The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.’ – Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-973); the 36th President of the United States of America, serving from 1963 to 1969 APART from GPS, there are no […]
Police prepared for upcoming Jepak by-election, says commissioner
KUCHING: Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri has confirmed that the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) has completed all necessary preparations for the upcoming Jepak state by-election, scheduled for Saturday (Nov 4). During a press conference held at the Sarawak Police Contingent Headquarters (IPK) on Friday (Nov 3), he announced that a total of […]
Jepak under federal govt’s development radar
BY HAMDAN ISMAIL BINTULU: The Mara Junior Science College (MRSM) at Km14, Pan Borneo Highway near here has become another new development landmark brought by the federal government in the Jepak state constituency. The Bintulu MRSM campus involves a construction cost of RM122 million and will be operational from March 2024. It was officiated yesterday […]
Early results expected
BINTULU: The Election Commission (EC) expects the results for the Jepak by-election on Saturday (Nov 4), to be released early around 9 pm. EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Salleh said this expedited process was attributed to the newly introduced system that had been deployed, reducing the time required to transfer ballots from the farthest […]
Lower voters’ turnout predicted
MIRI: Fewer voters are expected to turn up to cast their votes in this coming Jepak by-election, a political analyst, Prof Madya Dr Novel Lyndon, predicted. “Lower voters’ turnout is expected this coming Jepak by-election because they (voters) already know who’s going to win the election…the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB)-Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) for […]
Parties urged to help increase voter turnout in Jepak by-election
KUCHING: Political parties should work hard to increase the voter turnout in the Jepak state seat by-election. Past election records have shown that the voter turnout in Jepak has never reached 70 per cent. Political analyst Mohammad Rezza Abdullah Bahida said political parties need to step up and explain to voters on the need to […]
Chinese voters must come out to vote
BINTULU: Chinese voters in Jepak may be a small number but their votes are still as important as everyone else. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) president Datuk Amar Dr Sim Kui Hian said the people should take this by-election as an important one and never take it for granted. “Even though there are only 1,400 […]
PBB Women seeks huge majority victory
BINTULU: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu’s (PBB) Women wing wants a huge vote majority win in the forthcoming Jepak by-election. PBB Women chief Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said this will reflect the solid support of the people for Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) candidate Iskandar Turkee. “Don’t just take this as a by-election, this is an election […]
Asfia tells why GPS is the only choice
BINTULU: It is evident that there is no other choice but Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) candidate Iskandar Turkee in the Jepak by-election. Sarawak Legislative Assembly (DUN) Speaker Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar said this when asked to comment on the GPS Manifesto for the Jepak by-election today (Oct 29). “There are no […]
