Penan man still not found
MIRI: A 65-year-old Penan man was reported still missing after failing to return home on yesterday (8 September). The victim was said to have left the house for fishing activity on August 25, 2022 around the upper river area of Kampung Batu Bungan Mulu and has not returned home ever since. His family members alerted […]
Striking a balance towards sustainable development
Sarawak’s timber industry BY A STAFF WRITER THE timber industry has been under immense criticism and attack in recent years, helped no less by the well-funded non-governmental organisations whose only aim seems to be the cessation of all forms of timber cultivation in developing countries. Through well-organised campaigns that seek to strike at the conservation […]
Nursing graduate sells crochet handbags
KUCHING: Where there’s a will, there’s a way. This proverb is certainly true in the case of Susan Giro, 34. Before she lived with her sister who is a good knitter, the Penan housewife did not know how to crochet. “From her, I learnt how to crochet and produce some crocheted craft items such as […]
Penan man finally gets Mykad
LONG BEDIAN: A 47 year-old Penan man from Long Meraan longhouse in Sungai Magoh, has finally obtained his MyKad after years of waiting. Niyek Baweng, had tried many times to apply for his MyKad, but failed. One day, when he heard that Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau was going to be in Long Latei for a […]
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 […]
40 Penan teachers trained since 2010
BY CHRISTINA LIAN KUCHING: The Penan Community Education Programme (PCEP) (2010-2020) run by the Batu Lintang Teacher Training Institute (IPG Batu Lintang) has successfully produced 40 teachers from the Penan community since 2010, said its coordinator Dr Abang Ismail Abang Julhi. According to him, all the teachers have been placed in several schools near the […]
Reading materials for Long Latie folk
MIRI: The Penan community in Long Latie, Sungai Belanah in Telang Usan now have easy access to reading materials, thanks to the unveiling of its ‘Reading Corner’ on Saturday. Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau said this will help instil a culture of reading among the rural folk — especially children — to improve their literacy […]
Be vigilant, Penan community told
MIRI: Members of the Penan community have been reminded to be always vigilant. They should not let irresponsible non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to mislead and exploit them with negative agenda to go against the government. “These people often make promises which they are not able to fulfil to the Penans, and at the end of the […]
Penans donate to Covid-19 fund
MIRI: The Penan community of Long Tujang and Long Buang settlements in Sungai Apoh near here recently donated RM293.60 to the National Covid-19 fund, to help those affected by the pandemic. Telang Usan assemblyman Dennia Ngau who received the contribution which will be deposited into the National Covid-19 fund at Bank Muamalat, was clearly touched […]
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 […]
