Marcos Jr eyes landslide as Philippines votes for new president
BATAC CITY, Philippines: Millions of Filipinos thronged primary schools and other polling stations Monday to elect a new president, with the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos the favourite to win the high-stakes election. Nearly 40 years after the patriarch was deposed by a popular revolt and the family chased into exile, Ferdinand Marcos Junior […]
Philippines could revive nuclear plant if Marcos wins presidency
Morong, Philippines: A mothballed nuclear power plant built near a fault line and volcanoes in the Philippines during Ferdinand Marcos’s dictatorship could be revived if his son wins next week’s presidential election. The $2.2 billion Bataan plant became a monument to the greed and graft of the Marcos era, and was left dormant after the […]
Pariah politics
If we lie to government, it’s felony. But if they lie to us, it’s politics. — Bill Murray, American actor Pariah politics is the inevitable doom when power is placed in the wrong hands for all the wrong reasons and purposes by the wrong people who wrongly think they have exercised their universal suffrage. It […]
Rentap to defend Layar
BETONG: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg has hinted that that Layar incumbent Datuk Gerald Rentap Jabu will continue to serve the constituency. “…Datuk Rentap Jabu will be our ‘manok sabong’ (fighter for Gabungan Parti Sarawak or GPS) later (in the coming state polls). Addressing attendees at an earth-breaking ceremony of […]
No personal resources? Better don’t contest
The difficulty now is going out and raising money. Spending 80 percent of your time begging for money — it’s so debilitating on a candidate. Douglas Muzzio, American educator The most interesting incident to emerge out of our 12th Sarawak state election so far has to be the one involving a potential candidate and Parti […]
Food basket areas set to fly with air link
BETONG: The economic well-being of local communities is expected to soar after they are connected to air services in the next two years. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas officiated at the ground-breaking for the Bebuling STOLport in Spaoh on Tuesday (Nov 30). A STOLport is an airport that caters to short take-off […]
PAS out to end-run of bad luck
KUCHING: PAS which has never won a seat in the state legislative assembly is out to try its luck again. It has already identified its candidates and the seats it will contest, according to its Sarawak commissioner Jofri Jaraiee. He said the candidates’ list and seats have been submitted to the central leadership and would […]
Looking back at the 11th state election
Battle royale shaping up in all 82 seats
KUCHING: All 82 seats at stake in the coming 12th state election are likely to face between four and seven–cornered fights with candidate tally expected to double that in the 2016 state election. If the disputes on seat allocation are not amicably resolved, especially among the Sarawak Pakatan Harapan (Sarawak PH) components, some of the […]
TVS’ Sarawak Decides programme to be aired daily
KUCHING: The ‘Sarawak Decides’ (SD) programme on TVS will be on air everyday at 9am, discussing various topics from politics, economy to social issues, as Sarawak heads to the polls on Dec 18. According to a statement on Monday (Nov 29), the programme consists of live news, info capsules of the 82 state constituencies and […]
