Ting casts his ballot at Lanang

SIBU: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) candidate for Sibu, Clarence Ting Ing Horh, arrived at the SMK Methodist voting centre here at 7.57 am to cast his ballot for the Lanang constituency, today (Nov 19). Ting, the Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) chairman, was accompanied by his ailing mother Lilian Chian, 89, and son who also cast […]

Serumbu voting trend for 12th state polls to be analysed

BAU: Voting trend from each of the district polling centre for Serembu constituency during the 12th state election is being analysed. Serembu assemblyman Miro Simuh said that the analysis was important as preparation for Gabungan Parti Sarawak’s (GPS) battle for the Puncak Borneo parliamentary constituency in the upcoming 15th general election (GE15). “The analysis will […]

Nothing amiss about early closure

KUCHING: Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has brushed aside allegations that the Election Commission’s (EC) had deliberately closed numerous polling centres early during the Johor election on Saturday. The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) explained that the polling centres were gazetted for early closure due to the low number of […]

Polling station pooches bring light relief to election

LONDON: Retrievers, beagles, poodles and pugs lined up in the rain at Britain’s polling stations on Thursday as thousands of voters brought their canine companions to take part in the general election. Pet owners took to Twitter to post photographs of their dogs next to polling station signs at schools and community centres across the […]