Joe Biden mistakenly calls Rishi Sunak ‘Mr President’ at White House meeting
WASHINGTON: Joe Biden got confused over British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s title when the pair met in the White House, welcoming him as “Mr President”, reported German news agency (dpa). The US president swiftly corrected himself, joking that he had “promoted” Sunak. The 80-year-old, seated across from Sunak for the bilateral meeting, said: “Well, Mr […]
ECO elects new president, announces conservation strategy for Sarawak
KUCHING: The Ecology Conservation Association (ECO) has elected Chew Kim Soon as the president of the association after hosting its first general meeting today (April 23). According to a press release, during the meeting, the association announced its conservation strategy, which aims to protect wild animals, improve their living conditions in Sarawak, restore ecosystems, and […]
Presidential nominations in Kazakhstan to start from Friday
ASTANA: The period for nominating candidates in Kazakhstan’s snap presidential election will be from Sept 23 to Oct 11, Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission Konstantin Petrov said on Thursday, Sputnik reported. “Nominations of presidential candidates will open on Sept 23, on the day following the calling of election, and close on Oct 11, […]
SSPCA retains Dona Drury as president
KUCHING: Datin Dona Drury-Wee has been re-elected as president of the Sarawak Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animal (SSPCA) at its annual general meeting on Sunday (Sept 4) at Mandarin Restaurant. Gracie Geikie is the new chairperson, succeeding Rebecca D’Cruz. “We would like to thank Rebecca for serving the society since 2009. Throughout her […]
Moscow will never provide ‘unflattering assessments’ of foreign leaders
MOSCOW: Russia will never stoop down to giving ‘unflattering assessments’ of foreign leaders or insulting them in contrast to US President Joe Biden who let himself speak harshly about Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik. “We will never stoop down to giving any unflattering assessments of heads of other states or […]
Dr Sim is uncontested SUPP president
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian has retained his post uncontested as the president of Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) during the party 25th Triennial Delegates Conference (TDC) which ended today. Others who retained their post uncontested were Datuk Seri Richard Riot as the deputy president I; Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin as deputy […]
Consensus averts need for polls
BY GABRIEL LIHAN (INTERN) & ALEXANDRA LORNA Salang is PRS president KUCHING: All’s well that ends well in Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS). In the interest of party unity and solidarity, the leaders have agreed to a consensus line-up which eliminates the need to go through an election in the forthcoming triennial delegates conference (TDC). PRS […]
East Timor heads to polls to pick next president
DILI: East Timor’s citizens head to the polls on Tuesday to choose either a Nobel laureate or a former guerrilla fighter — the incumbent president — as their next leader. Polling stations in Southeast Asia’s youngest country open at 7 am (2200 GMT Monday) for what is a rematch of a 2007 election won handily […]
Dr Roziah Omar is new president of UniKL
KUALA LUMPUR: Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) today announced the appointment of academician and researcher, Prof Datuk Dr Roziah Omar as the new president of Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) effective July 1. Mara chairman, Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun said the appointment was based on her expertise, knowledge, experience and achievements as she had held several key […]
Omar Bahrein is new Cuepacs Sarawak president
KUCHING: The Congress of Union of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) Sarawak has appointed Omar Bahrein Unin as president. He takes over from outgoing president Ahmad Malie who retired from the public service on May 21. Ahmad has served as Cuepacs Sarawak president for the past ten years. In his farewell press […]
