Prove loyalty first if you want to join GPS
KUCHING: Puncak Borneo MP Datuk Willie Mongin and independent Lubok Antu MP Jugah Muyang, who had applied to join Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) component parties, were told to prove their loyalty first. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) senior vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom said he could stop anyone from joining the party. “But, […]
Beware Willie’s PBB move, warns analyst
KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) will have to think twice before accepting Puncak Borneo Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Willie Mongin’s application to join the party. Universiti Malaya Associate Professor Dr Awang Azman Awang Pawi said Willie’s grassroots supporters and PBB members had gone against each other during the campaign period in the 2018 […]
Puncak Borneo should remain with GPS
KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) need not give up the Puncak Borneo parliamentary seat in the upcoming 15th general election. This follows Premier Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg’s recent announcement that GPS will contest all 31 seats in Sarawak, hence barring Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) to defend the seat. New Sarawak Tribune spoke […]
Willie wants to defend Puncak Borneo
PADAWAN: Puncak Borneo MP Datuk Willie Mongin will defend his parliamentary seat despite Gabungan Party Sarawak (GPS) claiming that the seat belongs to them. Thus, he hopes that GPS will give him space and opportunity to defend the seat. In fact, he said, he was ready to defend the seat for GPS in ensuring that […]
Roads at last for Kampung Biya Jaber
KUCHING: Kampung Biya Jaber, Jalan Puncak Borneo will finally have roads after waiting for 30 years. Puncak Borneo MP Datuk Willie Mongin said that the village’s roads would be constructed after the Economic Planning Unit, Prime Minister’s Office has approved the project. “The new project is in the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) in the Rural […]
Puncak Borneo: PBB veep leaves it to GPS
KUCHING: The question of who should contest the Puncak Borneo parliamentary seat is best left to the top leaders of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) to decide. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom said ultimately, the goal was to win the seat for GPS. “(Transport assistant minister and Mambong assemblyman) […]
Lay off! Puncak Borneo is PBB’s: Dr. Jerip
KUCHING: The message is loud and clear. There will be no compromise on the Puncak Borneo parliamentary seat which is a Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) seat, an assemblyman from the party asserted on Tuesday (Feb 8). Mambong assemblyman Datuk Dr Jerip Susil said this was the principle adhered to by Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) […]
Meet Puncak Borneo’s Godfather
KOTA PADAWAN: The hardships of life as a child and while in school after the death of his father when he was a baby became a strong impetus for Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Willie Mongin to make seven needy students at the Sekolah Menengah Kerajaan (SMK) Padawan his adopted children. The […]
Mongin appreciates his time in federal govt
KUCHING: Datuk Willie Mongin has expressed appreciation for having served in the federal government with (now former prime minister) Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. “I thank all the staff in the ministry who have been diligent and given good cooperation throughout my service. “I hope that our country will continue to be peaceful, prosperous and have […]
Vandalism affects effort to provide broadband coverage
KUCHING: Efforts to provide broadband telecommunication coverage in the Bengoh Resettlement Scheme (BRS) area in the Puncak Borneo Parliament faced problems when the telecommunication tower there was damaged again and its equipment was stolen. Puncak Borneo Member of Parliament Willie Mongin today said this was the ninth time the tower had been damaged and he […]
