Johorean authors book as a gift to Sarawak
KUCHING: When she received an offer from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) in 2012, her mom tried to disapprove her decision to further her studies in Sarawak – as it was far away from home. Apart from knowing that she needed to take approximately a 1.5 hour flight to fly from Johor to Kuching, Irish Ng […]
On the vanishing Lugat trail
We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing. – R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist In the past 40 years I have travelled the length and breadth of Sarawak and believe it had the potential to be a […]
Mighty Rajang – Sarawak’s hydro powerhouse
We forget just how painfully dim the world was before electricity. A candle, a good candle, provides barely a hundredth of the illumination of a single 100 watt light bulb. – Bill Bryson, American author I must be the first local journalist to travel up the 563km Rajang River in my initial research on the […]
10-year-old boy feared drowned after family of four’s boat sinks in Rajang River
KAPIT: A young boy is feared to have drowned in the Rajang River after the boat that he and his family was on sunk near Wharf Batu at Kapit Town. 10-year-old Jenggut Anak Antas was among four who were on the boat. Three others managed to swim to safety. The boat was believed to have […]
River-jumping drunk woman rescued
SIBU: The receding river water has thwarted the act of a woman who is believed to be trying to end her own life by jumping into the Rajang River here early this morning. According to the head of Sibu Fire and Rescue Station Senior Assistant Fire Superintendent, Suna Kaha, it is understood that the victim, […]
