State earns special integrity accolade
PUTRAJAYA: The Sarawak government was honoured with the Special Integrity Award at the 2023 Integrity, Governance, and Anti-Corruption Awards (AIGA) Ceremony, hosted by the Malaysian Integrity Institute (IIM) at Perbadanan Putrajaya recently. The award was presented by Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan, the Second Finance Minister, on behalf of Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah […]
The ombudsman
If you constantly have to play ombudsman for your beloved, you’re in a co-dependent prison of your own making. People will keep doing what they can get away with. – Luvvie Ajayi, Nigerian-American author and speaker Sarawak has done it again! This time it is the ombudsman. The ombudsman: a word that may not roll […]
Certified integrity officers deployed to ensure good governance
SERIAN: The Sarawak Integrity and Ombudsman Unit (UNIONS) has deployed 166 Certified Integrity Officers (CeIO) to various posts, departments, and government-affiliated businesses. Deputy Minister in the Sarawak Premier Department (Integrity and Ombudsman), Datuk Juanda Jaya said that this step is to ensure that integrity, transparency, and good governance will continue to be practised by public […]
Sarawak urges proper public complaints submission
BAU: The state government of Sarawak has created a platform for members of the public to provide constructive criticism on the quality of services. The Unit of Integrity and Ombudsman of Sarawak (UNIONS) has been set up to investigate all complaints thoroughly, using international ombudsman practices, which prioritize freedom, exception, equality, secrecy, and informality. Datuk […]
Community Integrity Devt pilot programme from 2023
KUCHING: The Sarawak government through the Sarawak Integrity and Ombudsman Unit (UNIONS) has recently been satisfied in principle and agreed to expand the Community Integrity Development (CIB) pilot programme of the Integrity Institute of Malaysia (IIM) statewide from next year. IIM in a post on Facebook explained that it would involve 12 divisions in Sarawak […]
High integrity among officials looking after borders a must
LUNDU: Integrity needs to be inculcated and strengthened among civil servants working at Sarawak’s borders. Deputy Minister in the Premier’s Office (Integrity and Ombudsman) Datuk Dr Juanda Jaya said border control operations needed civil servants who have high integrity. “This is because when working at the borders, many activities will occur such as corruption, abuse […]
Unions want further improvement in workers’ welfare
KUALA LUMPUR: Workers’ unions have called for the continued protection and improvement of workers’ welfare in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) president Adnan Mat, in his statement in conjunction with Workers’ Day 2021, welcomed the government’s efforts to revise the minimum wage […]
