With out of court settlement, Bengoh Dam is ready for impoundment

KUCHNG, Dec 18, 2014: The dispute between two Bidayuh villages affected by the Bengoh Dam and the government has been settled out of court following a consent order granted by High Court judge Rodzariah Bujang this morning.

SEB quashes reports that it has started building Baram dam

KUCHING, Dec 17, 2014: Sarawak Energy Berhad has not begun any clearing or construction works for the Baram dam, but will do so  once soil investigation work has been done, comprehensive feasibility studies undertaken and Social and Environment Impact Assessment (SEIA) reports have been completed, it said in a statement today.

Even then, the approval to go ahead with the construction must be obtained first from the State Government, it said.

Last minute attempt to stop perimeter survey from being conducted, Lands and Surveys blasted for giving one-day notice

KUCHING, Dec 17, 2014: PKR Mas Gading chairman Boniface Willy Tumek (picture, right) has blasted the Land and Survey Department for giving a short notice to the Bidayuh villages in Singgai on its intention to conduct a perimeter survey on their native customary rights (NCR) land.

Hello? Is Najib or religious authorities in charge of running the government, asks Baru

By Simon Peter

KUCHING, Dec 16, 2014: Is Najib Razak in charge of running the Federal Government or is it the religious authorities egged on by the likes of the repugnant and vacuous Malay rights groups Perkasa and Isma, asks Sarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian (picture) when commenting on the

detention of a Christian Father and the seizure of hymnals in Johor recently.

Chee How praises Lapok over the stamping of the Al-Kitab

KUCHING, Dec 14, 2014: Sarawak PKR vice chairman See Chee How has praised the Archbishop of the Anglican Province of South East Asia Bolly Lapok and his colleagues in the Association of Churches in Sarawak (ACS) for their stand to move forward over the stamping of 351 Malay and Iban languages Al-Kitab.

See Chee How