Tegulang and Metalun resettlements marking their first year with thanks giving ceremony

BINTULU, MARCH 5, 2015: -  Villagers at the Tegulang and Metalun Resettlements in Murum held a thanks giving ceremony to mark their first year of settling in their new homes.

The ceremony, initiated and organised by the Murum Penan Development Community (MPDC) and supported by Sarawak Energy, consisted of a thanksgiving prayers, home blessing and a symbolic ribbon cutting at one of the longhouses. 

Set deadlines on completion of projects, Jabu told

By Simon Peter

BETONG, March 5, 2015: Deputy Chief Minister Alfred Jabu Numpang has been reminded to set a definite deadlines on completion of projects for the benefits of the affected target groups.

"He cannot just make promises left, right and centre. He must set the deadlines for projects to be completed," State PKR information chief Vernon Aji Kedit said in a statement today.

Chong: Masing is not reluctant on hiring of Bangladeshi workers by plantation companies

By Simon Peter

KUCHING, March 5, 2015: Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen has hit out at Land Development Minister James Masing over his confusing statement regarding the hiring of Bangladeshi workers by plantation companies in the state.

"The government’s policy to allow the hiring of Bangladeshi workers for plantation will only benefit the BN cronies and plantation companies, but at the expense of the locals," Chong said when commenting on Masing's statement yesterday.

Chong Chieng Jen

Why was a sum of RM150m approved for a bridge project with an estimated cost of RM100m to RM110m?

By Chong Chieng Jen

In the press statement issued by the Work’s Ministry on 11-2-2015, it claims that the ministry’s Value Management Lab had in June, 2011, estimated that the cost for building the Batang Samarahan bridge is between RM100 – 110 million.

Taking the statement as it is, it reveals some serious mal-practices at the highest level of the Works Ministry and/or the Finance Ministry, which smacks of corruption.

Chong Chieng Jen

Make good your pledges, Baru tells Muhyiddin

 "Common sense will tell us that it is because all the decisions and selections are made by bureaucrats and technocrats in Peninsular Malaysia who do not have the interests of Sarawak at heart. " 

KUCHING, Feb 13, 2015: Sarawak Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) chairman Baru Bian has told Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to make good his pledge to repair and rebuild dilapidated schools in Sarawak and Sabah, and not to wait for elections to be called.

"The allocation of RM1 billion pledged in February last year to repair and rebuild 600 dilapidated schools in two states appears to have just an empty talk," he said today.

Baru Bian