SEB donating RM200,000 to Penan Education Fund

KUCHING, August 19, 2015-  Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) has set up a Penan Education Fund, under the umbrella of the Belaga Charitable Trust, to help financing studies and as  incentives for school children of communities in Belaga district.

The State’s energy provider has allocated a revolving fund of RM200,000  to provide educational assistance for Penan communities,  including the six villages involved in the Murum resettlement area and another other 19 Penan longhouses in the district.

Adenan agrees with PKR on full control of education by Sarawak

By Baru Bian,

PKR Sarawak chief

The announcement by the Chief Minister that he is keen to reclaim full control of education from the federal government is welcome news as this is one matter that I am passionate about and have constantly brought up in my statements and DUN speeches. 

In almost every State Assembly sitting I attended, I have highlighted the weaknesses and failures of the education system in this country, including the inadequate infrastructure, insufficient funding, lack of qualified and suitable teachers and the declining standards of education. 

Book documenting rich cultural heritage of highlanders of Sarawak and Sabah launched

BARIO, Aug 9,  2015 -  Communities living in the Kelabit and Maligan highlands in Sarawak and Sabah have  something to be proud of – a book documenting their rich cultural heritage and folklores is finally published.

Entitled, Highland Tales in the Heart of Borneo, the 92-page book is a colourful showcase of the community’s past, present and future that are very much intertwined with their natural surroundings in the picturesque highlands of Ba’ Kelalan, Bario, Long Semadoh in Sarawak and Long Pa’ Sia, Sabah.

PKR candidates: Vernon Aji for Layar, Noel Changai for Bukit Saban in state election

By BR James

BETONG, Aug 9 - Sarawak PKR information chief Vernon Aji Kedit has been nominated as a  potential candidate for Layar in the next Sarawak state election.

Aji's nomination was proposed at the division quarterly meeting at PKR Service Centre in Pasar Baru Medan here, last Friday.

The meeting, which Aji chaired, also proposed the divisional vice chairman Noel Changai Bucking as a potential candidate for Bukit Saban.

Aji (4th from left, Changai (5th from left) with Betong Division committee members

Adenan is right on large scale deforestation in Sarawak, says forest council

KUCHING, Aug 9 - Forest Stewardship Council has said that over 80 per cent of Sarawak’s forests  have been reportedly cleared, proving Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem right in saying of an unchecked logging activities and clearance for agriculture and urban development taking place in the state over the years.

In the peninsula, over 60 per cent of its forests have been cleared over the years.

SFC said most of the country's forested areas are found within its national parks.

"The World Bank estimates that trees are being cut down at four times the sustainable rate," SFC said in a statement today.