CCJ: We didn't receive Pas invitation to attend PR meeting

KUCHING, Nov 8, 2014: Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen has denied that the party had received an invitation to attend a  State Pakatan Rakyat (PR) committee meeting chaired by Sarawak Pas last Thursday.

"We were in the dark of the meeting," he said when asked why the party was absent from the meeting.

Picture: Chong Chieng Jen (2nd right) says that his party did not receive an invitation to attend a PK committee meeting chaired by Sarawak Pas.

DAP nominates Thomas Tegong as a candidate for senatorship

KUCHING, Nov 8, 2014: Thomas Tegong Laka, a retired head of the Iban service of RTM, has been nominated by the Sarawak DAP as a candidate to be a senator from Sarawak.

The election of the senator by the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly is on Tuesday, Nov 13, in the event that two candidates are being nominated.

 Picture: Chong Chieng Jen (left) with Thomas Tegong Laka.

Rahman Yakub responding well to treatment at a private hospital

KUCHING, Nov 8, 2014: Datuk Justine Jinggut explained that his father-in-law Abdul Rahman Yakub is responding well to treatment at the Normal Medical Special Centre for flu infection.

"He has started eating...nothing to worry about," Justine said today.

 

A must visit places if you are going to Penang

KUCHING, Nov 7, 2014: If you are planning to visit Penang, make sure to include George Town Heritage Site on a must-visit list of itinerary.

The site, of about 259ha, is where you can see well-preserved old buildings and places of interests, which have been declared as heritage buildings and sites by the Penang government.

Picture: A sketch map of the George Town World Heritage Side area.

Don't give up on your demand for better oil and gas royalties, Guan Eng tells Adenan

GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, Nov 7, 2014: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has told his Sarawak counterpart Adenan Satem not to give up demanding for an increase in the oil and gas royalties from 5% to 20%, from the federal government.

"Don't settle for anything less," he said when speaking at a dinner hosted for members of the Sarawak media on Wednesday night.

 Lim Guan Eng (front row, centre) with members of the Sarawak media and DAP posing for photograph after the dinner on Nov 5.