Baru explains: We will not rush into cutting ties with Pas

By Simon Peter

KUCHING, March 31, 2015 - Sarawak Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) chief Baru Bian said the party will not rush into cutting ties with Sarawak Pas over the implementation of hudud law in Kelantan.

"We will not rush into cutting ties with Pas. I have to consult the state leaders as well as the national leaders," he said explaining the reason for the delay in deciding Sarawak PKR's relationship with Sarawak Pas.

A Dayak university proposal hotly debated on social media: Should or should not we have a Dayak university?

KUCHING, March 31, 2015. - A growing interests in setting up a Dayak University is being hotly debated on the social media.

It comes about with  a press statement of Dr Ellie Lihat being posted on March 28 last year. Ellie issued the statement after expressing his interest to vie for the top post of the Sarawak Dayak Graduates Association at its annual general meeting (AGM) 2014.

He said the idea to set up the university was achievable if Dayak community had the political will.

MLNG BEACON Project completes deployment of 1,500 reef balls

 BINTULU, March 31, 2015 . -  Malaysia LNG Group of Companies (MLNG), in collaboration with the Sarawak Forestry Corporation Sdn Bhd, yesterday completed a three-year reef ball deployment programme under its Biodiversity, Environment and Conservation (BEACON) Project.

Under the BEACON Project, MLNG has allocated RM4.7 million for the reef ball programme which saw the deployment of 1,500 units of specially-made reef balls into Bintulu's waters over a period of three years. 

Dayak community wants teachers sacked for attempting to Islamise Christian girl

 By Simon Peter

MIRI, March 29, 2015 . - About 100 members of the Dayak community yesterday marched to SMK Lutong where they submitted a strongly-worded memorandum to the school's Parents-Teacher' Association, demanding that the Education Ministry immediately sack the teachers involved in attempting to Islamise an under-aged schoolgirl two weeks ago.

The memorandum was received by the school's PTA president Ahmad Shukri, who was then chairing the PTA's annual general meeting.

Sarawak DAP quits opposition coalition, blaming Pas for the decision

KUCHING, March27, 2015 - Sarawak DAP said it has made a painful decision to quit the State Pakatan Rakyat (PR), squarely blaming Pas for implementing the hudud law in Kelantan.

"We can no longer work with Pas as a political party in Sarawak," Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen said to reporters after chairing the Sarawak DAP state committee meeting here.

Chong Chieng Jen