Monday, 26 May 2014

SUPP sec gen is now a senator

KUCHING, May 26, 2014: Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) secretary general Sim Kui Hian was sworn-in today as a senator before Senate President Zahar Ujang at the Dewan Negara in Kuala Lumpur.

Sabah Forests director condemned

KOTA KINABALU, May 26, 2014: Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (JOAS), Partners of Community Organisations, Sabah (PACOS Trust) and the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) call on the Sabah Forest Department (SFD) to get rid of their outdated mentality on Social or Community Forestry.

SAVE Rivers delegation given wide Norwegian media coverage

KUCHING, May 26, 2014: Sarawak's anti-dam coalition SAVE Rivers visited the controversial Alta Dam in the North of Norway late this week, and was given wide publicity by the Norwegian media.

Saturday, 24 May 2014

SNAP's ghost haunting SPDP

By Simon Peter

KUCHING, May 24, 2014: Amateur historians may well take note that the history of the Sarawak National Party (SNAP) is being rewritten - through the break-up of its break-away group, the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP).

SPDP is now led by tycoon Tiong King Sing as acting president after the sudden departure of president William Mawan Ikom to join Parti Tenaga Rakyat Sarawak (Teras).