Penan community wants community managed protected area in Upper Baram

 BARAM, April 20, 2016. The Penan communities from Upper Baram have sent in an official proposal for a Community Managed Protected Area  to the government.

Adenan is the most popular than the previous chief ministers of Sarawak

 81 percent of the respondents in the survey give their approval to Adenan as Chief Minister

KUCHING, April 19, 2016 -Sarawak 5th Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem have attained strong approval among Sarawak voters ahead of the coming 11th state election schedule for May 7, 2016.

81% of the respondents reported being satisfied with his performance, as found in a survey among Sarawak voters concluded at the end of January 2016.

No clarity from "clarification" by Sarawak Lands and Surveys

By Baru Bian,
NCR land lawyer and Sarawak PKR chief

I refer to the report in the Borneo Post today, which purports to be a clarification of the position of the perimeter survey carried out by the Land and Survey Department.

 

Literacy for social inclusion programme for Murum Penan pupils: A fresh approach to learning to read

KUCHING, April 13, 2016 - Young Penan children in the Murum Resettlement area adapting to the more rigorous demands of modern primary school education are getting additional help so that they have an even chance of succeeding in their first public examinations at UPSR level. 

!MDB matter: Extension of the Swiss criminal proceedings

Berne, Switzerland (April 13, 2016): As part of the criminal proceedings on suspicion of embezzlement committed against the Malaysian sovereign fund 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Berhad), the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has extended its proceedings to two former