SERIAN, Dec 5 The Federal government will ensure that the construction of Phase Two of the Sarawak Pan Borneo Highway from Pujut to Lawas is continued, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. The construction of the second phase of the mega project had previously been approved by.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 Sarawak is set to have its 12th state election on December 18 to elect new representatives for its state assembly, after this was delayed due to the Emergency declared over Covid-19. All 82 seats of the state assembly will be up for grabs, with a total of 16 political.
SERIAN: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) accepts Tebedu assemblyman Datuk Amar Michael Manyin Jawong’s decision not defend his seat in the upcoming 12th Sarawak state election, says its chairman Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg.
Issue of statelessness still unresolved Pix for illustration purposes.
SARAWAK has prided itself as a state that has kept away illegal immigrants, but in its own backyard it finds itself in a bind with a host of problems related to its own people.
Many indigenous people remain stateless, especially the Penan who have been waiting for decades to be accorded Malaysian citizenship and to be recognised as citizens of Malaysia.
Long delays and excessive bureaucracy on the part of the National Registration Department (NRD) have left many applicants in the lurch and their citizenship woes run into three generations.
The issue has been made difficult by their nomadic culture, and compounded by rural poverty and illiteracy as most Penans cannot read nor write in Bahasa Malaysia. Almost all of them cannot afford the luxury of travel.