Petra Jaya missed Putrajaya’s performance of the year at UMNO convention
Commentary
With the clock ticking, and the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) convention in full swing, thousands of UMNO members attended and rallied in the...
Sarawak cabinet: Will Dr Sim be appointed DCM and Tiong, a full minister?
Commentary
By Lian Cheng
After an election, the next big thing is the selection of a cabinet.
Following the 12th Sarawak Election which polled on Dec 18,...
Do you know the multiple health benefits of Sarawak’s wild jackfruits?
Forest Treasure from the Land of Hornbills
Series 1
ARE you a jackfruit lover? Have you tasted the wild jackfruits from Sarawak?
Wild jackfruits (also known as...
A glimpse of the “ghost monkey” in Kuching
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Hans Breuer
NEXT to orangutans and proboscis monkeys, no primate is as iconic to Borneo as Horsfield’s tarsier. The editors of...
Let’s count seats like a politician
By Lian Cheng
The practice of politics based on ethnicity in Sarawak came about naturally due to historical and cultural factors as well as the...
Prehistoric gibbons and monkeys from Niah, and the Dutch palaeontologist Dirk Albert Hooijer
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Lim Tze Tshen
MODERN PRIMATES IN BORNEO AND AROUND NIAH NATIONAL PARK
PERHAPS due to their human-like nature and complex social behaviour,...
2020, a Covid-19 year; comparatively a good year for Sarawak nonetheless
By Lian Cheng and Karen Bong
2020 is the year where Covid-19 virus emerged to rule the world. It was a year of disaster where the...
‘Thank you, Abang Bomba’
Commentary
By Nancy Nais
THEY could not break fast ('berbuka puasa') in the comfort of their homes with their families.
Instead, they sacrificed such solace...
How many Indians were there on Mount Matang?
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Jutta Kelling
With the Indian Festival of light Diwali just gone, here is some more information on the ancestors of the...
Collecting for the Sarawak Museum
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
This is an article that was written by an administrative officer’s wife, K.S, for the February 2, 1948 edition of The...
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