The guessing game continues: Who will represent SUPP in six Chinese-majority seats?
Commentary
By Lian Cheng
FOLLOWING the announcement of dissolution of Parliament, apart from enthusiastic speculation over nomination and polling dates, there have also been mischievous predictions...
PRN12: How many will lose their deposits this time?
By Lian Cheng
The historical number of 349 candidates participating in this 12th Sarawak Election is not a surprise. It was also no surprise that...
Farewell, dayung sangon
Commentary
By Lian Cheng and Peter Sibon
THE tragic death of Catherine Janet Tiwi following her heroic act to save her colleagues whom she thought were trapped...
Clothing and heritage: A Kenyah warrior’s bark-cloth jacket in the Borneo Cultures Museum
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Valerie Mashman
KENYAH warriors used to wear bark-cloth jackets during ceremonies related to warrior initiation and headhunting. These jackets have...
Fields of gold: The rural heritage of Sarawak rice
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Karen Shepherd
EVERYTHING is early this year. Chinese New Year has come at the end of January and, with it, in...
Ali’s withdrawal from Krian battle creates frenzy in Saratok town
By Lian Cheng
SARATOK, Dec 10: As the administrative and business centre for Krian constituency, Saratok town has been buzzing with activities due to the...
12th Sarawak Election: The hot seats
By Lian Cheng
This is such a different election in the sense that one can’t truly predict the outcome to many constituencies in this 12th...
Please seal “jalan tikus”, “jalan gajah” along S’wak-Kalimantan border permanently
Commentary
By Peter Sibon
The vast no-man’s land along the Sarawak-Kalimantan border is so vast that in some areas, it is so porous that the locals...
Residences of the Rajahs: The Astana and its predecessors
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Dr JH Walker
doctorjhwalker@gmail.com
BUILT in 1870, the Astana is one of the most prominent and important buildings to survive from 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...
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