Desmond Davidson
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Minor Sarawak cabinet reshuffle sees Uggah taking finance portfolio
Other changes include promoting an assistant minister to minister, and a new face in the tourism, arts and culture ministry.
Why Sabah, Sarawak don’t see ‘big picture of Malaysia’
Activists blame unfulfilled terms of MAS63 for failure to heed Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s advice that Borneo folk stop thinking about own states.
Bid to drop suit against chief justice must wait
Judicial misconduct can only be addressed after disposal of lawyers’ intervention suit, expungement of Karpal Singh’s sedition charge.
Masing wants MA63 torn up, a ‘New Malaysia’ deal worked out
Sarawak deputy chief minister believes 56-year-old agreement effectively null, void after Singapore withdrew in 1965.
Putrajaya, Sabah, Sarawak settle seven disputed MA63 rights
States agree to terms on timber duties, gas, labour laws, but multiple issues remain open for discussion.
Tankers sent to drought-hit rural areas in Sarawak
Main treatment plant in Bayai forced to shut down after Sg Batang Undup dries up.
Increasingly younger pregnant teens in Sarawak, says study
More than half of pregnant girls last year were aged 10 to 17.
Family of missing soldier remain hopeful despite mysterious disappearance
The army is still searching for 2 soldiers who went missing on July 19 while deployed to Pulau Perak for an exercise.
We warned you about Zakir, Sarawak activists tell Putrajaya
Human rights activists filed civil suit in 2017 to ban preacher but failed.
MMEA water bomber pressed into service to douse Baram peat fires
Bombardier CL415 twin turbo-prop aircraft, rotating flight crews, expected in Miri early tomorrow.
Malay landowners take land fight to MACC, police integrity dept
A company claims ownership over Malay native land in Kg Tambirat, Sarawak, despite not having permission to do so.
Finance Ministry in the way of Sarawak school repairs, says Manyin
State minister says works can't begin this month as targeted because ministry yet to issue directive.
Air quality in Miri’s Kuala Baram ‘hazardous’
API at noon reaches 392 with forest and peat fires still raging 2 weeks later.
Sarawak pumps in RM15 million to modernise museum complex
State minister says this is why cost of works done comes up to RM323 million.
They’re still alive, say families of 2 missing soldiers
They demand the armed forces restart the search for the duo who went missing on July 19.
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