Tombonuos still lagging, needs to work harder to progress: Akian

By Raymond Tombung

KOTA KINABALU: The Tombonuo people of Sabah are still backward and needs to strive harder and to receive more help from the government, to enable them to move forward in order to catch up with the other communities.

The Carpetman who is Rosmah’s Bagman and much more

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I only do business with Rosmah, said the Carpetman. My relationship with Rosmah is only for business purposes. I am not sleeping with Rosmah, he pleaded. So please do not tell the public that I am Rosmah’s Toyboy.

SENARAI PENCALONAN MENGIKUT STATUS KEPUTUSAN PENCALONAN BAGI PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DUN SARAWAK KE-10

P. 192 - MAS GADING
N. 1 - OPAR	1 . STEPHEN ANAK SAGIR	SNAP
	2 . JOSEPH JINDY ANAK PETER ROSEN	BEBAS
	3 . BONIFACE WILLY ANAK TUMEK	PKR
	4 . RANUM ANAK MINA	BN
N. 2 - TASIK BIRU	1 . PETER NANSIAN ANAK NGUSIE	BN
	2 . FRANKIE JUREM ANAK NYOMBUI	SNAP
	3 . JOHN TENEWI NUEK @ JOHN TENEWI	PKR

Top 10 hot seats

THE polls is shaping up to be one of the most exciting in years with many seats expected to see multi-cornered fights. Here’s our pick of hot seats.

Sarawak takes centrestage

THE 10th state election is going to be a keenly-contested affair. It pits Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud in what will be his final election against a more organised and ambitious Opposition.

Senior Customs officer in graft probe falls to death at MACC building

KUALA LUMPUR: A senior Customs officer being investigated by the MACC for graft involving unpaid taxes is believed to have fallen to his death from the 3rd floor of the MACC Building in Jalan Cochrane on Wednesday morning.

MACC threatened me, says DAP man

KUALA LUMPUR: A DAP municipal councillor told the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the death of Teoh Beng Hock that he was threatened and harassed by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Com-mission (MACC) officers.

A Japanese boy teaches a lesson in sacrifice

THIS letter, written by Vietnamese immigrant Ha Minh Thanh working in Fukushima as a policeman to a friend in Vietnam. It  was posted on the New America Media on March 19.

It was translated by NAM editor Andrew Lam, author of "East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres." Shanghai Daily condensed it.

BN upbeat despite Taib and bible issues

Minister Nazri says the Sarawak CM is innocent of
corruption until proven guilty and the Al-Kitab
controversy is a non-issue.

TAIPING: Umno claims that Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud is not a liability for Barisan Nasional despite widely publicised allegations that he has abused power and committed corruption.

Taib’s cousin going for broke to reclaim Balingian

Family affair: Salleh (left) and MoCS president Francis Siah at Kuching International Airport Tuesday.

KUCHING: It will be a battle of the cousins in Balingian, where the Chief Minister is the incumbent.

Datuk Salleh Jafaruddin, former deputy education minister and PBB deputy secretary-general, announced his candidacy against his second cousin Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud at Kuching International Airport yesterday.