23 posts
The haze is often blamed on oil palm plantations, but the reality is more complicated: fire, peatland, economics, land ownership, enforcement and responsibility all intersect long before the smoke crosses a border.
A 2016 pre-election Sarawak opinion post setting out the issues the author believed mattered most, including everyday costs, infrastructure, basic services and governance.
A 2013 Sarawak-focused post examining state government performance through issues and findings highlighted in the Auditor-General’s reporting.
Bruno Manser Fund previously in September 2012 has compiled a report of based on the investigations of Sarawak Report. It is a 45 pages report of excruciating details into the Taib Mahmud clan and how the clan has extended their corrupt tentacles into every aspect of Sarawak’s strategic economy. “The Taib family runs a well-diversified…
I iz bek! Let’s get down to what matters. This morning at 10am, Al Jazeera news network carried a report on a secret film exposing corruption by Sarawak Chief Minister, Taib Mahmud’s inner circle selling off Sarawak’s land for personal gain. It was an undercover sting carried out by Global Witness revealing the systemic corruption…
Hello there! Anyone is still reading this blog? Wait, can I still call this a blog? Well, time flies. Half a year is gone. So when is the apocalypse again? Heh! I have moved back to Kuching last February. I was in Bintulu for the past 2 years, in and out of the jungle somewhere…
A 2010 Sarawak current-affairs post about villagers protesting the proposed Beluru–Lapok road upgrading works and concerns surrounding the project.