Category Archives: PBB

Star VP: Jabu barking at wrong tree

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: Despite having been an assemblyman for over 35 years and holding the second highest seat in the Sarawak state administration, Alfred Jabu Numpang is still ‘barking at the wrong tree’, claimed a former parliamentarian. Disgusted at … Continue reading

Posted in PBB, STAR State Reform Party | 8 Comments

Will Taib field Bekir to replace ‘missing’ Sulaiman?

By FMT Staff While rumours are rife that another Taib will contest for the Kota Samarahan parliamentary seat, word within the party is that the candidate will be a local woman. Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu (PBB) – the lead partner in … Continue reading

Posted in 13th General Election, PBB, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite

‘Winnable’ Nancy a threat to ‘powerful’ minister

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: First term Batang Sadong MP Nancy Shukri’s approachability may well be her political death. Nancy’s popularity with natives in her constituency is apparently irking Assistant Minister Naroden Majais who is feeling undermined. Naroden is the asemblyman … Continue reading

Posted in PBB, Sarawak

YB Roland Sagah’s ‘Cottage Industry’ – Expose!

Sarawak Report Outraged readers of Sarawak Report have been queuing up to dish the dirt on BN’s Dirty Datuks over the past few days. We have received widespread information about corrupted practices from insiders, who are clearly sickened by the … Continue reading

Posted in Corruption, PBB, Sarawak BN, Sarawak Report

Minister for ‘Entrepreneur Development’ bags RM100m in government contracts!

First we exposed his massive timber concessions and enormous oil palm plantations, now we can detail how Assistant Minister for Entrepreneur Development, Naroden Majais, has received RM100million in government contracts for his construction company! Readers alerted us to the graft, … Continue reading

Posted in Corruption, PBB

Nine PBB reps facing the chop?

By Churchill Edward KUCHING: Reports by online news portal Free Malaysia Today (FMT) that nine Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) MPs will be dropped in the next general election has riled Batang Sadong MP Nancy Shukri (photo). Nancy yesterday expressed … Continue reading

Posted in Barisan Nasional, PBB, Sarawak

Party unity first, polls can wait, says new SUPP chief

KUCHING: Elected amidst much controversy, Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) president Peter Chin is faced with the immediate task of uniting his deeply divided party, repairing its battered public image and winning back the Sarawak Chinese community’s respect, hopefully before … Continue reading

Posted in PBB, Sarawak BN

‘Afraid’ Jabu, dont ‘sell’ your soul

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister and long-time Betong assemblyman Alfred Jabu Numpang is a true-blue Dayak who has served in the Barisan Nasional for the last 37 years, but is said to have done little to help the … Continue reading

Posted in PBB, Sarawak BN, Sarawak Legislative Assembly | 2 Comments

Mahathir, Taib like-minded culprits

By Awang Abdillah The Barisan Nasional coalition concept was actually mooted by certain Sarawak leaders who had lived through the experiences of the Sarawak Alliance Party during its 1966 crisis and the fragile position of Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) while … Continue reading

Posted in Dr Mahathir Mohamad, PBB, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite

‘Sad day if Jabu is CM’

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: Sarawak opposition’s chief whip Wong Ho Leng believes that Barisan Nasional’s lead ally will split before the next state election. Wong thinks there will be chaos and a mad scramble within Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s Pesaka … Continue reading

Posted in PBB, Sarawak, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite

Masing to drop ‘Jabu’s men’

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: ‘Powerful’ Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) president James Masing is flexing his political muscles. The party, which currently holds the second largest number of seats in Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s state cabinet, is said to be firmly … Continue reading

Posted in Parliament, PBB, Sarawak BN

Bekir tipped to replace brother in Kota Samarahan

Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib is tipped to replace his younger brother, Kota Samarahan MP Sulaiman Taib, who is expected to be dropped from the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera (PBB) line-up in the coming general election. Mahmud, who is also Cahya Mata … Continue reading

Posted in PBB, Sarawak BN, The Taib family

MoCS: Even a ‘donkey’ is better than Taib

KUCHING – Movement for Change, Sarawak (MoCS) leader Francis Paul Siah said today that Sarawak would be better off having a ‘donkey’ for a chief minister than Abdul Taib Mahmud. “Taib’s sycophants in Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu (PBB) who had … Continue reading

Posted in Corruption, MoCS News, PBB, Sarawak, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite, The Taib family

MoCS a loose canon, say PBB leaders

By Samuel Aubrey, Borneo Post KUCHING: Movement for Change Sarawak (MoCS) should be condemned for continually demanding that Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud quits as Chief Minister despite calling off its proposed rally on Aug 13 at the last minute, … Continue reading

Posted in MoCS News, MoCS Walk for Democratic Reforms, PBB

MoCS rally a cheap publicity stunt – PBB’s Karim

Borneo Post KUCHING: Call it by any other name, this Saturday’s planned rally by Movement for Change Sarawak (MoCS) is just a cheap publicity attempt by its prime movers, said Chief Political Secretary to the Chief Minister Abdul Karim Rahman … Continue reading

Posted in MoCS Walk for Democratic Reforms, PBB, Sarawak | 2 Comments

‘No stopping Aug 13 walk for democracy’

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: Sarawak’s ‘Walk for Democracy and Reforms’ on Aug 13 at the Museum Garden here will go on, said adamant organisers Movement for Change, Sarawak (MoCS). Undaunted by the numerous police reports lodged against him by Parti … Continue reading

Posted in MoCS News, MoCS Walk for Democratic Reforms, Operation Taibetes, PBB, Police, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite | 2 Comments

PPP in Sarawak : ‘It’s a joker party’

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: Local Barisan Nasional-associated parties here are expecting peninsula-based People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to provide them with “good laughs” during the 13th general election. Dismissing the party’s aspiration to contest parliamentary seats in Sarawak, Chief Minister Taib … Continue reading

Posted in Barisan Nasional, PBB, Sarawak BN | 3 Comments

Aim your brickbats at Taib, PBB Youth told

By Ang Ngan Toh Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu (PBB) Youth should direct their condemnation at Chief Minister Abdul Taib, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, for their series of alleged corrupt acts and abuses of power, … Continue reading

Posted in Anwar Ibrahim, PBB, PKR Updates, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite | 1 Comment

Don’t create trouble, Minos tells movement

KUCHING: Anyone calling for a public rally or demonstration should retrace their path if they care for the state, PBB deputy information chief Datuk Peter Minos said yesterday. “Keep Sarawak peaceful. Don’t ape those in Kuala Lumpur who love to … Continue reading

Posted in MoCS (Sarawak), MoCS Walk for Democratic Reforms, PBB, Sarawak | 1 Comment

MoCS invites PBB Youth to RED Rally

Statement from Francis Paul Siah in reponse to the Borneo Post story below.. On behalf of MoCS, I wish to invite my fellow Sarawakians in PBB Youth to join us on August 13 for a peaceful ‘Walk for democracy and … Continue reading

Posted in MoCS News, MoCS Walk for Democratic Reforms, PBB

A non-issue: MoCS set on walk during Ramadan

Francis Paul Siah writes… Dear friends, Ref to the Malaysiakini report below, this is my further take on the matter. As expected, this Ramadan issue was brought up. Let me say this just for circulation here and in our MoCS … Continue reading

Posted in MoCS News, MoCS Walk for Democratic Reforms, PBB, Religion

‘Taib is not the legitimate Chief Minister of Sarawak’

Awang Abdillah replies to Taib Mahmud and Awang Tengah I had explained in my article which was posted in the MoCS blog on 29 May 2011 under the heading ‘Taib has hijacked our democratic system’, of how Taib has really … Continue reading

Posted in 10th Sarawak Election 6-16 April, MoCS News, MoCS Walk for Democratic Reforms, PBB, Sarawak BN, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite | 1 Comment

MoCS should be self-conscious – Awang Tengah

KUCHING, July 13 (Bernama) – Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) senior Vice President Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan wants the Movement For Change Sarawak (MoCS) to be conscious of itself when proposing an assembly to force Sarawak Chief Minister … Continue reading

Posted in MoCS News, PBB, Sarawak, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite | 1 Comment

Now, they are chasing ‘traitors’ within Sarawak BN

KUCHING: The Youth wing of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) should come up with evidence to support their claims of the presence of traitors within the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. The call was made on Saturday by PBB vice president … Continue reading

Posted in PBB, Sarawak BN

‘We demand a public apology from PBB’s Stephen Rundi’

An email from Alan Newman in New Zealand To All Beloved Sarawakians, Rundi, you said this of your Taib Mahmud: “Yes, I believe he is innocent. The charges made against him are mere allegations…” Are you mad? Have you any … Continue reading

Posted in PBB, Sarawak, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite