Lessons from the Pacific War
THE fighting in this part of Asia during the Second World War (WWII from 1939 to 1945) was also known…
Browsing: Uncle DI
A ‘Kampong Boy’ in town
MY sister-in-law, Isi Anak Jamel, was born in a Dayak settlement called Sungai Tapang – a site that is at…
Dear EC, may I ask a few questions, please?
LAST week, I expressed the hope that the new government under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri…
Government by the law, or by the rule of law
THE federal government of Malaysia changed hands in March 2020 via what had been referred to as the ‘Sheraton Move’…
‘I cannot understand …’
I THOUGHT I knew a lot about human behaviour – from the writings of anthropologists and sociologists, as well as…
The month of August in Sarawak history
WHERE, in the world, can you find a schedule of high tides, sunrises and sunsets as well as dates of…
‘Selling ice in Greenland’
ONCE upon a time, there was a first-class salesman who went to Greenland, or maybe it was Alaska, to sell…
Time to play with the ‘big boys’
THE Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, has decreed that Sarawak be placed under a Proclamation of…