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Pepper Estate: We are not ‘squatters’, says resident

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A blog visitor from Pepper Estate shares with us the reality on the ground.

Francis tells future priests, nuns to buy humble bicycles

Pope Francis continues to set the tone in moulding a church of the poor, which would be truer to Gospel values. Now he is advocating that future priests and nuns use humble bicycles.

Pepper Estate: Demolitions begin; residents unite

Three out of the 300-odd houses in Pepper Estate in Penang have been demolished, but residents are coming together to prevent further damage to their houses.

Curse of Bakun – Impact of power outage

Aluminium smelter Press Metal Bhd is unable to estimate the full impact and consequences of the 27 June power outage in Sarawak but it will be forced to close its smelting plant in Mukah “to facilitate major reconstructions works”.

How a Sri Lanka civil war documentary screening was disrupted

This was what happened when Komas organised a screening of ‘No Fire Zone’, a documentary about the events leading up to the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka when thousands of people were killed in extra-judicial executions and shelling.

Penang tunnel-highways mega project: Little-known Ewein in the news

Little-known Ewein Bhd is making the news in the business press. If the reports are to be believed, the firm is on the verge of landing a major contract relating to the Penang tunnel-highways project.

With all the chatter in recent days, the share price of Ewein, which is involved in precision sheet metal fabrication and plastic injection moulding, has soared:

Up, up and away….

Bukit Relau: PHT urges MPPP to take stern action

The Penang Heritage Trust has written a letter to the MPPP president urging her to take stern action in response to the illegal development at the top of Bukit Relau in Penang.

Sarawak Report editor barred from entering Sarawak (Video)

Clare Rewcastle Brown had arrived at Kuching Aiport to defend herself against defamation charges – but the irony is, she was unable to get past immigration.

Penang State Assembly: No Q & A sends wrong signal

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Some people are wondering why there was no Q and A on the first day of the sitting of the Penang State Assembly.

‘Vast rainforests’: Sarawak Minister’s alternative reality

Your eyes are deceiving you: Sarawak actually has vast rainforests, and the state itself has “proper and sustainable forest management in place”, says a Sarawak minister.