Music kindly provided by AT ADAU. Originating from Sarawak, AT ADAU were born in June 2014 and started as an experimental traditional contemporary music driven by the spirit of the traditional Sape' tunes blended with traditional drums from different tribe in Borneo. The name AT ADAU comes from the combination of words from two Borneon languages. AT refer to the roots in the Bidayuh tribe's language and ADAU in the Kenyan dialect is the name of the preferred tree used to craft the Sape', a traditional string instrument from Borneo.
On today’s show, we get an update from Dr Kelvin Yii, MP for Bandar Kuching, on the current state of the coronavirus in Sarawak. With 5 suspected cases in Kuching, 4 of them negative, he calls for calm as all necessary precautions are being taken….
Read MoreOn today’s show, we kick off with Ambrose Badi of Kapit who fears that Dayak culture is under threat after reports that parangs with handles made from deer bone were seized in a market in his area. Following hot on the heels of suspension of gun licenses and seizures of wild boar meat, he fears that the rural Dayak way of life is being deliberately eroded….
Read MoreOn today’s show, we look at an issue which is setting every online channel alight. Reports are everywhere of two organisations – YAPEIM (Yayasan Pembangunan Ekonomi Islam Malaysia) and YADIM (Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia) – which are currently on a roadshow all around the rural areas, from Kapit to Kanowit to Belaga, offering to pay rural parents the huge sum of RM1,000 per child….
Read MoreOn today’s show, we step inside the corridors of justice in Sarawak just as those corridors step outside the courthouse with a mobile magistrate’s court, which goes down on the ground to the areas that most need it…..
Read MoreOn today’s show, we open with a terrifying case as Apai Emanuel of Bintulu tells us how his son was almost kidnapped from the compound of his primary school, SK Kidurong 1. This was possibly motivated by his opposition to the forced relocation of his community to Kampung Pisang from Sungei Sebatang, he says, though this is still under investigation…..
Read MoreOn today’s show, we look at the issue of gun licenses as the IGP threatens to revoke them if they are used for poaching. Let them eat sardines, he suggests! But in Sarawak, where the poverty rates are higher and the access to canned goods lower, what happens to those rural people who have to eat their own catch? More importantly, where families subsist on the crops that they can grow, can they allow wildlife to damage them?….
Read MoreOn today's show we take a look at issues through an economic, social and cultural lens. Earlier this week, Sarawakians were shocked to hear news of another explosion at the Petronas' Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline in the Upper Baram region….
Read MoreOn today’s show we take a look at some of the key stories that broke over the past few days. On the eve of the first meeting of the Dayak International Organisation (DIO), Sabah MP Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan was once again barred from entering Sarawak. Initially blacklisted in 2017, Dr Jeffrey was permitted to enter the state late last year when he met with Chief Minister Abang Johari. So why the arbitrary ban again this time?….
Read MoreOn today’s show, we speak to Zulhaidah Suboh about the residents of Rumah Lagan, Sungai Telajan in Ulu Sibuti who finally received their water supply, not from taps but rather from tanks, even though they applied as far back as in November last year….
Read MoreOn today’s show, we look at how the issue of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 is now fully on the national agenda with proposed amendments being tabled in parliament. Unfortunately, it seems that no one can agree, either on the substance of the amendments or on whose fault their failure is….
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