Sabah Air plans China flights
KOTA KINABALU: The MH370 issue will not mar the 40 years relationship that has been built between Malaysia and China, said Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister, Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi...
View ArticleMinistry urged to build affordable houses in city
KOTA KINABALU: DAP Sabah has called on the Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Governments to focus on building affordable houses within city or urban area instead of sub-urban area.Its...
View ArticleTimor-Leste PM conferred Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in International...
KOTA KINABALU: Even though Timor-Leste, a small country in Southeast Asia, is not a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Prime Minister cum Minister of Defense and Security of...
View ArticleTaxi driver gets eight years, two strokes for robbing China’s tourist
KOTA KINABALU: A taxi driver was sentenced to eight years in jail and two strokes of the cane for having robbed a Chinese national tourist.Judge Dean Wayne Daly imposed the sentence on Al Aziz Abu...
View ArticleCommando says gunshots split his team
KOTA KINABALU: A VAT 69 commando told the High Court here yesterday that he was separated from his team when he was assigned to check five houses at Kampung Tanduo in Lahad Datu where the Sulu gunmen...
View Article26 PKR Sabah divs to hold elections next month
KOTA KINABALU: Parti KeADILan Rakyat (PKR) Sabah divisions will be holding their respective annual general meetings and elections next month.State liaison chairman Datuk Seri Panglima Lajim Ukin said...
View ArticleMasidi blames KL for project lag
KOTA KINABALU: Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun attributed the failure to fully implement federal government programmes in Sabah to Putrajaya.He said the...
View ArticleDuo feared kidnapped (updated)
Update at 12:13pmKOTA KINABALU: A Chinese tourist and a Filipino resort worker have been abducted by a group of men from Pulau Singgahmata near Pulau Bum-Bum in Semporna near here, according to the...
View ArticleVAT69 sniper chief saw intruders walk hurriedly to area of skirmish while...
KOTA KINABALU: The leader of a group of VAT69 snipers told the High Court here yesterday that he spotted seven or eight intruders walking hurriedly towards an area while shooting in the direction of...
View ArticleChinese tourist, Filipino resort worker abducted
KOTA KINABALU: A Chinese tourist and a Filipino resort worker have been abducted by a group of men from Pulau Singahmata near Pulau Bum-Bum in Semporna near here, according to the Eastern Sabah...
View ArticleHard for affordable home buyers to obtain loans
PENAMPANG: Local banks should get on board and actively support the implementation of the government’s affordable home programmes, said Sabah Housing and Property Developers Association (Shareda).Its...
View ArticleSupport for call to let Sabah handle federal programs
KOTA KINABALU: Likas assemblyman Junz Wong and former member of parliament Datuk Dr Othman Minudin expressed their full support to Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment Datuk Masidi Manjun’s...
View ArticleLatest kidnapping affects tourism – chamber
LuiKOTA KINABALU: President of Kota Kinabalu Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KKCCCI) Datuk Michael Lui Yen Sang expressed his concern over yet another kidnapping of a tourist from China and a...
View ArticleMan killed in van-pick-up crash
The badly damaged vehicles at the scene of the collision in Jalan Kionsom.KOTA KINABALU: A local man succumbed to his injuries after the Nissan Vanette van he was travelling in collided with a Toyota...
View ArticleCM orders all-out efforts to resolve latest kidnapping
KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Hj Aman wants all available resources to be directed towards Wednesday’s kidnapping in Semporna.He said the police and the Director General of the...
View ArticleTwo more Sunda clouded leopard collared for research
Dr. Diana Ramirez from Wildlife Rescue Unit and DGFC checking the heartbeat of Jack during his collaring operation in January 2014.SANDAKAN: Two more wild Sunda clouded leopards were recently trapped...
View ArticleFour held to assist probe into Semporna kidnapping
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah police have detained a man and three women to assist investigations into the abduction of a female Chinese national and a Filipina worker at the Singamata Adventures Reef Resort...
View ArticleVictims in good health, brought to southern Philippines
LAHAD DATU: Two women, including a Chinese tourist who were abducted by a group of armed men from a floating water resort in Semporna, are in good health and believed to have been brought to the...
View ArticleESSCom needs to patch up loopholes – Teo
KOTA KINABALU: The abduction of a Chinese tourist and a Filipina resort worker in Semporna is a serious cross territorial crime that requires serious actions.“Our Eastern Sabah Security Command...
View ArticleFocus on moral, spiritual devt of younger generation – CM
KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman wants more focus to be given on moral and spiritual development of the younger generation to complement their academic excellence.He said children of...
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