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Workshop on polluted drain water
Deric (right) showing some foreign visitors how to mix microorganisms into soil to make EM (effective microorganisms) mudballs used to naturally clean up polluted rivers and drains.KOTA KINABALU:...
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Hotel chain to reserve jobs for Sabahans
The students during the educational visit in Metrotown yesterday.LeizeroviciKOTA KINABALU: Undergraduate students in Hospitality and Hotel Management in Sabah now have more job opportunities here as...
View ArticleAbduction will have bigger impact than MH370 – Pang
KOTA KINABALU: The impact of the abduction of a Chinese tourist and a Filipino resort worker from Singamata Adventure and Reef Resort off Semporna will have a bigger impact on the local tourism...
View ArticleResort hired 15 illegals – ESSCom
SEMPORNA: Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) director-general Datuk Mohammad Mentek disclosed yesterday that 15 of the foreign workers hired by the resort where a Chinese tourist and a Filipina...
View ArticleHeads have to roll – VK Liew
KOTA KINABALU: The kidnapping of a Chinese tourist and a Filipino hotel worker in Semporna reflects the serious weakness of the country’s security system despite having spent hundreds of millions in...
View ArticleFour detained over Semporna abduction
KOTA KINABALU: Police have detained three men and one woman in connection with the abduction of a Chinese tourist and a Filipino worker from the Singamata Reef resort in Semporna on Wednesday night,...
View ArticleGunmen also involved in Pom-Pom, Sipadan kidnappings
SEMPORNA: The kidnappers of the two women from the Singamata Reef Resort off Sipadan were also involved in the abduction of a Taiwanese woman from Pom-Pom Island last year and 21 people from Sipadan...
View ArticlePhilippine troops hunt gunmen, believed to be in Simunul
MANILA: Philippine soldiers have been deployed to a remote southern island where suspected Islamic militants are believed to have taken two female hostages seized from a resort in Semporna, Sabah, the...
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Tourists undeterred despite kidnapping
A speedboat with tourists heading to Singamata Reef Resort.Despite the latest kidnapping, tourists choose to stay and continue their holiday vacation.Frank CaruanaSEMPORNA: Business was back to normal...
View ArticleResort operators issued directive following Semporna kidnap case
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment ministry wants resort operators to scrutinise and ensure that theirworkers were registered and possessed valid identification documents.Its...
View ArticleEsscom to sweep resort islands clean of illegals
LAHAD DATU: The Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) is determined to clean out the resorts on islands within the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (EssZone) of illegal workers who have the potential to...
View ArticleUnfair to blame kidnappings on Esscom — Saharuddin
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Crime Prevention Awareness Board president Datuk Seri Dr Saharuddin Awang Yahya yesterday said it was unfair for any quarters to simply put the blame on the Eastern Sabah...
View ArticleResort operators told to ensure workers are registered
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment ministry wants resort operators to scrutinise and ensure that their workers were registered and possessed valid identification documents.Its...
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Cabinet wants Esscom to boost level of preparedness, surveillance — DPM
TOURISM INDUSTRY NOT AFFECTED: Tourists from China are seen preparing to head to Pulau Mabul, off Semporna. The kidnapping of a China national and a worker from Singamata Resort last Wednesday doesn’t...
View Article200 police cadets in 44th anniversary parade
KENINGAU: About 200 members of Police Cadet Corps from eight secondary schools here took part in a parade marking the 44th anniversary of the establishment of the Police Cadet Corps in the district at...
View ArticleESSCom warns resort operators against hiring illegals
LAHAD DATU: The Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCom) is determined to immediately purge all resorts in the Eastern Sabah Safety Zone (ESSZone) of foreign workers without valid documents as they were...
View ArticleESSCom must admit to weaknesses and overcome them – Masidi
KOTA KINABALU: Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun has called on the relevant authorities to take serious steps to improve the state’s security.Commenting on the...
View Article28 more Rukun Tetangga to be set up in Sabah
TAWAU: The Rukun Tetangga (RT or Neighbourhood Watch) needs new ideas to bring about a RT transformation concept in line with the changes in social communities today.Deputy Minister of Education 1,...
View ArticleActivist urges authorities to act tough on boats, vessels
TAWAU: A local social activist has urged the relevant authorities to act tough on boats and vessels entering Semporna waters by tightening checks on the substance they carry.Salman Nurillah said it was...
View ArticleArmed abductors contact abducted Chinese tourist’s family — Esscom
KOTA KINABALU: The group of armed men who abducted a female tourist from China at Singamata Adventures Reef and Resort in Semporna has contacted her family last Friday.Eastern Sabah Security Command...
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