EssCom best strategy to prevent terrorist intrusions — NGO
KOTA KINABALU: The establishment of the Eastern Sabah Security Command (EssCom) is the best strategy to prevent terrorist intrusions and kidnap incidents in the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (EssZone),...
View ArticlePerkasa comes to ESSCom’s defence over Kit Siang’s remarks
SANDAKAN: A large part of the RM200-million allocation for the ‘Ops Daulat’ exercise following the Sulu terrorist intrusion in Kampung Tanduo, Lahad Datu, early last year is known to have been used to...
View ArticleCall to conduct study on ‘killer’ party drugs
KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysia Crime Prevention Council (MCPC) has called on the authorities to conduct a study on the recent revelations of ‘new party drugs’ which are believed to have killed six young...
View ArticleMore than one telephone call made over Sabah abduction — Police
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib said yesterday there has been more than one telephone call in connection with the abduction of two foreign women from a resort in Sabah on...
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Maktab Sabah annual awards spur students to excel
Bryan Chong (centre) and his parents, Victor Chong Ket Vui (right) and Rowena Chan Yuk Hiong (second right), receiving the award from Raisin Saidin (left) and school principal Nuinda Alias (second...
View ArticleVillage heads earning below poverty line – native chief
PENAMPANG: The native chief of Penampang, Andrew Lidaun, yesterday urged the State Government to consider raising the allowance of village heads in Sabah.According to him, village heads in Sabah...
View ArticleOne month for resorts to submit employee data – Masidi
KOTA KINABALU: All resort operators in Sabah must submit a list of all their employees’ personal data to the government, said Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun.Speaking to...
View ArticleSeven from Sabah vie for PKR central posts
KOTA KINABALU: Former Sabah PKR liaison chairman Ahmad Thamrin Jaini has joined in the fray to contest one of the 20 central Supreme Council posts.He joins six other Sabah PKR leaders, namely Christina...
View ArticleAbductors made more than one phone call – police
KOTA KINABALU: More than one call have been made by the abductors, believed to family members of the two women who were kidnapped by masked gunmen from a resort island off Semporna.Sabah Police...
View ArticleUPKO Youth distances itself from chief’s stand on reappointments
KOTA KINABALU: UPKO Youth has distanced itself from its chief, Arthur Sen’s claim that the reappointment of 18 Supreme Council members by acting president Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau was not in...
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Dengue cases spike, construction sites biggest contributors
Health Department officers and personnel inspecting construction sites in an effort to eliminate Aedes mosquito breeding grounds and curb the spread of dengue.KOTA KINABALU: The Health Department...
View ArticleSet up special task force to tackle carjacking – rep
KOTA KINABALU: The back-to-back carjacking incidents in the state capital this week necessitate the setting up of a special task force to tackle such cases and car thefts which are becoming rampant,...
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Chamber doubles aid for 30 Putatan students
Liew (seated, fifth right), Chu (third right), Tang (second right) with the chamber’s executive committee members, invited guests and the recipients.KOTA KINABALU: Thirty students from SJK(C) Hwa...
View ArticleUPKO Komulakan fully behind acting president
KOTA KINABALU: UPKO’s Komulakan questions the motive of the party’s Supreme Council members who claimed of irregularities in the reappointment of fellow council members by acting president Datuk...
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More Islamic religious schools for Sabah – CM
Musa presenting the prize to Soffizah.KUDAT: The State Government will build more Islamic religious education schools in Sabah to enhance the propagation of Islam, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa...
View ArticleWoman jumps out of car to escape carjackers
KOTA KINABALU: A young woman was yesterday taken by two men on a terror ride in her Perodua Myvi car before she jumped out of the moving vehicle at Alam Mesra, Jalan Sulaman in a second carjacking...
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Developer builds mini stage for Papar police
Wong (centre) receiving an appreciation certificate from George (third left) at the sheltered mini stage.PAPAR: Prominent housing developer Datuk Susan Wong Siew Guen yesterday handed over a sheltered...
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Teacher killed in Papar crash
The badly damaged Proton Iswara car at the scene of the accident in Papar Road.PAPAR: A 41-year-old teacher from Kampung Benoni, near here was killed in a road accident along the new Papar Road...
View ArticleDAP wants GST discussed at assembly
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah DAP wants the implications and impacts of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) that is to be implemented nationwide in April 2015 on consumers in the state to be deliberated in the...
View ArticleWanita Upko also backs Tangau
KOTA KINABALU: Wanita Upko fully supports the leadership of acting president Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau whose recent decision to reappoint the current supreme council members has been challenged by a...
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