Govt urged to recognise Unified Examination Certificate
KOTA KINABALU: Minister of Special Tasks Datuk Teo Chee Kang has urged the government to grant recognition to the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC).He said the Sabah Independent Secondary Schools...
View ArticleCancer fourth leading cause of death in M’sia in 2012
TAWAU: Preventing cancer by early detection and immediate treatment is an important message that needs to be spread as it is the main key in fighting cancer.Community Development and Consumer Affairs...
View ArticlePBS: No approval from PM
PAPAR: Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) secretary general Datuk Johnny Mositun refuted a claim by the president of Pertubuhan Rakyat Pribumi Malaysia Timur, an NGO, that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun...
View ArticleLocal cultural activities create economy, job opportunities – Pairin
KENINGAU: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan said that the cultural activities of the local people contribute to the economy development and create job opportunities to help raise...
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See Hua Group reporters make major haul of Kinabalu Shell Press Awards
Lester (second from right) and Arfandi receiving their Sports Journalism Gold Award from chairman of Shell Malaysia, Iain Lo, with Sabah Journalists’ Association (SJA) acting president Francis Fahir...
View ArticleMusa pays last respects to former Libaran Umno information chief
SANDAKAN: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Aman yesterday paid his last respects to former Libaran Umno information chief Awang Sapar Yaakub who passed away on Saturday.Musa described Sapar as...
View ArticleSabah to play lead role in working group
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah will be playing a lead role in the Threatened Species Technical Working Group which was set up during the Fifth Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food...
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Senior citizen killed in self accident
The mangled lorry.LAHAD DATU: A 76-year-old man was killed after his lorry had a self accident at Km 8 of Jalan Lahad Datu-Sandakan on Saturday.District police chief Assistant Commissioner of Police...
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Bid to smuggle out 1,260 litres of petrol foiled
Marine police showing the seized petrol. LAHAD DATU: The marine police here thwarted an attempt to smuggle out 1,260 litres of subsidized petrol to a neighbouring country through Sahabat 16 waters on...
View ArticleBid to smuggle in contraband cigarettes foiled
LAHAD DATU: The district marine police thwarted an attempt to smuggle in contraband goods worth RM28,000 from a neighbouring country through Sahabat 16 waters on Monday.Sabah Region 4 marine police...
View Article76 property buyers conned
KOTA KINABALU: A company, claiming to be a property developer, has allegedly conned 76 unsuspecting buyers of RM1.56 million by selling non-existent property products.State police commercial crime...
View Article640 wooden school buildings need upgrading
KOTA KINABALU: State Education Director Datuk Jame Alip hoped that the Education Ministry will expedite the approval for the department to appoint consultants to evaluate the safety of old school...
View ArticleSabah taking steps to face El Nino – Yahya
KOTA KINABALU: The state government has taken steps to prepare for El Nino which is predicted to last for six months from June to September.Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Yahya Hussin said...
View ArticleESSCom on definition of illegal immigrant sympathisers
KOTA KINABALU: Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCom) director general Datuk Mohammad Mentek yesterday gave a definition of illegal immigrant sympathisers yesterday.He described such individuals as...
View Article510 illegals arrested in Keningau, Tenom
KENINGAU: The Federal Special Task Force (FSTF) arrested 510 illegal immigrants during Ops Tanduk here and in Tenom on May 17 and 18.“Of the number, 342 people were detained for further action after...
View ArticleThree factories razed near petrol station
KOTA KINABALU: Fire gutted two furniture factories and an iron factory behind a Shell petrol station in Donggongon on Sunday night.The fire, which broke out at 9.30pm, had threatened to spread to the...
View ArticleRCI report on Sabah’s illegal immigrants handed to Prime Minister, Agong
KOTA KINABALU: The Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on Illegal Immigrants in Sabah has submitted the outcome of its investigation to Yang DiPertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah and Prime...
View ArticleCops believe abducted Chinese nationals are safe
KOTA KINABALU: Police believe that both the Chinese citizens who were separately abducted by gunmen from a resort in Semporna and a fish farm in Pulau Baik, Lahad Datu are safe and well.Sabah Police...
View ArticleDriver injured as lorry lands on its side
RANAU: A 10-tonne lorry skidded and landed on its side in the middle of the Ranau-Kota Kinabalu Road, near Kota Kinabalu National Park, here yesterday.It is learnt that the lorry driver, in his 40s,...
View ArticlePark, beach will not be closed – Mayor
KOTA KINABALU: Mayor Datuk Abidin Madingkir yesterday denied the allegation by a non-government organisation (NGO) that the Prince Philip Park and Tanjung Aru Beach would be closed to implement the...
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