90% plunge in Semporna tourist arrivals – Gan
KOTA KINABALU: Tourist arrivals to Semporna have plunged between 80 to 90 per cent following the spate of kidnapping cases in Sabah, said Sabah United Chinese Chambers of Commerce (SUCCC) president...
View ArticleForest loss forces orang-utans to use plantations – study
KOTA KINABALU: A new landmark study based in Sabah’s east coast has shown that orang-utans in the Kinabatangan have no choice but to use oil palm plantations to travel from one forest patch to...
View ArticleCommunity leaders to keep abreast of development issues
TENOM: Rural Development Minister Datuk Radin Malleh has urged community leaders to be aware of the current development issues taking place every day around them.He said they should also strive to...
View ArticleEnough supply of essential goods – ministry
KOTA KINABALU: The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry has taken measures to ensure adequate supply of essential goods such as flour, sugar and cooking oil for the fasting month and...
View ArticleChamber hopes new ministers can safeguard Chinese interests
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah United Chinese Chambers of Commerce (SUCCC) president Datuk Seri Panglima Gan Sau Wah hopes that the newly appointed Chinese ministers in the federal cabinet would safeguard and...
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Umno Tawau office saved from fire
Firemen extinguishing the fire on the second floor. The fire on the third floor of the supermarket.TAWAU: A fire that started from Century Supermarket at Sabindo Square here almost reached the Umno...
View ArticleSabah crime rate falls five years in a row
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s police force has managed to reduce the crime index in the state five years in a row, said outgoing Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib.Hamza in his speech before handing...
View ArticleCabotage policy: Chinese Chamber wants PM to intervene
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah United Chinese Chambers of Commerce (SUCCC) will write to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to appeal on the abolishment of the cabotage policy.“If time permits, we...
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Motorcyclist breaks arm, thigh pierced
Medical personnel attending to the injured motorcyclist.PENAMPANG: A motorcyclist broke his left arm and was stabbed in the thigh by the handle of his motorcycle when it collided with a Mitsubishi...
View ArticleDepleting forest forces Orangutans to nest in oil palm estates
SANDAKAN: A new landmark study based in Sabah’s east coast has shown that orangutans in Kinabatangan have no choice but to nest in oil palm plantations as they travel from one forest patch to...
View ArticleImpractical postings of 51 Chinese language teachers – LDP
KOTA KINABALU: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) chief publicity officer Albert Kok is concerned about the posting of 51 Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) Chinese language gradates who have been...
View ArticleRamadan stall operator maintains drinks price
LABUAN: Maintaining prices is a challenge for most stall operators at the Ramadan Bazaar as the prices of goods keep increasing every year.However, a stall operator at Labuan Walk, Suza Tabib chose to...
View ArticleInterior leaders break fast with people
KENINGAU: Assistant Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Datuk Haji Sairin Karno hosted a breaking of fast event with Keningau Umno leaders and government officials at his family home at Kampung...
View ArticleNewly registered USNO Baru to go on membership drive
KOTA KINABALU: The new United Sabah National Organization (USNO Baru) whose registration has been endorsed by the Registrar of Societies (RoS) is calling on Sabahans who subscribe to its vision and...
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UMS, researchers, experts to save sawfish of Borneo
Fishermen pulling the saw shark to the shore at Kampung Bruit, Daro. Sawfishes are warm water, shark-like rays characterized by long, toothed snouts (rostra).KOTA KINABALU: The Borneo Marine Research...
View ArticlePKR, Star Sabah members join PBRS
MATUNGGONG: A score of PKR and Star Sabah members from 12 villages here have left their parties to join Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS).The group handed over their membership application forms to...
View ArticleJE kills two toddlers
KOTA KINABALU: Two toddlers, one in Tuaran and another here, died in the middle of last month due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE).According to State Health Department director Dr Christina Rundi...
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Student knocked out by lamp post in accident
The Proton Saga driven by the 48-year-old woman.The woman suffers back pain caused by the accident.The three people in the Perdana.The lorry that went out of control.Three vehicles in an...
View ArticleMentally ill uncle slits nephew’s throat
TELUPID: A four-year-old boy died after his neck was slit with a butcher’s cleaver by his uncle at a restaurant in Kampung Gambaron near here on Monday.Beluran district police chief Supt Sivanathan...
View ArticleThree RTCs for Sabah and Sarawak — Nanta
KUALA LUMPUR: The Rural and Regional Development Ministry will set up three rural transformation centres (RTCs) in Sabah and Sarawak soon.Its deputy minister Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi said two of...
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