Survey shows need to strengthen digital resilience among school children
KOTA KINABALU: DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (DiGi), together with its CyberSAFE in Schools programme partners, recently shared the results of the largest nationwide survey on internet safety and...
View ArticleDAP to raise funds to run Likas constituency
KOTA KINABALU: Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sabah will be holding a fund-raising dinner in solidarity with its suspended Likas assemblyman Junz Wong.Junz, who was suspended for six months starting...
View ArticleTeo’s China visit opens door to Sabah students
KOTA KINABALU: Minister of Special Tasks, Datuk Teo Chee Kang’s working visit to Tsinghua University and Peking University, with leaders from four education bodies in Sabah, has opened the doors for...
View ArticleRecreation project on disused Inanam football field
KOTA KINABALU: The Kota Kinabalu City Hall (DBKK) yesterday clarified that the conversion of part of the football field in Inanam town into carpark lots was part of a project to transform the disused...
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Employer stabbed, hacked to death
LAHAD DATU: Police solved a murder within three hours with the arrest of a 25-year-old Indonesian man who allegedly stabbed and hacked his boss.The murder scene at Kampung Dewata Jalan Silam.District...
View ArticleUtility firms blamed for high home prices
KOTA KINABALU: The exorbitant prices of houses in Sabah are very much due to the high users’ capital contribution charged by service companies such as Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB), Telekom and the...
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Man dies, wife, sister-in-law injured in collision
PAPAR: A man was killed while his wife and sister-in-law were injured when the Perodua Kembara vehicle they were traveling in collided with a Perodua Alza at Km 11 Papar-Beaufort Road here...
View ArticleSabah marine police detain three foreigners, seize subsidised petrol
SEMPORNA: The Marine Police (PPM) detained three foreign nationals and seized 525 litres of subsidised patrol, believed to be smuggled to a neighbouring country, from a pump boat in waters north of...
View ArticleMan fined RM5,000 for having fake driving licence
KOTA KINABALU: At the Traffic Court here yesterday, a 21-year-old man was fined RM5,000, in default 10 months’ jail for having a fake driving licence with the intent of deceiving the...
View ArticleSabah military personnel ready to face internal, outside threat
PAPAR: Military personnel in Sabah are urged to be constantly ready in facing all kinds of threat from within and ouside the country that jeopardised the country’s stability and sovereignty.Task Force...
View ArticleTransportation, hotel stay, cruises subjected to GST
KOTA KINABALU: The impact of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) on the travel industry would include taxable supplies such as hotel accommodation, domestic transportation/hire of vehicles, inbound tour...
View ArticleDefer GST for three to six months — MATTA
KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) has urged the government to consider a deferment of three to six months to allow businesses registered under the Goods and...
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Police seize liquid drugs more potent than tablets, pills
KOTA KINABALU: The police seized a new kind of liquid drugs during a raid at a condominium along Tanjung Lipat, here recently.Abdul Rahim (second right) showing the small liquid bottles that contained...
View ArticleCentre finds success in efforts to protect endangered orangutan
KOTA KINABALU: The Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre (PPOUS) in Sandakan has succeeded in reducing the number of endangered orang utans apart from increasing global awareness on the importance of...
View ArticleFest to feature best of wildlife and conservation work in Sabah
SANDAKAN: Non-governmental organisations and research groups taking part in the first Rhythms of Rimba Wildlife Festival are bringing together years of work to a common platform, showcasing Sabah’s...
View ArticleTwo power theft cases involving RM200,000
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) has filed 278 cases of power theft since 2010, with estimated losses claimable from the suspects amounting to RM2.8 million.Managing Director...
View ArticleGovt servant claims trial to hurting wife
KOTA KINABALU: A 40-year-old government servant, charged with causing hurt to his wife, claimed trial at the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday.Murhan Musa, who appeared before magistrate Cindy Juce Mc...
View ArticleTeenager charged with murdering colleague
KOTA KINABALU: A teenage boy was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday with killing his colleague last year.The juvenile who was brought before Justice Stephen Chung, was charged under...
View ArticleStart building Syariah Court for KK – PAS
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah PAS Commissioner III Hamid Ismail has urged Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office, Datuk Arifin Arif, to ensure that work on a Syariah Court in Kota Kinabalu begins...
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Pinktober 2014 Breast Cancer Awareness Month launched with pledges of support
KOTA KINABALU: October 1 marks the start of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month here in the city and elsewhere around the world.Natrah (seated, second right), Fiona Hagan (seated, second left) and Kim...
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