Sabah Native Courts need more women staff – Native Chief
KOTA KINABALU: Matunggong Native Chief Elin Masilin is urging for more female participation in the Sabah Native Courts.Speaking at the first day of the UMS Symposium on Sabah Native Customary Rights...
View ArticleNative Court members should attend Land Utilisation Committee meetings
KOTA KINABALU: Native Court members such as district chief, native chief and village chief should be permanent observers in any Land Utilisation Committee (LUC) meetings if the government is serious...
View ArticleYee appointed new chairman of SEDA Malaysia
KOTA KINABALU: Former Sabah deputy chief minister Datuk Dr Yee Moh Chai has been appointed new chairman of the Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia (SEDA Malaysia) effective September 1,...
View ArticleSuspended Chin cannot officiate meetings – LDP
KOTA KINABALU: Since the Presidential Council of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has suspended Senator Datuk Chin Su Phin from his position in the party effective August 3, he therefore has no capacity...
View ArticleCheshire Home sets up nursery to develop disabled children
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Cheshire Home is a step closer towards developing children with disabilities to play an equal role in steering Malaysia to a developed nation.Hoping to do so through its soon-to-be...
View ArticleChange ‘native’ to ‘indigenous’ – Judge
KOTA KINABALU: The term ‘indigenous’ is more appropriate to describe and relate to the indigenous communities in Sabah.According to the Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak High Court, Tan Sri Richard...
View ArticleProgramme to learn more about history of Gaya Street
KOTA KINABALU: Let celebrate and learn more about our history, culture and community at Bonding with Gaya Street 2, a two-day event organized by the City Hall and Empowering Through Community History...
View ArticleClean water for 650 households in Paitan
PAITAN: Residents in the sub-district of Paitan will have clean water with the commissioning of the RM33.81 million alternative water supply project here.Completed in March this year, the project,...
View ArticleSuicide prevention awareness through writing, drama and cycling
KOTA KINABALU: Suicide is preventable if people worldwide reduce the stigma on it.This is what the Befrienders Kota Kinabalu, which is affiliated to the Befrienders Worldwide, hopes to spread by...
View ArticleTwo students killed, seven injured
The four-wheel drive vehicle crashed into the ditch.KENINGAU: Two male students were killed and seven others comprising drivers and passengers of two vehicles suffered serious and minor injuries in an...
View ArticleShareda pledges to build 10,000 units of affordable homes in next five years
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Housing and Real Estate Developers Association (Shareda) has pledged to build 10,000 units of affordable homes in line with the government policy.Its president Francis Goh Fah...
View ArticleKota Belud villagers seek judicial review over sewerage project
KOTA KINABALU: Twenty-three people, comprising village chiefs and villagers from Kota Belud, filed leave for a judicial review at the High Court here yesterday over a sewerage project which they want...
View ArticleFelda honours 10 auxiliary cops for role in Ops Daulat
Isa (fourth left) with the recipients.KOTA KINABALU: In conjunction with the nation’s 56th Merdeka Day celebrations, Felda and Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (FGV) honours ten of its auxiliary...
View ArticleExempt Sabah, S’wak from fuel price hike – Roland
KOTA KINABALU: The Barisan Nasional (BN) government has gone back on its words when it decided to raise the price of RON95 and diesel fuel by 20 sen per litre, according to Inanam assemblyman Dr Roland...
View ArticleCut IPP subsidies, not raise fuel prices – Junz
KOTA KINABALU: DAP Sabah has called on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to first seriously consider cutting the government subsidies for Independent Power Plants (IPPs).Its assistant secretary...
View ArticleOver two-thirds of LDP supreme council members lose confidence in president –...
KOTA KINABALU: Over two-thirds of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) supreme council members have jointly signed a letter to express their loss of confidence in their party president Datuk Liew Vui Keong,...
View ArticleCommunal Title beneficiaries selected by village chiefs – director
KOTA KINABALU: The Communal Title was introduced by the government as a means to look after the welfare of the natives in Sabah, said Land and Surveys Director Datuk Osman Jamal.“We care for the...
View ArticleEssential goods to cost more – Bumburing
KOTA KINABALU: Angkatan Perubahan Sabah (APS) president, Datuk Seri Wilfred Bumburing, said the hike in the price of RON95 petrol and diesel will push up the cost of essential goods and services in...
View ArticleKKCCCI expresses surprise over fuel price hike
KOTA KINABALU: The Kota Kinabalu Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KKCCCI) yesterday expressed surprise at the government’s decision to increase the price of RON95 and diesel by 20 sen...
View ArticleWitness recounts seeing girl fall from lorry
KOTA KINABALU: An eyewitness yesterday told the culpable homicide trial of a Pakistani trader that she and a friend returned to the scene of crime for a second look at the victim.Nina Natasha Bigong,...
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