State-federal govt smart collaboration vital for SMEs devt – CM
KOTA KINABALU: Smart collaboration between the state and federal governments will create a potential and prospective development in the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) industry in Sabah, said...
View ArticleFamily of four riding on bike killed
TAWAU: Four members of a family were killed in a road accident when a motorcycle collided with a Toyota Land Cruiser at Mile 7, Kalabakan Road on Wednesday night.District police chief ACP Awang Besar...
View ArticleTrio jailed for misappropriating credit card
KOTA KINABALU: Three men were jailed for four years by the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday for misappropriating a credit card belonging to a woman.Magistrate Edward Paul also imposed one stroke of...
View ArticleLajim to replace Thamrin as state PKR chief?
KOTA KINABALU: A leadership crisis is allegedly brewing in Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Sabah, a report said yesterdayThe Borneo Insider claimed that there is a strong possibility that the present state...
View ArticleCranes back to normal operation, says Sabah Ports
KOTA KINABALU: The cranes in Sepanggar Bay Container Port (SBCP) are back to operating normally, Sabah Ports Sdn Bhd chief operating officer (COO) Mohd Sahid Nawab Khan.While admitting that there were...
View ArticleUnsuitable to hold joint trial in KK – AG
KOTA KINABALU: The final venue for the joint trial of 29 people who have been charged with various security offences in connection with the Lahad Datu intrusion in February has not yet been decided,...
View ArticleTwo coins found in man’s stomach
Dr. Jayaram (left) performing an endoscopy procedure on a patient.SANDAKAN: Describing the uncomfortable feeling in the upper middle part of the stomach, ones would usually say that it was ‘gastric’ or...
View ArticleMASwings, RBA code sharing a move in right direction – Masidi
KOTA KINABALU: It is high time for airlines in Asia to look beyond the potential of its own border in order to move further forward.Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister, Datuk Masidi Manjun, in...
View ArticleSalleh’s son elected SLA secretary
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Law Association held its annual general meeting to elect its office bearers for the term 2013-2015 at the Le Meridien Hotel, Kota Kinabalu, June 27.Incumbent president Datuk...
View ArticleFamily loses home to fire
The wooden house that was razed by fire.BELURAN: A family here was made homeless after their wooden house in Kampung Memanjang here was razed by fire on last Thursday.According to Kinabatangan Fire and...
View ArticlePublic help sought in Menggatal break-in probe
KOTA KINABALU: Police are still investigating the burglary case of a jewellery shop in Menggatal town on Friday where the owner suffered RM4,000 in losses.City police chief ACP Jauteh Dikun said no...
View ArticleProgressive Insurance pre-tax profit almost doubles
KOTA KINABALU: Progressive Insurance Bhd has recorded an increase of 14 per cent in gross revenue in 2012 amounting to RM161 million with profit before tax of RM19.4 million.Its chairman, Datuk Datu...
View ArticleOps Daulat renamed Ops Sanggah as Esscom takes over
LAHAD DATU: The Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) will be taking over Ops Daulat that was launched by the government to defend the country’s sovereignty during the armed intrusion at Lahad...
View ArticleFrench students experience M’sian life
KOTA KINABALU: A group of students and three teachers from a private school in France recently came to the state under Habitat for Humanity programme, to build a house for a poor family in Kampung...
View ArticleBe more sophisticated in tackling negative perception, police urged
TAWAU: The police and the armed forces should become more “sophisticated” in changing the negative perception of the community towards their role of policing and military service, said Deputy Minister...
View ArticleReach out to schools, State Library urged
Jainab (fourth right) presents an excellence award to a recipient while Wong (second left).KOTA KINABALU: Community Development and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Jainab Ahmad Ayid has urged the...
View ArticleSabah needs at least nine radiotherapy machines for cancer patients – Jainab
Jainab (third right) receives a souvenir from Pang at the opening of the symposium yesterday. Also in photo are Devanand (second right), Yong (right) and Ibrahim (left).KOTA KINABALU: There is a real...
View ArticleState Govt gets RM6.64 mln dividend
Harun (fourth right) presenting the cheque of RM6.64 million to Pg Hassanel (second right), witnessed by Musa (third right) and other board members. – Photo by Haji Asmat YahyaKOTA KINABALU: Chief...
View ArticleRM200 mln dam to resolve Tawau water shortage
BahrinTAWAU: The shortage of water supply will be a thing of the past for residents in Tawau once a dam to be built on a 679-acre site at Gudang Empat here is completed in 2016.Disclosing this during a...
View ArticleFranchise promotion showcases 21 firms
Bashah (left) accompanied by Jainab visiting the exhibitor booths at the Community Franchise programme currently being held at Suria Sabah.KOTA KINABALU: Sabah hosted this year’s first Community...
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