KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun says the latest videos implicating him and other Sabah assemblymen in an alleged mining scandal are specifically intended as character assassination. “I am shocked how some people can go all out to malign others with lies and character assassination,” the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) secretary-general said on Tuesday (Dec 3)...
KOTA KINABALU: A Parti Warisan assemblyman says he is prepared to face action if it is proven he had ill intent in the “punch" involving a Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) representative. Merotai assemblyman Sarifuddin Hata maintains that he had no malice directed towards Kunak assemblyman Datuk Norazlinah Arif. Sarifuddin, who has apologised for the incident in a...
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is keen to see Chinese investors explore new opportunities in the state's Blue Economy sector, says Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor. He said the initiative offers immense investment opportunities in fisheries and aquaculture, logistics, tourism, renewable energy, mineral resources, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. “We are pleased that Sabah has remained a sought-after destination for...
KOTA KINABALU: A teenager was killed while another sustained injuries after the motorcycle they were riding collided into a car early Friday (Nov 22). The student from SMK Bandaraya in Menggatal near here, had gone out for lunch with a female schoolmate on the motorcycle to buy food from a nearby stall. It is learnt that they...
As a child growing up in Sandakan, Sabah, Raphael Peter Lee recalls being poor and eating very simple dishes, like rice and eggs. His grandparents weren’t around so Lee says that unlike many chefs, this also meant he didn’t have very strong culinary influences driving his childhood memories. “My grandparents all passed away before I grew...
KOTA KINABALU: A mother's last effort was to try and save her son before they were hit by a train along the Petagas railway tracks near here on Tuesday (Nov 19) afternoon. According to people at the scene, the 41-year-old woman is believed to have pushed her son away from her in an attempt to get...
KOTA KINABALU: A Sabah Deputy Chief Minister, along with two other assemblymen, have provided statements to Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigators regarding graft claims linked to the issuance of state mining licences. The trio were questioned following the release of videos by a news portal, in which they were seen in conversation with a whistleblower discussing...
KOTA KINABALU: The federal Public Works Department should allow local construction companies to form consortiums to carry out the Pan-Borneo Highway projects, says Parti Warisan president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal. He said awarding such contracts to public listed companies with no physical presence in Sabah would only further delay the long-overdue Pan-Borneo Highway projects in...
KOTA KINABALU: Almost three-quarters of Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributors in Sabah have savings of less than RM50,000 in their EPF accounts. Sabah and Labuan EPF regional director Mohd Fadil Sarehan said this represents about 71%, or 691,322, of the 973,693 contributors in Sabah. Mohd Fadil said there is a need to raise awareness among contributors to...
KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued an advisory on Tropical Storm Trami, which was detected 1,281 kilometres (km) northeast of Kudat, causing continuous rain and strong winds in Sabah. MetMalaysia in a statement on Wednesday (Oct 23) said that the tropical storm was located at latitude 15.7 north and longitude 124.4 east, about...
