Wildlife experts want Malaysia, Indonesia to help Sumatran rhinos meet and mate
Source: The Star
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-15 02:48:09 -0700 | green-news
With just about 100 Sumatran rhinos around, wildlife researchers want Malaysia and Indonesia to urgently work together so that the rhinos get to meet each other, mate, reproduce and get off the critically endangered list. Dr Junaidi Payne . "Although...
Teo to handle matters affecting Sabah Chinese community
Source: The Star
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-15 00:17:14 -0700 | political-news
Newly-appointed Sabah Special Functions Minister Datuk Teo Chee Kang has been tasked to handle matters affecting the Chinese community. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said Teo would also be overseeing the state Economic Planning Unit (EPU). "Part of his...
Breastfeeding housewife claims molested by male friend
Source: The Star
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-15 00:17:07 -0700 | political-news
A housewife has alleged being molested by her male friend when she was breastfeeding in a bus in Sabah's east coast Sandakan district. Sandakan district police chief Assist Comm Rowell Marong said the man, in his 30s, was arrested about...
Smuggled luxury vehicles worth RM4mil returned to Brunei
Source: The Star
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-14 17:05:38 -0700 | political-news
Luxury vehicles worth more than RM4mil that were smuggled into the state two years ago have been returned to Brunei. State Deputy Commissioner of Police Senior Asst Comm Datuk Tan Kok Liang said the 41 vehicles, including Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, BMW...
Radin to boost water and power supply to rural residents
Source: The Star
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-14 17:05:38 -0700 | green-news
Improving water and power supply to families in Sabah's remote areas is the priority of the newly-appointed State Rural Development Minister. Datuk Radin Malleh said the government's priority was to improve the living conditions of rural folk. We are aiming...
Theft of explosives still a mystery
Source: The Star
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-14 17:05:34 -0700 | political-news
The theft of a cache of 700 detonators and explosives from a quarry in Menggatal remains a mystery. Sabah police commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib said police were continuing their probe. The police have released the nine people initially detained to...
Lahad Datu: Jamalul Kiram's nephew, woman among those charged over Sulu gunmen intrusion
Source: The Star
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-14 04:06:13 -0700 | travel-news
A nephew of the self-styled Sulu Sultan Jamalalul Kiram III was among 10 people charged at the Tawau High Court for waging war against the king in relation to terrorism activities committed during the Lahad Datu intrusion. Datu Amirbahar Hushin...
Filipino woman and son jailed after failed attempt to procure Malaysian identification documents
Source: The Star
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-14 02:04:35 -0700 | political-news
The Sessions Court here sent a 43-year-old Filipino woman and her 24-year-old son to jail for two years after they admitted to giving false information in a bid to get Malaysian identification documents. Court judge Ummu Kalthom Abdul Samad meted...
Binge-drinking a dangerous trend in Sabah
Source: The Star
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-12 16:39:21 -0700 | health-news
Binge-drinking is becoming a dangerous trend among Sabahans, said an official of Mercy Malaysia, the organisation providing medical and humanitarian relief. Mercy Malaysia (Sabah) chief Dr Helen Lasimbang , quoting a study by University Malaysia Sabah (UMS), said Sabahans normally...
River Keeper Unit established in Sabah to protect elephants
Source: The Star
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-12 00:34:51 -0700 | green-news
Borneo pygmy elephants and other wildlife. "Honorary wildlife wardens" from local communities will be tasked with checking for illegal activities such as encroachment on reserves, illegal logging and hunting along the river. Sabah Wildlife Department director Datuk Dr Laurentius Ambu...
Sabah is 3rd highest in alcohol consumption
Source: The Star
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-11 06:43:04 -0700 | health-news
Sabah recorded the third highest consumption of alcohol in Malaysia, at 18.4 percent after Kuala Lumpur (20.3 percent) and Sarawak (19.7 percent). State health principal assistant director (non-communicable diseases) Dr Nirmal Kaur said the statistics were based on a National...
GE13: Five new faces in Sabah cabinet
Source: The Star
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-10 04:27:31 -0700 | political-news
Gerakan vice president Datuk Raymond Tan has been named deputy chief minister for the Chinese quota in place of Datuk Yee Moh Chai , as five new faces were brought into the state cabinet by Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman...
Creating artworks out of mangrove trees
Source: The Star
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-09 17:29:21 -0700 | green-news
Wetlands conservation took on a creative twist as more than 60 students from various schools gathered to create artworks from mangrove trees at the KK Wetlands Centre here...Besides acquiring hands-on information on what mangrove trees could be used for, the...
GE13: First-time rep proposes shadow Cabinet in Sabah
Source: The Star
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-09 17:29:18 -0700 | political-news
First-time Opposition assemblyman Datuk Jelani Hamdan is proposing for a shadow Cabinet to monitor the performance of each Sabah state ministry. Jelani said members of the shadow Cabinet would scrutinise the financial flow of each ministry apart from keeping tabs...
Lahad Datu: Lawyer's bid to represent 21 Filipinos over Sulu intrusion dismissed
Source: The Star
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-08 22:24:21 -0700 | political-news
A senior peninsula lawyer's bid to be admitted into the Sabah bar to represent 21 Filipino nationals involved in the Lahad Datu Sulu intrusion has been dismissed by the Kota Kinabalu High Court. In dismissing the ad-hoc application by counsel...
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