KOTA KINABALU, Mar 14, 2014: The City Hall will conduct a study before deciding whether or not to allow joggers to bring pets along for exercise at Tun Fuad Park in Bukit Padang. Mayor Datuk Abidin Madingkir said City Hall often received reports on stray dogs that were attracted to the food waste at restaurants in the park. “We have received complaints that these stray dogs were dangerous to joggers. “We ho ...

KOTA KINABALU, Mar 12, 2014: Sabah was still experiencing a mild haze as of 9am Tuesday with the Air Pollutant Index (API) at Kota Kinabalu registering 55, Keningau (43), Sandakan (45) and Tawau (45). Department of Environment (DOE) Sabah Director, Rosli Osman, said people are reminded to take precautionary measures and not do any activities that could affect the air quality as any wind change can cause the ...

TAWAU, Mar 13, 2014: Persatuan Bumiputra Bajau Semporna Sabah (Perbubas) alleged that discrimination exists on the appointment of officers in the state government against ethnic Bajaus who originate from the east coast. Its president, Mansor Santiri, asked the Public Service Department to explain whether there was political interference or otherwise as it should be corrected. He said Bajau children from the ...

KOTA KINABALU, Mar 12, 2014: The Sabah Anglers Club (SAC) will hold a fresh 'fish fair' at the Tanjung Aru fish market on March 15 which will offer formalin free fresh fish caught by rod and reel or handline. According to SAC President Jalani Bin Husin, the fresh fish fair will be held from 8am to 12pm. "This second SAC fresh fish fair is a continuation of efforts in collaboration with the Sabah Anglers Ass ...

KOTA KINABALU, Mar 13, 2014: The humongous hair bun (tinimbuku) commonly sported by contestants of the Unduk Ngadau beauty pageant during the Harvest Festival only became popular in the mid 1980s and hence was merely just part of fashion and not a tradition of the Kadazandusun. As a matter of fact, the first Unduk Ngadau who was crowned in 1960, Yong Mee Lan, did not even wear her hair in a bun when she won ...

KOTA KINABALU, March 12, 2014: The Tourism, Culture and Environment Ministry will only decide on what to do with the alleged remnants of the World War Two (WWII) bunker and tunnel here after getting more information from the State Heritage Council. Its minister, Datuk Masidi Manjun, that they would be meeting up with the council’s president, Richard Nelson Sokial, on the issue. “He would be able to brief us ...

KOTA KINABALU, Mar 11, 2014: The Kadazandusun Cultural Association (KDCA)’s Penampang District coordinating committee criticized the decision to do away with the ‘gong’ hairdo for this year’s Unduk Ngadau state-level competition. Its deputy chairman, Jeoffrey Ekol, said the committee was strongly against the idea during the committee meeting on March 6, chaired by their chairman Datuk Clarence Bongkos Malak ...

KOTA KINABALU, Mar11, 2014: A female Sumatran rhino was captured deep inside Danum Valley, Monday, raising a desperate last hope that experts may be able to use it to get some baby rhinos sired in captive breeding to avert a local extinction of the species in Sabah. That is provided the new "girl" turns out to be cyst-free and reproductively healthy and fertile. "The rhino fell into a pit trap dug at a site ...

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) wants to know why priority is not being given to Sabahans in recruitment of teachers in the state. The opposition party said the State Education Department should explain the rationale behind the deployment of almost 70% of teachers from Peninsular Malaysia to teach in Sabah. Brister Mokujal, a youth wing leader of the party who led a peaceful protest on the ...

PENAMPANG, Mar 6, 2014: Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, who is known for being vocal and firm in his stand on issues that are close to the hearts of Sabahans, such as the illegal immigrants and the Allah issue, is finally retiring from active politics soon. His decision came after months of thoughts and soul searching, which he admitted was not easy to make, especially with continuous requests from members to stay ...