GO Sabah App

Have Sabah, the best of Borneo at the tip of your fingers with the Go Sabah App. Get inside Sabah's eco-treasures and cuisines together with helpful tips on what -to-do and what-to-eat when in Sabah. The app will feed you rich information about Sabah, which include easy-to-search and wide-ranging listings for attractions, destinations, events as well as dining.   The key features inside this Go Sabah application are;  Pictures...

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Lahad Datu: Joint trial for 29 arrested over Sulu gunmen intrusion

KOTA KINABALU: A joint trial will be held for the 28 men and a woman arrested under various security offences in connection with the Sulu gunmen intrusion in Lahad Datu district last February. All 29 accused pleaded not guilty to the charges that included waging war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, being a member, sheltering or recruiting individuals to become members of a terrorist group, when they produced before Judge Ravinthran Paramaguru...

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Quit smoke now

Are you a smoker? Perhaps a hardcore one? Wish to be free from smoking or trying hard to do so? Don't worry folks. Local smokers or hardcore smokers are welcomed to join the Quit Smoking Programme which organized by the Luyang Health Clinic. Kota Kinabalu Area II Health Officer, Dr Suhaila Osman, said a total of 90 smokers took part in the programme in 2011 and out of these, 40 of them managed to quit smoking, while in 2012, out of 106 smokers,...

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Blogger charged with posting statements intended to cause fear during Sulu intrusion

    KOTA KINABALU: A Malacca based blogger "Milosuam" was charged in the Kota Kinabalu Magistrates Court for posting statements intended to cause fear among the people in the midst of the Sulu intrusion. Yusuf Al Siddique Suratman, 29, pleaded not guilty to a posting under the heading “Pendatang asing bakal cetus huru hara di Sabah?” (Confidential information: Foreigners to cause chaos in Sabah) in which he claimed...

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Parliament: Govt agreeable to automatic registration of voters, says PM

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government is agreeable to the idea of automatic registration of voters upon reaching 21. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak however said any decision must be based on its practicality and whether it could be enforced in terms of the law. However, he said the proposal to make voting compulsory was not practical and enforced fairly. "But the idea of automatic registration can be considered although no decision has...

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SUKMA 2013 tidak akan dibatalkan

Sukan  Malaysia atau ringkasnya SUKMA adalah satu sukan peringkat kebangsaan di dianjurkan dan di uruskan oleh Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia , Majlis-Majlis Sukan Negeri, Majlis Sukan Sekolah-Sekolah Malaysia (MSSM), Majlis Sukan Universiti Malayisa, dan Majlis Sukan Polis Diraja Malaysia.  SUKMA edisi ke-16 akan bakal berlangsung di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Jumaat ini, 28 Jun 2013. Agak sukar untuk Ketua pengarah MSN, Datuk Seri Zolkples...

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Protesters at Parliament attempt to crash police barrier

A group of protesters have gathered in front of Parliament, ahead of the swearing-in of MPs. KUALA LUMPUR: Activists protesting in front of Parliament Monday morning have tried to breach the barrier formed by police personnel, resulting in scuffles. Some of the protesters have been arrested. They have been told to disperse immediately and Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) personnel were seen preparing to use tear gas. Police personnel have refrained...

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Sapawi Ahmad , new Yayasan Sabah Director Effective July 1

KOTA KINABALU, June 21 (Bernama) -- Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman today announced the appointment of Sipitang Member of Parliament Datuk Sapawi Ahmad as the Director of Yayasan Sabah, with effect from July 1. Sapawi, 59, takes over the management of the foundation from Tan Sri Datuk Khalil Datuk Jamalul who would remain the Executive Chairman of Innoprise Corporation Sdn Bhd, the investment arm of the foundation. "With this appointment,...

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Bernard Dompok agrees recall of all ICs issued in Sabah needed : RCI

KOTA KINABALU: Tan Sri Bernard Dompok has agreed with the suggestion by several Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) witnesses including assemblymen, to recall all identity cards issued in Sabah to preserve the integrity of these documents. The former Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister said recalling all the ICs was one of the methods to solve illegal immigrant issues in Sabah. "Although this may sound extreme, it has to...

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Jerebu: Tips Kesihatan

Jerebu ekoran kebakaran hutan di Sumatera, Indonesia telah mengakibtkan udara terutamanya negara berdekatan seperti Singapura dan juga Semenanjung Malaysia menghadapi tahap udara yang tidak sihat. Setakat hari ini, 21 Jun tahap jerebu menurut bacaan API (Air Pollution Index) di Kota Tinggi, Johor menjadi teruk dengan bacaan 313 yang di kategorikan sebagai berbahaya untuk kesihatan.  Manakala, negeri Sabah yang terletak agak jauh daripada...

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Moderate haze in Sabah

KOTA KINABALU: The haze in several places in Sabah was reported to be at the moderate level today.    The Air Pollutant Index (API) for major towns  are Kota Kinabalu  (74), Keningau (66) and Sandakan (42) as of 11am, according to the statistics at the website of the Department of Environment (DOE).     The API reading is "good" when it is between 0 and 50, "moderate" (51 to 100), "unhealthy" (101 to...

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Shockwave Entertainment Birthday Base is here!

  Shockwave Entertainment Birthday Base will be held on June 11 at the First Beach Cafe,  Tg Aru from 1-10pm. This rare event is held to celebrate frienship and to showcase  specifically Sabahan bands. Bands from KL, Kedah, Sarawak and Sabah to showcase their talent at the concert. The show will be hosted by Ahmad Zakaria aka BIG of Endzeil (KL). Tickets are for sale at various places in KK such as Wawasan Plaza Mint Store,...

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‘Don’t go out to Straits of Malacca at night’

A bleary sight: The haze covering all buildings along Sungai Muar in Bandar Maharani yesterday morning. MUAR: Marine police here have warned all barter-trading vessels plying the Straits of Malacca to refrain from navigating the waterway at night due to the haze. Its chief Asst Supt Nordin Osman said the stretch of the straits between Pontian and Malacca was covered in “very thick haze”. He said the condition could worsen in the next few days...

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Illegal music download website silenced

PUTRAJAYA: An illegal music download website was crippled following the arrest of the operator of www.jiwang.org (JWG), in what is considered the first online music piracy raid in Malaysia. A team led by the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry caught the suspect during a June 11 raid in Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, where the suspect was operating out of his house. The ministry’s enforcement director Mohd Roslan Mahayudin said...

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2014 Budget set for Oct 25

  PUTRAJAYA: Budget 2014 will be tabled in Parliament on Oct 25. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in announcing the date also said a Fiscal Policy Committee had been set up aimed at reducing fiscal deficit, strengthening public finances and ensuring the nation's long-term fiscal sustainability. Najib, who is also Finance Minister, said he would chair the committee which would include selected Cabinet ministers and heads of...

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Sabah state assembly: Sulu incursion nothing to do with sultanate claim, says Musa

KOTA KINABALU: The incursion by Sulu gunmen in Lahad Datu in February has nothing to do with the longstanding Sulu Sultanate claim over Sabah, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman told the state assembly. He said the incursion, which resulted in an offensive by Malaysian forces resulting in 80 deaths, was nothing more than an attempt to destabilise the nation's security. Replying to a question from Datuk Lajim Ukin (PKR...

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BLACKOUT 505 Rallies to Brainwash Youth's Mind

  A rally to express dissatisfaction over alleged irregularities in the 13th general election was held on June 15 in the city centre as part of the Black 505 gathering which began three days after may 5 polls. Some of the political leaders and strategist believe the rallies, organised at various places, was an attempt to influenced the mind of Malaysian youths who would reach the voting age of 21 in the coming years. They feel that...

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Private Retirement Schemes (PRS)

  How can savers / investors / residents in Malaysia benefit from it? What is the Private Retirement Scheme (PRS)?  The PRS is a defined contribution pension scheme which allows people (or their employers) to voluntarily contribute into an investment vehicle for the purposes of building up their retirement income. Having a voluntary scheme in addition to the EPF also allows private company employees and self-employed...

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Musa: Sea Cucumber project in Jambongan island a success

BELURAN, June 15 (Bernama) -- The Mini Estet Sejahtera (Mesej) sea cucumber aquaculture project in Kampung Bahanan, Pulau Jambongan here has successfully achieved its target to eradicate poverty.Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said the project which had enabled 70 households to generate a RM2,000 monthly income, was one of 45 Mesej rural poverty eradication programmes being implemented in Sabah.He said poverty eradication was one of the...

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Sabah RCI to resume June 17

PETALING JAYA: The Royal Commission of Inquiry on illegal immigrants in Sabah will resume on June 17 until June 21. Commission secretary Datuk Saripuddin Kassim said in a statement that the proceedings will commence at the Federal Court at the Kota Kinabalu Court Complex at 9:30am. So far a total of 107 witnesses have testified before the five-man panel led by former Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Steve Shim Lip Khong. The...

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'GTP, ETP so far been a success'

Malaysia's Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) have so far been a success and are on track to transform the country into a developed and high-income society by 2020.   Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU) chief executive officer Datuk Seri Idris Jala said both programmes are proof of the government's seriousness in transforming...

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