Sadong Jaya and Sembulan were ordered to clean up the areas during a recent inspection by the Kota

home on Wednesday, had fallen off the five-storey building at Jalan Sembulan. The father, in his

home on Wednesday, had fallen off the five-storey building at Jalan Sembulan. The father, in his

PETALING JAYA: Of the 10 newly announced enhanced movement control orders on Friday( Aug 13), nine are located in Sabah. Senior Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, in a statement today, said that localities in Kota Kinabalu, Beaufort, Kalabakan, Kota Marudu, Putatan and Tawau had been placed under EMCO along with Cameron Highlands in Pahang. All newly announced EMCOs would begin Aug 15 and end on Aug 28. Meanwhile, four localities in Sabah have had their EMCO status extended to Aug 28, fro

KOTA KINABALU: A little Christmas cheer was spread to hundreds of children in rural areas by the Sabah Society of Hope. The aid, for children from lower income( B40) families, was distributed in Sabah's Keningau and Ranau areas. Society president Josephine Hadikusumo along with eight volunteers distributed 2, 000 milk powder packs for 1, 000 children, 1, 100 packets of soy milk drink, 2, 675 pieces of children's face masks and 134 pencil cases to school-going children in 20 locations over a five

KOTA KINABALU: Police have obtained a seven-day remand order against a 35-year-old woman involved in a police chase across the city that saw her allegedly ramming through vehicles and roadblocks in a stolen four-wheel drive. Kota Kinabalu City police deputy chief Supt George Abdul Rakman said they obtained a magistrate’s order to remand the local woman till Feb 21.He said so far, two vehicle owners whose cars were allegedly hit by the woman as she sped past, have lodged police reports and more a

KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry has held engagement sessions with 11 states on expanding the Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih( SBJK) programme, which was created to provide access to education for children who drop out of school. Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh( pic) said the states involved were Penang, Johor, Pahang, Terengganu, Kedah, Negri Sembilan, Selangor, Kelantan, Perak, Sabah and Sarawak." The findings of the engagement sessions will be reviewed before a final decision is ma

KOTA KINABALU: A technical glitch is said to be the reason why some voters who turned up for the physical voting in PKR's party polls could not vote for the Kota Kinabalu branch committee positions on Sunday( May 22).In a statement here, Datuk Christina Liew, who was defending the post of Kota Kinabalu branch head, was surprised when informed by voters that the list of candidates vying for those posts were missing from the voting tablet provided by the party election committee( JPP). The Sabah P

KOTA KINABALU: While most people returned to their hometowns to spend Hari Raya with loved ones and friends, mixed martial arts( MMA) fighter AJ Pyro kept on with his mission to feed stray cats and dogs in the state capital and surrounding areas.“ It is the same routine.... Nothing changes even when it’s Raya.... I still feed the strays every day regardless, even when it rains, ” said the 46-year-old, whose real name is Jumat Lias Mansor. Last year, The Star carried a story on how AJ did a sti

KOTA KINABALU: Tun Sakaran Dandai will be remembered by many as a “ good and humble man ” in Sabah’s rough and tumble politics. The late Sakaran, whose political career spanned from the formation of Malaysia in 1963 to becoming Umno’s first chief minister in Sabah in 1994 and later governor, was noted as a gentleman politician.It was best illustrated through his brotherly embrace of Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan when the latter’s Parti Bersatu Sabah’s government collapsed and had to make way fo