Government to monitor use of allocations for Sabah, Sarawak
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will monitor the use of the RM5.1 billion for Sabah and RM4.5 billion for Sarawak as allocated under the 2021 Budget, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs) Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Johnity Ongkili said the expenditure tracking would be with the […]
PM’s pledge: Petroleum and gas negotiation significant in MA63 context
SANDAKAN: State Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) said the pledge made by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to steer negotiations towards resolving Sabah’s petroleum and gas quagmire is a significant move in the context of the 1963 Malaysia Agreement (MA63). Its Sabah Information chief Khairul Firdaus Akbar said the commitment expressed by Muhyiddin, who […]
Bugaya assemblywoman Manis Muka dies
KOTA KINABALU: Bugaya assemblywoman Datin Manis Muka Mohd Darah died today. She was 65. Manis Muka died this afternoon at the Gleneagles Hospital here where she had been admitted yesterday for kidney problems, said Semporna Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) division spokesman. This was later confirmed by the Media Warisan Semporna’s Facebook page in its latest […]
MPs want more allocations for Sabah, Sarawak in Budget 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Two Members of Parliament, one each from Sabah and Sarawak, today suggested that bigger allocations be provided for the two states in the 2021 Budget in order to narrow the development gap with the peninsula. During the debate on Supply Bill 2021, Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal (Warisan-Semporna) said Sabah should receive a […]
Batu Sapi by-election on Dec 5
PUTRAJAYA: The Election Commission (EC) has set the date for the polling for Batu Sapi by-election on Dec 5. In a press conference here today, EC chairman Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh said the nomination will be on Nov 23, while the early voting on Dec 1. The by-election is being called following the death of […]
Hajiji tests positive for Covid-19, undergoing treatment
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor has tested positive for Covid-19 and is now undergoing treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Public Relations Secretary to the Chief Minister Effendi Mohamed Sunoh said. Effendi, in a statement last night (Oct 9), said Hajiji, who had been under self-quarantine, had taken another Covid-19 test which […]
New cases remain at three digits, six deaths
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of new Covid-19 infections in the country in the last 24-hours remained at three digits with 354 cases recorded, while six deaths were reported. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the case tally now stood at 14,722, with 3,863 active cases. The majority of new infections were in […]
‘Aye’ to travel ban to and from Sabah
BY NOOR SYAHHIRA HADY & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING: The spike in Covid-19 cases reported nationwide has resulted in a travel ban from Sabah to Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Labuan from Oct 12 until Oct 20. The ban was announced by Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob recently. However, special exemptions will be […]
Schools closure the right move to curb Covid-19
KOTA KINABALU: The closure of schools in Kota Kinabalu, Penampang and Putatan following the implementation of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) from today until Oct 20 is the right move to curb Covid-19, especially among school children. Parents, students and teachers breathed out a sigh of relief with the closure of the schools by […]
No lockdown, targeted enhanced MCO instead
KUALA LUMPUR: The government does not intend to impose a total lockdown despite the latest surge in Covid-19 cases. Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said instead the government would implement targeted enhanced movement control order (MCO) at identified areas with high Covid-19 cases. The Prime Minister said if the government were to reintroduce a national lockdown, […]
