WHY 'KIRAM' IS DREAMING

Why 'Sultan' is dreaming

Kota Kinabalu 27/03/2013: Sabah was free from any claim when it achieved independence through the formation of the Federation of Malaysia, according to former State Archives Director, Datuk Datu Tigabelas Datu Zainal Abidin.

He said independence was achieved through five charters which made Sabah free from any claim either from the Sultan of Sulu, Sultan of Brunei or the British which once called North Borneo their own, i.e. British North Borneo.

He said this during his talk titled "Sulu's Claim on Sabah: True Facts" in conjunction with the Ops Daulat Security Briefing organised by the Information Department at Wisma Dang Bandang, Tuesday.

• The first charter, he said, was when the Sultan of Brunei made an agreement with Alfred Dent and Baron de Overbeck on Dec. 29, 1877 followed by
• the second charter when Sultan of Sulu made an agreement with Alfred Dent and Baron de Overbeck on Jan. 22, 1878.
• "The third charter was when the British gave the North Borneo Chartered Company the power to administer Sabah on Nov 1, 1881, followed by
• the fourth charter on July 9, 1963, when we signed an agreement to join with Sarawak, Singapore and the Malay Federation to be free from colonisation.
• "The fifth charter is when the United Nations announced that the majority of Sabah and Sarawak wanted to be part of the Federation of Malaysia," he said.

BEKAS PENGARAH JABATAN PELAJARAN SABAH, DATUK DR MUHIDDIN YUSIN SERTAI KEADILAN

MUHIDDIN YUSIN SERTAI PKR?

Oleh : BALQIS ABDULLAH

KOTA KINABALU 26/03/2013: Bekas Pengarah Jabatan Pelajaran Sabah, Datuk Dr Muhiddin Yusin menyertai KEADILAN bersama-sama 318 orang lagi. Beliau menyerahkan borang keahlian kepada Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada program Himpunan Harapan Rakyat di Star City Convention Hall di sini, malam kelmarin.

Lebih 5,000 ahli KEADILAN menyaksikan penyertaan Dr Muhiddin yang terkenal kerana berani menegur Kementerian Pelajaran berkaitan masalah sistem pendidikan di negeri itu.

Beliau juga tidak puas hati dengan layanan Kerajaan Persekutuan pimpinan Umno BN terhadap Jabatan Pelajaran Negeri Sabah berikutan tidak diberi dana secukupnya.

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CHANGE MEANS THAT WHAT WAS BEFORE WASN'T PERFECT. PEOPLE WANT THINGS TO BE BETTER. - ESTHER DYSON

PEKADIN MAHU BUKU TEKS SEJARAH MALAYSIA DIKAJI SEMULA UNTUK PERINCI SEJARAH SABAH, SARAWAK SUSULAN KES LAHAD DATU

Pekadin mahu buku teks sejarah dikaji semula susulan kes Lahad Datu

KOTA KINABALU 26/03/2013- Persatuan Kebajikan dan Pendidikan Kadazandusun Murut Sabah (Pekadin) mahu Kementerian Pelajaran segera mengkaji semula kandungan buku teks sejarah Malaysia yang diajar di sekolah, terutama rentetan sejarah pentadbiran pra-kemerdekaan atau sebelum Sabah dan  Sarawak sama-sama membentuk persekutuan Malaysia.

Timbalan presidennya Nailin Gabintal berkata, terdapat keperluan yang mendesak untuk berbuat demikian ekoran kes pencerobohan pengganas, yang kononnya menuntut hak ke atas Sabah, di Lahad Datu baru-baru ini.

Katanya, buku teks sejarah Malaysia sedia ada lebih fokus kepada sejarah di Semenanjung Malaysia dan hanya sedikit sahaja sejarah mengenai Sabah dan Sarawak.

"Berdasarkan maklum balas dan tinjauan Pekadin, ramai generasi muda dan ada golongan dewasa yang masih 'samar-samar' fakta sejarah sebenar yang ada kaitan dengan kesultanan sulu sebelum Sabah mencapai kemerdekaan menerusi pembentukan negara Malaysia pada 16 September 1963.

SULU CLAIM – A SAD, TRAGIC LIE

Sulu claim – A sad, tragic lie

Raymond Tombung

Sabah became the vision of the last gold coin that could win back the possibility of rising again, getting back the worth of a name: the venerable House of Kiram.

23/03/2013: The Sabah claim will continue to be raised by the Phlippines and Sulu as it is powerful and emotive international issue which many leaders from Manila will find convenient to bleed for political mileage. And the many “sultans” in Sulu will continue to cast their hungry eyes at Sabah, considered to be “the last gold coin” and aspire, albeit hopelessly, to try and achieve the impossible.

But Malaysians, especially Sabahans, should be able to give a cogent argument on the issue of this claim and in favour of Sabah.

30% DROP IN HOTEL ROOM OCCUPANCY

30% drop in hotel room occupancy

by Jenne Lajiun

Chan (left) speaking to reporters yesterday.

KOTA KINABALU 15/03/2013: Many hotels in Sabah are already feeling the negative impact following the foreign armed intrusion in Lahad Datu.

According to Christopher Chan, president of the Sabah Hotel Association (SHA), some hotels have experienced a drop of 30 per cent in their room occupancy beginning early this month.

Many also experienced a drop of between 30 per cent and 40 per cent in their income as government departments were cancelling events that were supposed to take place at the respective hotels, Chan told a press conference at a hotel here yesterday,.

The drop in income due to the drop of foreign arrivals was between 15 per cent and 20 per cent, he said.

Website hotel and tour booking portals have also indicated a drop of more than 20 per cent in online bookings for hotels and tours offered in Sabah, he said.

“It is a worrying figure…The situation is not good despite the claim made by the relevant authorities that tourism is business as usual in Sabah,”

SABAH DICEROBOH: UMS TUBUH PUSAT KAJIAN KESELAMATAN NEGARA

Sabah diceroboh: UMS tubuh pusat kajian keselamatan negara

KOTA KINABALU 13/03/2013- Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) akan menubuhkan sebuah pusat penyelidikan yang berfungsi sebagai pusat rujukan berkaitan hal ehwal negeri Sabah termasuk aspek keselamatan.

Naib Canselor UMS Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Harun Abdullah berkata cadangan penubuhan pusat tersebut tercetus atas keprihatinan UMS terhadap isu-isu semasa seperti insiden pencerobohan pengganas di Lahad Datu dan Semporna.

Katanya pusat yang dinamakan Pusat Kajian Strategik Sabah akan menumpukan skop kajian yang merangkumi sejarah dan kedaulatan negeri Sabah selain aspek perundangan, keselamatan dan hubungan antarabangsa.

29/04/1954 - PERISTIWA BERDARAH DI SEMPORNA

PERISTIWA BERDARAH DI SEMPORNA

HARI ITU, 29 April, 1954, hari yang paling malang bagi penduduk Semporna. Hari yang paling celaka, yang mengorbankan nyawa dan harta benda. Malah ada yang dicabul kehormatan, dirogol dan diperkosa.

HARTA MEWAH DIKTATOR SELAMA 22 TAHUN DILELONG KEPADA UMUM

HARTA MEWAH DIKTATOR DILELONG KEPADA UMUM

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ialah bekas Presiden Tunisia yang diterajang keluar oleh kuasa rakyat Januari 2011 yang lalu. Beliau dan isteri kini diberi suaka politik oleh kerajaan jahanam Saudi Arabia yang memang dari dulu gemar memberikan perlindungan kepada bekas diktator beragama Islam yang zalim kepada rakyat. I dunno what the hell is wrong with the Saudis. They should return these dictators back to their homeland to face justice.

MALAYSIA LOST US$64.38 BILLION IN 2010 AND US$285 BILLION CUMULATIVELY BETWEEN 2001 AND 2010?

'Dirty money costs developing world US$6 trillion, led by China'

WASHINGTON 18/12/2012: Crime, corruption and tax evasion have cost the developing world nearly US$6 trillion over the past decade, and illicit funds keep growing, led by China, a financial watchdog group said in a new report.

China accounted for almost half of the US$858.8 billion in dirty money that flowed into tax havens and Western banks in 2010, more than eight times the amounts for runner-ups Malaysia and Mexico. Total illicit outflows increased by 11% from the prior year, Global Financial Integrity, a Washington-based group that campaigns for financial accountability, said in its latest report released yesterday.

“Astronomical sums of dirty money continue to flow out of the developing world and into offshore tax havens and developed country bank,”

NELAYAN TUTUP LAMPU BOT ELAK PIHAK BERKUASA

Nelayan tutup lampu bot elak pihak berkuasa

KOTA KINABALU 24/11/2012: Sebuah bot nelayan cuba mengaburi mata pihak berkuasa dengan menjalankan aktiviti penangkapan ikan tanpa menghidupkan lampu bot.

Dipercayai, nelayan yang menggunakan bot jenis rawai itu melanggar syarat lesen dengan menarik pukat kurang tiga batu nautika daripada pesisiran pantai Usukan, Kota Belud.

Dalam kejadian kira-kira jam 1 pagi Khamis lepas, Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia (APMM) menahan kesemua awak-awak bot terbabit yang juga warganegara Indonesia.

Ketua Penguatkuasa Daerah Maritim Kota Kinabalu, Kapten Maritim Amir Azwa Alias berkata tindakan awak-awak berkenaan mematikan lampu bagi mengelak kegiatan mereka diketahui pihak berkuasa.

Menurutnya, hasil siasatan lanjut turut mendapati dokumen awak-awak berkenaan bersama tekong diragui dan akan dirujuk kepada Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN).

SABAH RCI HEARING STARTS JAN 14

Sabah RCI hearing starts Jan 14

KOTA KINABALU 2/11/2012: The Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to address illegal immigrant and dubious identity card issues in Sabah met for the first time in the meeting room of Kota Kinabalu High Court Building here yesterday.

The RCI Chairman and former Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak, Tan Sri Steve Shim Lip Kiong, who chaired the meeting told reporters that the hearing proper would start on January 14 next year and the venue would be the High Court here.

“We are still finalising the list of witnesses but I am told we have so far 48 witnesses and more are coming,” he said.

“All witnesses, whom we think are relevant, will be called before us,” he said.

Asked whether the public can come forward to give statement, Shim said: “Anyone who can give us the relevant information can come forward to testify before us.”

BN LANCAR ‘SKIM JUAL NEGARA’?

BN lancar ‘skim jual negara’

Sebuah NGO mendedahkan kes terbaru yang menunjukkan warga asing diberi kelayakan mengundi - satu pengkhianatan besar terhadap kedaulatan negara.

PETALING JAYA 1/10/2012: Sebuah NGO, Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) mendakwa kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) sedang melancarkan skim menjual negara dengan memberi kad pengenalan (MyKad) kepada warga asing secara berleluasa dan tidak terkawal.

“Isu pemberian Mykad kepada warga asing merupakan satu isu yang sangat serius ketika ada warga sendiri yang masih tidak diberi kad pengenalan kerana birokrasi melampau.

“Percayalah lambat laun warga negara sendiri terpaksa merempat di bumi bertuah ini,”

MONEY-LAUNDERING: MUSA UNDER PRESSURE

Money-laundering: Musa under pressure

What portion of the S$38 trillion transacted and transferred across several countries belonged to Sabah?

By Calvin Kabaron

KUALA LUMPUR August 2, 2012: As Malaysia faces a looming general election, Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman, an important ally of embattled Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, is increasingly being engulfed with questions of integrity and leadership issues.

Musa already lost two Members of Parliament from Sabah last week, and now the ongoing investigations on his own involvement in allegedly money-laundering activities are increasingly affecting his integrity and performance as leader of the poverty-stricken Sabah.

AMARAN KEPADA KONTRAKTOR JANGAN BUAT KERJA ’CINCAI’

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Kontraktor diminta bertanggungjawab

BOLKIAH (dua kanan) menyampaikan sijil kepada salah seorang peserta kursus.

PITAS 16th July, 2012: Kontraktor di negeri ini diminta lebih bertanggungjawab menjaga kualiti kerja dan menyiapkan sesuatu projek mengikut tempoh yang ditetapkan.

Pembantu Menteri Pelancongan, Kebudayaan dan Alam Sekitar Datuk Bolkiah Ismail berkata, ini penting kerana kegagalan menyiapkan sesuatu projek dalam tempoh yang ditetapkan atau tidak mengikut spesifikasi menyebabkan kualiti kerja diragui.

POLITICIANS’ SUPPORT FOR MACC VITAL, SAYS FORMER ICAC HONG KONG COMMISSIONER

Politicians’ Support for MACC Vital, says former ICAC Hong Kong Commissioner

KUALA LUMPUR – As the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) heightens efforts to combat graft, politicians from all divides must have faith and confidence in the Commission to accomplish the task entrusted to them.

Former Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong (ICAC) Commissioner Bertrand de Speville stressed that the Commission should be allowed to get on with the job of implementing national anti-corruption strategies without having to encounter any political interference.

Cautioning politicians against “second guessing” the MACC,

3 PELAJAR USM DITAHAN DISYAKI PALSUKAN SIJIL AKADEMIK

3 pelajar USM ditahan disyaki palsukan sijil akademik

GEORGETOWN 1 Julai 2012- Akibat ingin bermewah, tiga penuntut Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) mengambil jalan mudah dengan terlibat dalam sindiket pemalsuan sijil akademik – diploma hingga ijazah sarjana pusat pengajian tinggi itu.

Jurucakap polis berkata, ketiga-tiga pelajar terbabit dicekup oleh sepasukan polis di sebuah rumah di Kampar, Perak malam tadi.

“Mereka bertiga ditahan untuk membantu siasatan berhubung sindiket pemalsuan sijil akademik universiti berkenaan.

MALANJUM SHOULD HEAD RCI

Malanjum should head RCI, says Chong

Tan Sri Richard Malanjum, the Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak

Kota Kinabalu June 15, 2012: The organising committee of Sabah PKR's Duduk dan Tuntut - Tubuhkan RCI Sabah (Sit and Demand to Form Sabah RCI) on June 2 has finalised the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the above-mentioned Royal Commission for Inquiry (RCI) for submission to the King.

PKR COMES UP WITH SOFTWARE TO DETECT VOTER TRANSFERS

PKR comes up with software to detect voter transfers

June 03, 2012: AZMIN also distributed a computerised programme to all its 25 candidates for the Parliamentary seats.

The programme would allow users to trace the movements of voters' identity cards and merge the data from the electoral rolls in 2004, 2008 up till the first quarter of 2011.

"Once the electoral roll is merged, we could detect the movements of the voters, from one locality to another. This is a very big issue nationwide and not only in Sabah.

RAFIZI RAMLI - FROM UNKNOWN TO EXPOSÉ MAN

Rafizi Ramli - From unknown to exposé man

24 May 2012: PKR strategies director Mohd Rafizi Ramli was little known outside his party until in November last year, when he started revealing, in tantalising bits and pieces, what would become known as the National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) scandal.

But unlike other spurious allegations made about ministers and agencies linked to the government, the NFCorp exposé was backed by documentation on the misuse of a RM250 million government soft loan for the National Feedlot Centre, a cattle-breeding project under NFCorp in Gemas, Negri Sembilan.

50% OF HOUSEMEN IN SABAH CAN’T COPE, NEED RETRAINING

50% of housemen in Sabah can’t cope, need retraining

KOTA KINABALU May 17, 2012: About 50 per cent of some 500 housemen in Sabah have to undergo retraining after being found to be unable to cope with work-related stress, while some of them were suffering from depression, according Sabah Health Director Dr Mohd Yusof Ibrahim.

He said the new generation of housemen or medicine graduates undergoing supervised practical experience is not the same as the housemen many years back.

“My personal opinion, the new generation does not having the ability to cope with stress and their field of training, especially those who graduated from overseas, are unable to face the same situation in our country,” he said.