AQUINO GESA PROSES RUNDINGAN BERHUBUNG TUNTUTAN KE ATAS SABAH

Aquino Gesa Proses Rundingan Berhubung Tuntutan Ke Atas Sabah

MANILA 18/03/2013: Presiden Filipina, Benigno Aquino pada Ahad berkata proses rundingan adalah satu-satunya jalan untuk menyelesaikan tuntutan Kesultanan Sulu terhadap Sabah dan beliau turut mengkritik tindakan kumpulan bersenjata menyerang Malaysia.

Aquino turut mengecam konspirasi terancang pihak tidak bertanggjungjawab yang menghantar pengikut-pengikut kesultanan Sulu ke Sabah kerana ia telah mengancam keselamatan 800,000 rakyat Filipina yang tinggal dan bekerja di negeri itu.

Bercakap di Akademi Elit Ketenteraan di Filipina pada Ahad, beliau turut mengutuk tindakan pengikut Sultan Sulu, Sultan Jamalul Kiram III yang membunuh dengan kejam sembilan anggota pasukan keselamatan di Malaysia.

ONLY ONE CANCER TREATMENT MACHINE IN SABAH?

ONLY ONE CANCER TREATMENT MACHINE IN SABAH?

28/12/2012: DAP Sabah is extremely disappointed that Sabah health care welfare continues to be overlooked. Junz Wong, DAP Sabah State Assistant Secretary expressed disappointment at State Health department that they have not resolved the "one radiotherapy machine" issue since DAP Sabah has brought it up one year ago.

Junz disclosed that Ex-Director Dr Mohd Yusof Ibrahim has openly announced, in a newspaper replying to DAP Sabah, that Sabah would have three CT Scan machines by the end of 2012. Two machines would be sent to Likas Hospital while one would be sent to Lahad Datu Hospital.

"Today is 27 Dec and yet Sabah still face the same issue which we have raised a year ago via why there is only one cancer treatment machine in Sabah? Situation has worsened now that Sabahan patients are asked to look for private specialist for treatments!" Junz slammed.

‘POVERTY IN MALAYSIA CLOSE TO NIL’

‘Poverty in Malaysia close to nil’

SIBU 23/12/2012: The BN government, especially under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, has been working very hard over the years to get the people out of the clutches of poverty.

Kanowit MP Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang said these sacrifices had paid off for poverty level was now close to nil nationwide.

Speaking at GiatMara’s graduation ceremony for Central  Zone II here yesterday, Aaron opined that the 1Malaysia concept, which was introduced by the prime minister some four years ago, had helped bring about this positive result.

“Before, about 70 per cent of the people in Malaysia lived under the poverty line. Now, we can say zero or 0.1 per cent of the people live under the poverty line,”

"THERE ARE SO MANY POOR SABAHANS WHO WANT TO STUDY, BUT HAVE NO MONEY TO DO SO."

UiTM Sabah needs financial aid

Kota Kinabalu 18/12/2012: Universiti Institut Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Sabah Rector, Datuk Dr Abdul Kadir Rosline, illustrated UiTM Sabah's need for financial assistance, Monday, stating that it now uses the MDAB's (Mengubah Destinasi Anak Bangsa) intake quota of other states.

He said this at a press conference after handing over financial assistance to MDAB students.

"This is the scenario here and it reflects Sabahans' desire to get education.

Among those keen include those from Pensiangan, Banggi Island and Kota Marudu."

SMUGGLED CIGARETTES HAMPER ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGNS

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Dr Jerip: Smuggled cigarettes hamper anti-smoking campaigns

KUCHING 14/12/2012: The constant flow of contraband cigarettes from Kalimantan is making it more difficult to persuade smokers to quit.

Assistant Public Health Minister Dr Jerip Susil said that the government had set up stop-smoking clinics in major medical centres throughout the state, offering medical assistance to smokers to kick the habit through counselling, replacement therapy using nicotine pads and tablets in its efforts to curb smoking in the state.

However, this effort to cut down smoking is thwarted by cheap smuggled cigarettes sold openly in the streets.

“.. ISSUES RELATED TO SECURITY, SOVEREIGNTY AND THE PRIDE OF SABAHANS CAN NO LONGER BE COMPROMISED.” – MCMANUS SING

Upko Komulakan secretary quits party

KOTA KINABALU 08/12/2012: Mcmanus Sing yesterday announced his resignation as the United Pasok Momogun Kadazan Dusun Murut Organisation (Upko) Komulakan Exco secretary.

He said he was quitting from the party as he has lost confidence in the sincerity of the Barisan Nasional to resolve several key issues relating to security, sovereignty and the state’s pride.

“We understand that several issues related to social development can be compromised as it involves having and managing a budget although we know that Sabah is rich in natural resources.

“But issues related to security, sovereignty and the pride of Sabahans can no longer be compromised.

“We cannot, not even a second, deny and turn a blind eye when foreigners can easily obtain their citizenship,”

WARGA PAKISTAN MILIKI MYKAD DAN LAYAK MENGUNDI ?

Warga Pakistan miliki Mykad dan layak mengundi

KOTA MARUDU 21/11/2012- Ketua Mudanita Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) CLC Tandek, Cik Pathlyn Leosie Mikat yang ditemani oleh Naib Pengerusi John Charles Mitah Mikat telah datang ke Ibu Pejabat Polis, Kota Marudu untuk buat laporan berkaitan dengan seorang Bangsa Pakistan yang mempunyai Mykad bernama ABD RAUF BIN HAMSAH, No. Mykad 640619-12-5057, beralamat KG. Masjid, P.O.Box 42, Keningau dan didapati mengundi di Kawasan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) USUKAN dalam Parlimen P.169 Kota Belud.

MANAGER, ASSISTANT ABDUCTED

Manager, assistant abducted

Five armed men take away cousins from bird’s nest house in Lahad Datu

KOTA KINABALU 16/11/2012: Two West Malaysians were abducted by five armed men at a bird’s nest house inside an oil palm plantation at Timbun Mata in Kampung Manakayang, off Lahad Datu district on Wednesday.

The incident happened on November 14 when four men, comprising three Chinese and a Timorese, who were harvesting at the premises, were approached by the abductors said to be carrying sacks believed to contain weapons.

MORATORIUM ON EXPANDING OIL PALM PLANTATIONS PROPOSED

Moratorium on expanding oil palm plantations proposed

KOTA KINABALU 9/11/2012: A suggestion to impose a moratorium on further expansion of oil palm plantations within the Heart of Borneo (HoB) was recently heard during the HoB International Conference.

“It is the idea of one of the (discussion) groups and it is a joint suggestion to the government that had a lot of support,” said Borneo Rhino Alliance (BORA) executive director Datuk Dr Junaidi Payne who was also a facilitator.

He added that the suggestion was made after hearing the Agriculture Department stating that 90 percent of Sabah’s agriculture land was occupied by oil palm, and only 10 percent were rice and other crops.

“There is a body of thinking that Sabah has enough oil palm now.

CHIA LINK WILL NOT COST BN, UNLIKE NFC SCANDAL?

Chia link will not cost BN, unlike NFC scandal, says Nazri

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz denied today that allegations of his son’s link to Sabah timber trader Michael Chia would cost Barisan Nasional (BN) politically like the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) scandal.

Nazri was defending himself against allegations of conflict of interest in his alleged defence of Sabah timber trader Micheal Chia. — File pic

“It doesn’t bother me at all. That (NFC case) is husband and wife...what he does, he doesn’t tell me.

“It is different from husband and wife,”

SAPP ACCUSES NRD OF DOUBLE STANDARD

SAPP accuses NRD of double standard

KOTA KINABALU 11/10/2012: Sepanggar member of parliament Datuk Eric Majimbun accused the federal government of applying a different set of procedures when dealing with Sabah-born Malaysians and foreign-borns registering for birth certificates in the state.

He said the procedures adopted by Kuala Lumpur marginalised and discriminated against the people of Sabah, particularly those in the rural areas where many children do not have birth certificate.

Majimbun further alleged that when these applicants, with the assistance of local community leaders, finally get their documents, the National Registration Department (NRD) would stamp in red ink, the words ‘Late Registration’.

CLAIMS AFTER 1930 DON'T COME UNDER NCR: DEPT

Claims after 1930 don't come under NCR: Dept

Kota Kinabalu September 26, 2012: Claims of customary land beyond the 1930 Land Ordinance will not be included under Native Customary Rights (NCR) but opened and treated as new land applications.

Land and Survey Department Director Datuk Osman Jamal said the limit of the NCR claim has been effected by Section 5, 6(1) and 88 of the Sabah Land Ordinance (SLO), whose meaning many parties have wrongly defined.

"In these three sections beginning December 13, 1930, Government land and reserves in this State will be handed its full rights to the government.

MASIDI URGES PLANTATION OWNERS TO FULFILL PROMISES

Masidi urges plantation owners to fulfill promises

KOTA KINABALU August 21, 2012: Oil palm plantation owners in Kinabatangan have been urged to fulfill their promises to ensure that river pollution problems caused by factory discharge are solved immediately.

“They have given me their word and I expect them to fulfill their promises, not just to the government, but also to the people, fast,” said Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun yesterday.

TO THE MAN IN THE STREET, BN'S 'PROMISES FULFILLED' IS THE BIGGEST JOKE

To the man in the street, BN's 'Promises Fulfilled' is the BIGGEST JOKE

15 August 2012: Pay hikes for government servants, bonuses, one-off vouchers and generous pay-outs are causing the prices of goods spiralling out of control, affecting the poor and the middle-income groups in the country.

Each time the government announces a pay hike or bonus for the civil servants prices of essential and non-essential items will go up by not less than 10 to 25 percent.

We are poor

“The 1kg powder milk that cost about RM18 about 6 years ago now costs more than RM40,”

SPEED UP PROCESSING OF LAND APPLICATIONS – DOMPOK

Speed up processing of land applications – Dompok

KENINGAU July 20, 2012: Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok Dompok requested the state government to speed up the processing of land applications and the issuance of titles to the people to enable them to participate in worthwhile programmes.

“I have discussed with the Chief Minister on land application status.

“The state government fears overlapping applications and it is for that reason that the cultivation of any crop including oil palm is disallowed,” he clarified, adding that the issuance of titles would boost the effort of eradicating poverty and improving the economy of the rural poor.

SOOK VILLAGERS CLAIM LOSING LAND TO PRIVATE FIRM

Sook villagers claim losing land to private firm

KENINGAU July 18, 2012: More than 500 people from a village in Sook claimed that they are in danger of losing their land to a private firm.

The villagers in Karamotoi Tengah/Angkawangan are also disappointed that their efforts for decades to apply for the title and native rights to the land were never approved, and now a private company appeared to have its rights to the land.

Rauni Gambar, 52, said residents in the area had already occupied the village in the 1930′s, where Malaysia was not even established.

MORE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR HOUSING UNDER RMR

More eligible to apply for housing under RMR

PENAMPANG 16th July, 2012: Those without their own home can look forward to living in one by applying for the People’s Friendly Housing (RMR) after the government recently relaxed some of the conditions.

One significant improvement is those with a household income of up to RM3,000 a month, can now apply. Previously, those who qualified were income earners of RM1,500 and below.

Public Housing Department Head of the Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB), Datuk Ahmad Azizi Ali said it was therefore the right time for people in Sabah to apply for housing under the RMR.

KIRA-KIRA 900 PENDUDUK KG SALONG KESAL TINDAKAN SEPULUT FOREST DEPARTMENT

Kira-kira 900 penduduk Kg Salong kesal tindakan Sepulut Forest Department

PEGALUNGAN 13th July, 2012: Kira-kira 900 penduduk Kg. Salong dan beberapa kampung di sekitarnya merasa kesal dengan tindakan Sepulut Forest Development Sdn. Bhd di bawah Unit Pengurusan Hutan (FMU) yang membuat persempadanan terlalu berhampiran dengan kawasan kampung.

Ketua Kampung Balantos KK Tingkalur Anturi, 55, berkatam tindakan syarikat itu menimbulkan kemarahan kepada penduduk kampung kerana kawasan mereka semakin terhimpit.

PEMILIK GERAI SIMPANG BONGKUD RANAU MOHON TAPAK GERAI DILUASKAN

Pemilik gerai simpang Bongkud mohon tapak gerai diluaskan

RANAU July 8, 2012: Para pemilik gerai jualan Simpang Bongkud Marak-Parak, kira-kira 16 kilometer dari pekan, memohon jasa baik kerajaan supaya memindahkan kedudukan sungai Pangakatan bagi meluaskan tapak perniagaan mereka yang kini semakin mendapat perhatian di kalangan pelanggan di situ.

Gerai-gerai yang berada betul-betul di bawah garisan pendawaian elektrik menyebabkan pemilik tidak boleh memohon bekalan elektrik dari SESB.

Jurucakap peniaga, Wainsing Kamalid berkata kedudukan gerai yang mereka bina di kawasan itu pada masa ini agak sempit malah pelanggan berhadapan dengan masalah parkir kereta ketika datang melanggan di situ.

POVERTY IN RANAU: WHO’S LYING?

Poverty in Ranau: Who’s lying?

An Upko MP's concern about the high incidences of abject poverty in Sabah's Ranau district is in contrast to an Umno assemblyman's public denial.

RANAU July 5, 2012: Barisan Nasional representatives are at odds over the status of Ranau district in central Sabah which hosts multiple cases of extreme poverty. Ranau is also surrounded by areas that are poverty-stricken, an anomaly by itself in a state blessed with bountiful oil and gas.

Ranau MP Siringan Gubat, a member of BN component, Upko, recently told Parliament that the incidence of poverty in Ranau was ‘worrying’.

But much earlier in April, Keranaan assemblyman, Masidi Manjun of Umno denied this, saying Ranau cannot be the poorest district as development was taking place there.