Sandakan, Malaysia

Kota Kinabalu: The Sandakan Municipal Council demolished 4,620 squatter units between 2000 and 2008 and another 1,080 from 2009 to 2010.

The Pesta Kaamatan celebrated annually in Sabah has strengthened relations among the communities in the state.

Kota Kinabalu: The 25-year wait for strata titles for residents of Kepayan Ridge occupying 1,008 units will soon be over.

Brunei Darussalam's tourism plan will soon gain better momentum following the country's wise investment that will see the pooling of efforts between two nations that aim to bring in nature enthusiasts from around the region.

"MAS operated commercial chartered flights to bring voters home to their constituencies so that they could exercise their right to vote.

A security guard at the Sandakan temporary detention centre was sentenced to one year in jail and fined RM10,000 by the Special Corruption Sessions Court here after she pleaded guilty to cheating a civil servant of RM3,000 on the pretext of releasing a detainee three years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR: Suria Capital Holdings Bhd's subsidiary Sabah Ports Sdn Bhd will spend RM229 million over the next two years to improve its facilities and equipment.

Kota Kinabalu: A total of 981,814 Sabahans will go to the polls Sunday to elect a new state government, with local political analysts predicting a victory for the Barisan Nasional .

As announced in last month's column, Patricia Gausnell and her husband expect soon to be serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Australia.

Tawau: Police have identified groups with potential to create chaos in several hot constituencies in the State on polling day.

KOTA KINABALU, May 4 -- The Meteorological Department has forecast overall fair weather in Sabah on the morning of the 13th General Election polling day tomorrow, with the exception of several east coast areas.

Claiming to have a copy of an e-mail between top executives in an airline company implying that officers in the PMO were behind the charter, Anwar alleged that the foreigners would be ferried to various constituencies in the peninsula to vote in favour of Barisan Nasional.

Sabah Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Musa Aman is confident that BN will form a new government after the 13th general election.

Kota Kinabalu: After seven days of campaigning in the 13th general election, polling for which is on May 5, the Sabah Barisan Nasional led by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman is now in the driving seat for the political battle in the State.

PETALING JAYA: DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang is confident that Pakatan Rakyat is "one step closer to Putrajaya" following his recent visits to Sabah and Sarawak.

Kota Kinabalu: Someone attempted to set fire to a Barisan Nasional campaign office in Kg Padas in Sandakan on Wednesday.

Some 200 PKR members from Libaran, Sandakan and Batu Sapi divisions have quit the opposition party, saying they have lost confidence in the federal and state leadership.

LAHAD DATU, April 25 -- The issuance of Seaman Identification Card for Southern Philippine seamen has been revoked, following the terrorist intrusion here last February.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah PKR was rocked by defections after four division chiefs quit the party, claiming that the party did not respect the promised autonomy to its state leaders.

Transas Marine Pacific, in cooperation with its partner KASI Malaysia Sdn Bhd, was awarded two contracts for installation of Vessel Traffic Management Systems in Tawau Port and Kimanis Bay Terminal.