PENAMPANG: Some 100 of Kampung Mangkatadan and Kampung Rugading have joined Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).

Kota Kinabalu: A 26-year-old security guard was jailed a total of 18 months  on two counts of assaulting his colleagues.

Kota Kinabalu: Two Filipinos were jailed 10 months each for having eight bombed fish.

Kota Kinabalu: Five men were fined a total of RM50,000 and jailed one day each by the Traffic Court, Wednesday, for drink-driving.

SIPITANG: The immigration check-in and check-out system in Sabah and Sarawak badly needs to be upgraded digitally to reduce registration time.

Kota Kinabalu: Three Fire and Rescue Department stations are putting out an estimated 30-acre forest fire on Shantung Hill in Luyang, here, whose smoke overwhelms a nearby primary school.

Tuaran: Yayasan Bank Rakyat (YBR) in collaboration with Tuaran Parliament’s People Service Centre has provided early study assistance to asnaf (underprivileged) and B40 students to enable them continue their studies at the Higher Education Institution (IPT) level.

SANDAKAN: A mother and her 13 children are now left with nothing after their stilt house at Bridge 6, Kampung Air in Karamunting, near here, collapsed on Monday night.

Kota Kinabalu: Plans to bring back the remains of Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) founder Tan Sri Joseph Kurup to Sabah on Thursday had to be postponed due to a volcanic eruption in Indonesia. .

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Christina Liew urged visiting ambassadors and diplomatic staff to stay longer so as to appreciate the state and the people better.