MOUNTING a vigorous mind and action battle to end plastic pollution won SM St Patrick’s Tawau the prestigious Seameo-Japan ESD Award last week, beating all 181 challengers across Southeast Asia.   From the outset, the school knew what they were in for – show proof of transformation or evidence of a complete correction of mind and practices needed to rid the global plastic scourge. In that context, we are very happy that SM St Patrick’s Tawau zeroed into what success requires-a radical change of mind, behaviour and practices.

DOGS and cats being dumped or abandoned are now, unfortunately, a sad and common thing in Sabah.

HElping Animals Rescue Team (Heart).

UNDER normal circumstances, all plants are set on the ground or in some other growing medium in some form of container to grow up, get big and achieve some spread and perhaps to procreate.

EVERYONE’S name contains positive or negative vibes, based on the combination of letters in it.

FOR parents with children, the pandemic can be a blessing in disguise.  With remote working being the choice of most companies to flatten the Covid-19 curve, parents are playing the role of both guardians and teachers. Hence, giving them the work-life balance they missed out on during the pre-pandemic days.

THE GERMANS elected her to lead them and she led 80 million Germans for 18 years with competence, skill, dedication and sincerity.

IN CONTRAST to a furious Donald Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is said to have given Germany a friendly face to the world.

Q: What human words do dogs understand? A: The more you speak to your dog the more it will understand. Do not use long sentences but keep the words short and keep re-using these same words. So, yes, dogs do understand what you say. They can also read your facial expressions and most times even understand what you want before you even tell them.

HElping Animals Rescue Team (Heart).