JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Service (Maqis) said today it detected parasitic worm contamination in a batch of canned sardines that were earlier seized at the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) here.

PETALING JAYA: The EPF is set to undergo significant restructuring, reorganising its members’ existing two accounts into three to include the addition of the much anticipated flexible account.

Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah State Legislative Assembly has approved the new Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Enactment 2024 and Energy Commission of Sabah Enactment (Amendment No. 2) 2024 today.

Kota Kinabalu: The Lions Clubs International District 308-A2, Regions 5, 6, and 7 are organising a fundraising bazaar at the BMW showroom from 8am to 6pm on Aug 4. .

Kota Kinabalu: The Mutiara Dancer group from Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Mutiara, will be represent Malaysia at the 2024 Dance World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic from June 27-July 6. .

Kota Kinabalu: The Children’s Literature Festival can cultivate children’s interest in reading literature as an aesthetic medium for conveying messages, said the Sabah Chief Minister’s wife, Datin Seri Datuk Juliah Salag.

SIKUATI: Sabah’s silica sand needed for the manufacturing of photovoltaic panels, float glass, energy saving glass, solar glass, electronic glass and medical glass, was what attracted Kibing Group of China to set up a RM2 billion silica sand processing and solar panel manufacturing project here and in Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park (KKIP).

Tuaran: United Kinabalu Progressive Organisation (Upko) Malaysia has set up a special committee to study the rationale for adding other ethnic dialects in the teaching of the KadazanDusun language in schools.

Kota Kinabalu: A religious school teacher who was charged with two counts of committing physical sexual assault against an 11-year-old female pupil was on Wednesday freed of the charges by the Sessions Court here.

Kota Kinabalu: Two shop owners were fined a total of RM15,000 by the Sessions Court here for allowing illegal immigrants to stay in their respective premises.