SANDAKAN: Yayasan Sime Darby (YSD), in collaboration with the Sabah Forestry Department (SFD) and the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD), commemorated International Orangutan Day 2024 at the Rainforest Discovery Centre here Monday.

SANDAKAN: Companies that import palm oil from Malaysia will be able to adopt orang-utans but they will not be able to leave the country, the Plantations and Commodities Minister said, in a revised version of a conservation scheme announced earlier this year.

SUKAU: This biodiversity haven is not spared from the menace of unlicensed tour operators who bring tourists and negotiate deals with boat owners, affecting local entrepreneurs’ income. .

A garden oasis-themed restaurant, Utan, marked its grand opening in Kampung Petagas, Putatan on Saturday.

PUTATAN: Escape from the bustling city and immerse yourself in a garden oasis-themed restaurant, Utan, which marked its grand opening in Kampung Petagas, here, on Saturday. .

Kota Kinabalu: The Dewan Rakyat today observed a minute of silence in memory of Tan Sri Joseph Kurup and Datuk Mutang Tagal.

SANDAKAN: Operasi memadam kebakaran hutan simpan rekreasi Elopura yang terletak di Bukit Sim-Sim masih dilaksanakan sejak pagi ini sehingga kini (jam 5.30 petang).

MIRI: Datuk Mutang Tagal, the Dewan Negara president who died on May 10, was laid to rest at the Fairy Park Miri Memorial here today.

Kota Kinabalu: Even orangutans are feeling the heat in the current hot weather and one goes viral helping itself to cool drinks from a fridge in Sepilok, Sandakan.

PETALING JAYA: Senate president Mutang Tagal died today. He was 69 years old.