Star launches its division in Labuan

LABUAN: Opposition State Reform Party (Star) stakes its claim on the sole Labuan parliamentary seat when it launched its division in the island at an Ujana Kewangan Hall here last night.

Launching it was its Sabah chairman, Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, who promised that if Star ever comes into power, effort would be made to know the aspiration of the people in the island if they wanted to be full-fledged part of Sabah again.

NASA builds menu for planned Mars mission in 2030s

By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI  of Associated Press

HOUSTON (AP) — Through a labyrinth of hallways deep inside a 1950s-era building that has housed research that dates back to the origins of U.S. space travel, a group of scientists in white coats is stirring, mixing, measuring, brushing and, most important, tasting the end result of their cooking.

Their mission: Build a menu for a planned journey to Mars in the 2030s.

The menu must sustain a group of six to eight astronauts, keep them healthy and happy and also offer a broad array of food. That's no simple feat considering it will likely take six months to get to the Red Planet, astronauts will have to stay there 18 months and then it will take another six months to return to Earth. Imagine having to shop for a family's three-year supply of groceries all at once and having enough meals planned in advance for that length of time.

Sibling rivalry for the Sepangar seat

KOTA KINABALU: Whatever happens, the parliamentary seat of Sepangar may already be a cinch for the Majimbun family.

Brothers Eric and William may face off in the constituency if the ruling coalition gives Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) the task of contesting the parliamentary seat in the coming general election.

PBS headed by Joseph Pairin Kitingan will be fielding William Majimbun, current district chief as well as chief judge of the Kota Kinabalu Native Court, to face elder brother and current MP Eric Majimbun.

High stakes ‘gamble’ in Sabah politics

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim is unperturbed by the
aborted plans of two BN MPs who were supposed to
announce their defection yesterday.

By Joseph Tawie and Joseph Bingkasan of FMT

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah politics is all about hanging on to power and the latest postponement of the over-hyped “pullout” from the Barisan Nasional by two government MPs facing the axe in the coming general election stressed this.

United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Upko) deputy president and Tuaran MP Wilfred Bumburing and Umno supreme council member Lajim Ukin, who is MP for Beaufort, are looking at ways to defend their seats in a desperate political gamble.

They were scheduled to declare their resignation at functions in Tuaran and Beaufort yesterday in the presence of PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim.

Is Jesus God? Did Jesus ever claim to be God?

Is Jesus God? Did Jesus ever claim to be God? See proof from the life of Jesus Christ and why it's not blind faith to believe in him.

By Paul E. Little
It is impossible for us to know conclusively whether God exists and what he is like unless he takes the initiative and reveals himself.

We must scan the horizon of history to see if there is any clue to God's revelation. There is one clear clue. In an obscure village in Palestine, 2,000 years ago, a Child was born in a stable. Today the entire world is still celebrating the birth of Jesus, and for good reason.

Is Jesus God? Did Jesus ever claim to be God?

We're told that "the common people heard him gladly." And, "He taught as One who had authority, and not as their teachers of the Law."¹

‘Overnight citizenship’ for Sabah aliens a thorny electoral issue

Ida Lim, The Malaysian Insider

The award of 'overnight citizenship' to Sabah's illegal immigrants may cost the Najib administration dearly at the ballot box if it is not resolved before the 13th general elections, a federal minister has told Singapore's Sunday Times (ST).

Sabahans have become more unhappy at the federal government's seemingly speedy approval of citizenship to Muslim immigrants, many who are believed to enter the country illegally, seeing the newcomers as a threat, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok told the Singapore paper in an interview published today.

‘No need to be God, just do your job’

By Queville To of FMT
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Dr Yee Moh Chai has come under fire for double talk with his remark that he cannot promise that the historical site of the High Court in the city will remain untouched by developers.

Yee said he simply could not tell the people that nothing would happen to the land that is occupying a prime spot in the city centre in future as he “is not God”.

Rahman let us have debate on the issue, dare Star leaders

Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan

Daniel John Jambun

KOTA KINABALU :  In addition to our chairman Dr Jeffrey Kitingan's response on the issue Rahman Dahlan brought up yesterday, we in Star Sabah dare the Kota Belud MP who is also Sabah BN secretary to a public debate with him anywhere in the state capital or in Kota Belud.

If he is so confident on his newly-found strength 'archives' on the formation of Malaysia in 1963 then he should take up my challenge before it is too late for him to salvage his dignity and that of Umno and Sabah BN altogether.

ACCEPT your karma BN, stop the foolishness and re-issue Waytha’s passport

Hindraf Makkal Sakthi chairman Waythamoorthy Ponnusamy wants to return home after over four years in involuntary exile in London where he has political asylum as a human rights advocate. His homecoming, with or without an international passport, has been set for Aug 1.

Waytha would like to return home in dignity but apparently the Home Ministry isn’t playing ball. The Ministry is yet to advise the Malaysian High Commission via the Foreign Ministry to issue Waytha with a passport. He travels at the moment on a UN document issued by the British Government. Suhakam the Malaysian human rights organisation, if it’s worth its salt, should take note of Waytha’s predicament. The same goes for other NGOs in the country.

Rafik Hariri UN-Habitat award for Dr Mahathir

By Cindi Loo of The Sun

PETALING JAYA (July 8, 2012): Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has been named as recipient of the 2012 Rafik Hariri UN-Habitat Memorial Award as a recognition of his leadership, statesmanship and good governance.

He was selected out of 13 other nominations from Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, United States, Canada, El Salvador, Nicaragua, India, Bangladesh, UK, Japan and the Philippines by the award steering committee on June 29.

He will be honoured in an award ceremony in New York on Sept 28.

"The per capita income in Malaysia during his time increased eight times. The model of thinking to get out of problems and crisis was almost the same as that of prime minister Rafik Hariri," said International Jury chairman Mervat Tallawy in a press statement on the UN-Habitat website.