BOMBA should go back to school

 

KOTA KINABALU: It was about 12.49pm my friend tags me on Facebook regarding a fire happening at Lido. Then more pictures appeared, a tyre shop was burning fiercely releasing thick black smoke. When I return home from work at 6pm it is raining heavily. After a function, I can still smell it. To my curiosity I drive 5min from my home to the site and was shock that it was still burning at 11.50pm. 

‘AES not suitable for Sabah roads’

Sabah and federal authorities should first ensure that
state roads are in good condition before indulging in
road-safety campaigns.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah roads may not be suited for the expensive and controversial Automatic Enforcement System (AES) which the government is planning to install nationwide to reduce road accidents.

A Sabah MP pointed out that the poor infrastructure and conditions of roads in the east Malaysian state should be addressed first before the expensive AES project is implemented.

“It is pointless for the government to spend a huge sum of the taxpayers’ money to install such a sophisticated system, when in the first place it can’t even provide a good and safer road for the people to drive on,” said Kota Kinabalu MP Hiew King Cheu.

“We all know that our roads are bad, unsafe, not up to the required standard and in many places it is a killer.

Muslihat Nazri larang guna ruang akhbar Parlimen – Rafizi

Tindakan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri itu dan
pengurusan Parlimen menghadkan akses rakyat biasa
untuk ke Parlimen dan bersuara melalui sidang
media hanya akan merendahkan martabat dan
kedudukan Parlimen.

PETALING JAYA: Pengarah Strategi PKR Rafizi Ramli mendakwa larangan menggunakan ruang sidang akhbar di Parlimen oleh bukan anggota parlimen yang berkuatkuasa serta merta sengaja dibuat untuk menghadkan pergerakannya.

“Saya memang sudah menjangka tindakan seterusnya yang akan diambil oleh Datuk Seri Mohamad Nazri Abdul Aziz adalah dengan menggunakan kuasanya untuk menghalang saya dari membuat sidang media di Parlimen.

“Beliau seharusnya sedar bahawa Parlimen adalah institusi tertinggi milik rakyat di negara ini. Ia wajar disemarakkan dengan isu rakyat baik di dalam atau luar dewan,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan media hari ini.

Tegas beliau, “tindakan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri itu dan pengurusan Parlimen menghadkan akses rakyat biasa untuk ke Parlimen dan bersuara melalui sidang media hanya akan merendahkan martabat dan kedudukan Parlimen.

Shafie puts foot in mouth about Sabah oil and basic politics

By Daniel John Jambun

KOTA KINABALU: In Datuk Shafie Apdal’s comment about the opposition’s promise to give 20% royalty for its oil if it was voted to power, he stressed only two important points, that is, Sabah shouldn’t take 20%“because it needs to share its wealth” and “the opposition should not makes promises that causes rift among the people.”

 

I have one thing to say about what he said: these are some of the dumbest and most idiotic statements we have heard in the political history of Sabah. It is no better than when Datuk Salleh Said Keruak said the people should blame themselves for the increase in illegal immigrants in Sabah, or when Tun Mahathir said the illegals in Sabah should be given citizenships because they can speak Bahasa Malaysia!

 

Palm Oil Companies unite to protect Malua BioBank’s threatened wildlife

Malua Biobank at the palm oil frontier, Sabah, Malaysia

KOTA KINABALU: In a breakthrough step, four Malaysian palm oil companies (IOI Corporation Berhad, TH Group, Kwantas Corporation Berhad, and Perbadanan Kemajuan Pertanian Selangor) today announced the Malua Wildlife Conservation Agreement – a unique partnership with the Malua BioBank that aims to improve the protection of threatened wildlife in the Heart of Borneo.

Malua BioBank, Sabah Government and the four companies are pioneering a new approach to protect wildlife from illegal hunting in Sabah as this remains a significant threat in the state.  Malua BioBank is an innovative conservation project covering 34,000 hectares of lowland rainforest, which aims to protect wildlife, including through the prevention of illegal hunting. The Agreement recognises the importance of the palm oil industry to work with partners to ensure that Sabah’s significant biodiversity is protected.

Nazri Aziz is not worried about his son using Michael Chia's Hummer

Nazri Aziz who clears Michael Chia turns out to
be the one whose family receives benefits

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De facto law minister Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz said that he sees no problem with his son driving businessman Michael Chia's Hummer SUV. 

He said that if a certain opposition figure (name withheld due to legal reasons) is not worried about a leaked video purportedly depicting himself having a tryst with a foreign sex worker, then there is no reason why he should be.

Reporters had questioned Mohd Nazri at his office after the allegation on the Hummer was exposed by PKR leaders at the Parliament lobby today.

ALL EUROPEAN LIFE DIED IN AUSCHWITZ

Something to Consider:

The following is a copy of an article written by Spanish writer Sebastian Vilar Rodriguez and published in a Spanish newspaper on Jan. 15, 2008. It doesn't take much imagination to extrapolate the message to the rest of Europe - and possibly to the rest of the world.

By Sebastian Vilar Rodrigez

I walked down the street in Barcelona , and suddenly discovered a terrible truth - Europe died in Auschwitz ... We killed six million Jews and replaced them with 20 million Muslims. In Auschwitz we burned a culture, thought, creativity, talent. We destroyed the chosen people, truly chosen, because they produced great and wonderful people who changed the world.

Who Owns the Oil in Sabah & Sarawak?

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The retired Judge of the Court of Appeal explains the problem faced by Sabah and Sarawak, and suggests a radical solution to the East Malaysian states’ oil woes.

Initially, if oil was found within the boundaries of a State in the Federation of Malaysia, it is owned by the State. J.C Fong in his book Constitutional Federalism in Malaysia, wrote, on p. 98:

“But, the subject of ownership of petroleum (today, an important source of national wealth with current high global energy prices), found both on land and in the continental shelf of the States of Sabah and Sarawak which lies within the boundaries of Sarawak, was never a matter brought up to the Inter-Governmental Committee and hence, not included in its Report. Prior to Malaysia Day, the Borneo States exercised powers over petroleum found within its extended boundaries, i.e. the seabed and subsoil which lies beneath the high seas contiguous to the territorial waters of the respective states. With their boundaries maintained by virtue of Article 1(3) of the Federal Constitution, after Malaysia Day, the two states continued to exercise rights over petroleum found within its territories, including those found offshore.”

Pemuda SAPP Buat Laporan Polis Warga Pakistan Miliki Kerakyatan dan Mykad Secara "Express"

Oleh: NATASYA ABDULLAH
KENINGAU: Kepimpinan Pergerakan Pemuda Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) menggesa pihak berkuasa khususnya Polis DiRaja Malaysia (PDRM) supaya menjalankan penyiasatan secara terperinci bagaimana seorang rakyat Pakistan boleh memperolehi kerakyatan negara ini termasuk MyKad secara “ekspress”.

Sedangkan warga Pakistan itu bernama Ihsanullah yang dilahirkan di Buner Pakistan datang ke Sabah pada tahun 2010 dan mendapat pas lawatan sehingga 6 september 2011 di mana selepas itu diluluskan permohonannya untuk mendapatkan kewarganegaraan dimana kemudiannya mendapat MyKad 930105-76-5095  beralamat Kg Masjid Keningau.

Trouble in Sabah: PKR’s ‘ori’ vs ‘photocopies’

Anwar Ibrahim must come up with a quick solution
to douse the growing resentment between
original members and newcomers

By Calvin Kabaron

KOTA KINABALU : There’s  a new catch-phrase greeting in Sabah PKR’s political circles and it is greatly divisive. The greeting is “PKR ori” or “PKR photocopy?”.

“PKR ori” refers to genuine members of the party while “photocopy” addresses those with Angkatan Perubahan Sabah (APS) and Pakatan Perubahan Sabah (PPS) who “refused” to be members of PKR.

APS is led by Tuaran MP who was once deputy president of Upko, Wilfred Bumburing, while PPS is by Lajim Ukin, a former federal deputy minister, who is also Beaufort MP.  Lajim was with Umno and is often referred to as Umno’s westcoast warlord. Their ‘defection’ was much heralded by opposition Pakatan Rakyat.

These parties are now “parked” under Pakatan and and have declared their support of Anwar Ibrahim, PKR’s de facto leader.