Neowell Vann Houtton, Age 12, urgent appeal for donation of blood type O Positive R1 R1

By Nilakrisna James 

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah—An urgent appeal to the public is made to all those whose blood type is O-Positive to come forward and donate blood at Hospital Likas, Kingfisher, in Kota Kinabalu to save the life of 12 year old Neowell Vann Houtton, whose HB blood level is now at 6.7 and requiring urgent blood transfusion to save his life.

Neowell is suffering from thalassemia major and requires monthly blood transfusions but his rare blood type of O-Positive R1R1 means that access to the correct blood type is difficult. The normal HB level is 13 and Neowell’s blood level is now considered critical.

Indonesia former beauty queen jailed for corruption

Former beauty queen-turned-MP Angelina Sondakh with her father, left, and her lawyer at a graft court in Jakarta yesterday where she was jailed for five years. Source: AP

 

INDONESIA'S Corruption Crimes Court has jailed Angelina Sondakh, the Australian-born government MP and former Miss Indonesia, for up to five years.

The conviction is another blow for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party, already reeling from the long-running scandal.

Population Re-Engineering

By Johan Bakri

Dear friends 

This is of interest to those watching the development of Malaysia and Singapore  I am currently reading two books in parallel: 

1]  The March to Putrajaya  This is about the recent and current happenings in Malaysia.  It is the first book I am reading as an e-book

2]  Men in White.  This is the history of Singapore for the last 50 years  

The contrast is most enlightening; not that one has to read the books to know. The books spells out the minutiae that is not intended for the public eyes. Needless to say the former is banned in Malaysia.  

STAR: Borneo Agenda About Sabah Rights Not Anti-Malaya

STAR's Sabah Information Chief, Edward Linggu

“Sabah and Sarawak are equal partners with Malaya and not the 12th and 13th States and the Borneo Agenda is about the rights of Sabah and Sarawak and is not anti-Malaya or parochial” said Edward Linggu, STAR Sabah Information Chief, in response to Datuk Seri Panglima Wilfred Bumburing’s statement reported in the local media.

The Malaya Agenda is about the internal control and colonization of Sabah and the siphoning of Sabah’s rich resources, oil and gas and revenue.   The Borneo Agenda advocated by STAR is about the seeking and restoring Sabah’s rights and autonomy and to manage its own rich resources.  Treating Sabah as a colony and “fixed deposit” and taking 95% of Sabah’s oil revenue and 100% of its federal revenue is no longer acceptable.

Scientist Richard Dawkins' letter to his 10 year old daughter about the irrational world

The following is a letter that Dr Richard Dawkins wrote to his daughter when she turned 10. Richard is one of the world's most renowned scientists who is known for speaking out against the dangers of religion. This is a good read - Editors

To my dearest daughter,

Now that you are ten, I want to write to you about something that is important to me. Have you ever wondered how we know the things that we know? How do we know, for instance, that the stars, which look like tiny pinpricks in the sky, are really huge balls of fire like the Sun and very far away? And how do we know that the Earth is a smaller ball whirling round one of those stars, the Sun?

What’s the deal on bridges, Musa?

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak had announced two
bridges to be built in Tuaran for RM18 million,
but now it is RM16 million for one.

By Joseph Bingkasan

KOTA KINABALU: A Sabah pro-opposition MP is asking Chief Minister Musa Aman to explain why only now one of the two promised bridges is going to be built in Tuaran.

Wilfred Bumburing said there were supposed to be two bridges to be built along the Tuaran River both totaling about RM18 million but the Musa had only announced one.

“The announcement to build the sports complex and the RM16 million bridge connecting town and the villages around Sungai Damit areas is timely and most welcome. However, there are a few things that need to be clarified,” the former Barisan Nasional MP said in a statement yesterday.

Food for thoughts...

Compiled by Joe Fernandez
REALITY does not exist. Or does it?

What exists are illusions which appear as reality.

Is protein, for example, reality or a fleeting glimpse of something in transition? It's actually carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sometimes sulphur and phosphorous coming together.

All elements are actually from hydrogen.

Move before hydrogen and then you have plasma etc.

“STAR NOW BIG PARTY IN SABAH”- Dr. Jeffrey

Star Sabah first anniversary

“STAR is no longer a “mosquito” party but a strong and significant political party in Sabah with a big following” said Datuk Dr.Jeffrey Kitingan, Chairman of STAR SABAH during STAR Sabah’s first anniversary last weekend.

“Compared to PKR which took six to seven years to get about 60,000 members, STAR has attracted 270,000 members within a short span of 12 months” he said.

BERSIH 2.0 supports Himpunan Sabah Bangkit 112 demand for free polls

BERSIH Sabah support any organizations, political parties and government who supports clean & fair elections.

BERSIH Sabah calls upon Sabahans who want clean and fair elections to join the Himpunan Sabah Bangkit rally on 12 January in Kota Kinabalu to press on the 8 demands of BERSIH 2.0.

BERSIH Sabah further urges the police and other authorities to ensure peace and order for the rally to take place. The government must uphold freedom of assembly enshrined in Article 11 of the Federal Constitution.

Curse of No.13 to usher the end of Sabah BN?

By Jason Matius
KOTA KINABALU: There is now serious talk spreading among the Sabah opposition parties concerning the effect of numbers in the political fortunes of political parties in Sabah . And to the opposition parties’delight, the numbers appear to point to the death knell of the Barisan Nasional in the next general election.

A series of texts messages and excited conversations concerning the number thirteen, which prophesying BN’s supposed impending fall, have been making their rounds among mainly opposition supporters here. These messages remind Sabahans of the fact that USNO, Sabah ’s first government, was defeated by Berjaya in 1976 (7 + 6 = 13), Berjaya was defeated by PBS in 1985 (8 + 5= 13), and PBS was toppled from power by BN in 1994 (9 + 4 = 13). Also interesting is that each of these three governments ruled for exactly nine years!