Two experts have expressed support for former Sabah president Shafie Apdal’s call to reinstate the Temporary Sabah Pass (PSS) for the stateless Bajau Laut community, but warned against the dangers of not having strong legal rights. Roger Chin, the former president of the Sabah Law Society, said that PSS can …
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New findings show snoring as a risk factor in the health care and treatment of sleep disorders, especially in relation to blood pressure control. People who sleep regularly at night often have high blood pressure and uncontrolled high blood pressure, according to a study by sleep scientists at Flinders University …
Read More »PBS man plays down colleague’s call for alliance with Warisan
The Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) leader has downplayed his colleague’s call for a merger with Warisan. The call was made in a Facebook post that went viral. The deputy director of PBS Petagas, Ng Tze Tsai, made it clear that the Facebook message of department head Azmi Ahmad, written on …
Read More »Floods in Bangladesh leave 5 dead, thousands stranded
At least five people have died and more than 100,000 others remain stranded as devastating floods, brought on by torrential rains and torrential rains, continue to ravage northern Bangladesh, authorities said today. In Sherpur, one of the most affected hill districts, water levels in major rivers rose, flooding new areas …
Read More »Hezbollah rockets hit Israel’s Haifa and Tiberias, 10 injured
A Hezbollah rocket hit Haifa, Israel’s third-largest city, Israeli police said on Monday, and Israeli state media said 10 people were injured in the country’s north. Hezbollah said it used a salvo of Fadi 1 missiles to target a military base south of Haifa. According to media reports, two rockets …
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