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Daily Express again proved its reporting on issues is the best  by bagging both the Journalism and Reporting awards at the 2021 Kinabalu Press Awards (KPA), Friday night

A PICTURE paints a thousand words. Jeffrey Soo paints things that are relatable to the present condition

The Covid-19 pandemic that hit the world in early 2020 has made many aware of the importance of good health and quality of life

Published on: Sunday, May 16, 2021 By: Lorena Binisol Text Size: The Chuah and Bajagap families in a group photo with the newly weds clad in their traditional attires. IT was a fusion of two different cultures when a young couple decided to make their “I Do’s” official and witnessed by only the closest relatives from both sides during the Covid-19 pandemic. It was made more complicated when it involved two parties from east and the other, from west of Malaysia.   However, everything went...

Published on: Sunday, May 16, 2021 By: Lorena Binisol Text Size: Worthwhile: Transforming a bottle into something beautiful the decoupage way. BEING able to control and manage work pressure or any kind of stress in life is a plus towards better living.  As for Annie Lai Kui, 59, she has found her lifesaver in art and crafts – a choice that derived only as hobby at first, without realising that was how she gained her happiness, confidence and wellbeing again. She fell in love with crafting wh...

AZIZUL Julirin matched his words when he built two pesticide-free vegetable farms in Kundasang – an aquaponics farm in 2016 and hydroponic farm in 2019.  The Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Bachelor of Science (aquaculture) graduate was adamant to have his own business built from scratch instead of working for others. A choice for which he never looked back

Published on: Friday, April 23, 2021 By: Lorena Binisol Chef Sapieye with his Oxtail Asam Pedas. Kota Kinabalu: Ask anyone who frequented Hyatt Kinabalu – or Hyatt Regency Kinabalu as it is known today – in 70s, 80s and 90s and they are bound to associate Sabah’s first international hotel with a dish whose fame spread far and wide – Oxtail Asam Pedas. So popular was it that late former Deputy Prime Minister Tun Ghafar Baba was known to “ta pau” (take back) ample amounts of the dish ...

STUCK at home due to the Covid-19 Movement Control Order (MCO) has been a blessing in disguise for some

Published on: Sunday, January 24, 2021 By: Lorena Binisol Text Size: James explaining the meaning behind the signage on the stones at the cemetery area near the museum in Pogunon. JUST like the famed Museum of Jars in Laos, Sabah also boasts a unique open-air museum that is both culturally and historically significant in a little village called Kg Pogunon in Penampang. It is an ancient cemetery site and the museum was built as part of the historical and cultural spot for visitors. The Pogunon A...

Published on: Sunday, January 17, 2021 By: Lorena Binisol Text Size: Zainie pointing at a photo of Sembulan River. IT started with a yearning to reach out to the people of Sabah that led Hiew Chee Wah to publish four eye-opening books on both the beauty and deterioration of the environment – all within 20 years. He did all this with just one purpose in mind – to continue bringing greater awareness on preserving the environment to the people in the State. The “disturbing” views captured...