Mark Hedger News Today

SEMPORNA (Nov 14): The Miss Scuba International contestants attended the Basic Mermaid Diver and Dive Against Debris course conducted by PADI (the Professional Association of Diving Instructors) at Mabul island in Semporna during the weekend. They worked together to clean up the coastal and beach

KOTA KINABALU (Sept 5): With the tagline ‘Imagine the Possibilities’, Diveheart has brought a whole new meaning and possibility to people with disabilities to conquer their fear in scuba diving. Held for the first time in Kota Kinabalu, Diveheart, a non-profit organisation run by volunteers to he

Visitors can also try their hand at making something in the Brickworks ceramics studio.

The Strafford School District is asking voters to approve a $10 million bond for facility upgrades. It’s also asking voters to raise the tax levy to increase wages for and hire new staff and teachers.

For the first time in three years, CAST will open its doors to the public this weekend as it celebrates its tenth birthday.

After any scuba dive you must always take a rest and a breather before you once again take the plunge on your next underwater adventure. A good surface interval gives your body a chance to “off-gas” the built up nitrogen within your body’s tissues but also for you to contemplate what you have experienced, write up notes, discuss your adventures and observations with your fellow dive buddies or anyone else - come to that – who cares to listen.  Our Borneo Ocean Diarie...

BUSINESSES across the city are ready for the last stage of the government’s road map out of lockdown, with “Freedom Day” signalling the end of coronavirus restrictions. Today sees the last remaining Covid measures in place being lifted, with shops and restaurants scrapping mandatory face coverings. All legal limits on the numbers meeting indoors and outdoors are now out and all businesses can open, including nightclubs – for the first time since March 2020. However, some busines...

Healing & Wellness. Mark outlined other ways people could get involved; “The Project Aware foundation has a few programs for people to find out more and you don’t have to be a certified diver to enrol in them all. Some of the different courses available are; Project Aware, Aware Reef Conservation, Dive Against Debris, and Aware Shark Conservation. “But how can someone help out to protect our oceans?”, Alex asks. “Easy! Don’t pollute the seas, dispose of your trash correctly and don�...

BORNEO is the third largest island in the world and is surrounded by some of the most bio-diverse marine habitats on the planet