Putatan River News Today

THE earliest recording of interaction between Europeans and natives in Papar, on the West Coast of Sabah appears to be in the late 19th Century (late 1800s) with the natives clearly identifying themselves as members of the ‘Kadazan’ ethnic group and not members of the “Dusun’ ethnic group despite similarities in language, culture and dress.

RESIDENTS in flood-prone Sugud can expect to breathe a sigh of relief by the middle of next year with the flood mitigation project along the Sugud River now underway