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The Sabah government wants to see more agricultural lands here developed for cocoa planting as the industry has lucrative potential to grow bigger

THE a companying picture is deceptive of a beautiful lake but is in fact a deadly cocktail of heavy metals laden waste acidic water leftover from the Mamut Copper Mine at Ranau.  It is a constant reminder of the slack legislation and poor understanding of the enviromental costs and effects in the 1970s that allowed the only Malaysian open pit copper mine to operate in Sabah.  The law has since been tightened up in the 1990s with the amended Sabah Mining Ordinance which required the set...

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government wants to see more agricultural lands here developed for cocoa planting as the industry has lucrative potential to grow bigger.

Sabah, as the country's main cocoa bean producer, exported a total of RM16.16 million of cocoa and cocoa products last year, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor

A 36-year-old electrician was ordered to enter his defence on a charge of raping his stepdaughter

A local man was severely hurt while two others escaped with minor injuries after their 4x4 vehicle collided with two tankers near here on Tuesday

Farmers here are advised to work on derelict land with corn rubber, fruits such as durian, banana, pineapple, cocoa, rubber and palm oil as well as rearing animals

Wife of Deputy Chief Minister cum State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Datin Seri Cecelia Edwin, advised women here to check for breast cancer at public hospitals and clinics

The efforts of Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Jeffrey Kitingan to find a solution to the issue of the influx of illegal immigrants (PTI) in Sabah should not be underestimated but instead given space to perform his duties properly

A four-year-old boy succumbed to injury after the vehicle he was in skidded off the road at Telupid-Beluran road Friday afternoon