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BN Sabah names Ismail as candidate for Lamag by-election, Mohd Naim Moktar for Kinabatangan

Jafry (centre) Naim (left) and Ismal (right) after the candidacies announcement. KOTA KINABALU : - Barisan Nasional (BN) Sabah has named Mohd Ismail Ayob as...

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GE17: The constituencies and challengers

By: Datuk Teddy Chin HERE is my constituency-by-constituency analysis of the Sabah election. There were 25 Nomination Centers, one for each of the Parliamentary constituency. I will go by the MP seats starting from the North in Kudat. Some have 2 State seats under them, some 3, some even 4. Due to space constraint, I can’t mention all the candidates as there are nearly 600 of them. P stands for Parliament while N stands for State seats. Here goes: P.167 Kudat - N.01 Banggi This is a 12-cornered fight, rather large for an island which in the past was the stronghold of the Tun Mustapha family. The incumbent is Datuk Mohammad Mohamarin of GRS. He won the seat on a Warisan ticket in...

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Shutdown non-performance GLC -Hajiji will steps into land mine of political and self interest

By C C Pung J. P SABAH Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Haji Noor wants to shut down non-performance GLCs in Sabah if they haven't recovery plans in place. Melaka developed a kind of fear of Christmas decorations that they are now banned in business premises (hotels, restaurants) that have halal certification. Thumbs up to Hajiji, though I bet my bottom ringgit that his chances of success is as likely as the Romans learning shipbuilding from our part of the world. A part of me wishes Hajiji well. After all, Sabah GLCs are a horror story of a collection of tax payers funded institutions that have been costing Sabah an estimate of RM100 mollion a month mostly to...

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