Sabah/Sarawak/Labuan

Haze triggers mask-buying frenzy in Sarawak’s capital Kuching

Most major pharmacies and stores in Kuching are now reporting that they have run out of face masks.

Critically low water reserves in haze-hit Sarawak due to prolonged dry spell

At the water treatment plant in Simunjan the reservoir’s level has dropped to less than a metre after four months with hardly any rain.

Malaysia’s Sarawak eyes cloud seeding as haze worsens

Sarawak, which shares a border with Indonesia’s Kalimantan province on Borneo island, has been the most affected by the haze.

Sarawak’s new airline AirBorneo to fly to Singapore from July 22

Direct flights between Sarawak and Singapore will be priced below RM400 (S$126).

Seed by seed: Women of Tampenau nursing Sabah’s rainforests back to recovery

A Kampung Tampenau villager picking up wildings found in the forest reserve during an outing with the Sabah Forestry Department, in the Kawag area within Ulu Segama-Malua Forest Reserve in Sabah.

AirBorneo targets Singapore flights by end-July after KL route debut

AirBorneo chief executive officer Megat Ardian Aminuddin speaking at the media roundtable in Kuching on July 8.

Sarawak cops seize over 16,000kg of bird’s nests worth $26 million in series of raids

Besides the bird’s nests, the police also seized 223 birds, eight eagles, two pangolins, 790 turtle eggs, 4,238 tortoises and 218 salamanders in various raids.

What JB can learn from Penang and Kuching before the RTS arrives

Construction of the Hikmah Exhance Autonomous Rapid Transit (ART) station in Kuching. Sarawak is betting heavily on ART to solve its traffic woes.

Sabah residents told to avoid shoreline after Mindanao quake triggers tsunami warning

Tsunami advisory sirens were activated in four affected districts in Sabah.

300, including 12 leaders of deviant group, arrested in Sabah

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