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When is party-hopping okay? Jeffrey Kitingan speaks
In the 14th General Election (GE14) in May 2018, the Sabah state assembly was hung and the kingmaker was Sabah STAR president Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan.
Political frog culture: Call for the scalpel
Dissecting the political frog culture reveals innards strewn with broken promises, dashed hopes … and threats to businesses.
Ticking time bomb
If we’re not careful with how we deal with the combustible health hazard right now, we could be in for an explosion of Covid-19 cases.
Back to school with apprehension and mask
This morning, I'm not sure who will be more stressed - my 12-year-old daughter or me? Today is the first day of school for Years Five and Six pupils.
Into the jaws of civilisation
WHEN teacher Edmond Goyong needs internet access, he drives a 4WD for six kilometres to a hill. That sounds ridiculous, but not when you’re in a remote school in the east coast of Sabah.
E-learning under plastic sack roof
WHEN Ryverra Wiviani Rinus googled "digital divide" using her mother's phone in their home at Kampung Bomboi in Keningau, Sabah, she couldn't download a page.
Can we get along? Rodney King's 1992 appeal still valid today
"CAN we get along?" Rodney King appealed in a trembling voice as riots rocked Los Angeles on May 1,1992.
Facing up to Covid-19
As I was about to enter an electronics shop at a shopping mall in Petaling Jaya to buy a hair clipper, a security guard told me to wear a face mask.
'Stay home or dance with us'
A meme that cracks me up during the movement control order (MCO) is the coffin dance.
Kidnapping deja vu in the east coast of Sabah
The threat of cross-border abduction from the southern Philippines remains a daily possibility.
Spooky uncertainties await Sabah
Sabah and Jolo are separated by the Sulu Sea and yet their fates are entwined.
Be careful what you wish for
Life has a habit of not going according to plan but sometimes these hiccups hold some pleasant surprises.