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Fun dairy farm visits in Sabah

on October 04, 2017

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Equipping tour guides with life-saving skills

More than 60 tour guides underwent basic life support training at Gleneagles Kota Kinabalu to better equip themselves when dealing with medical emergency situations such as sudden cardiac arrests. -- NSTP/COURTESY OF SABAH HEALTH AND PEOPLE'S WELLBEING MINISTR By Olivia Miwil - September 26, 2019 @ 3:33pm KOTA KINABALU: More than 60 tour guides underwent basic life support training at Gleneagles Kota Kinabalu to better equip themselves when dealing with medical emergency situations such as sudden cardiac arrests. The hospital’s chief executive officer Noel Cheah said the free training programme started two months ago in collaboration with Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta). “Tourism is a big industry in Sabah. Our ambulance service team often get calls to attend to tourists with medical problems. “Sometimes, it can be cardiac arrests caused by drowning,” he said during the launch of the hospital’s 24-hour Cardiac Centre today. Present were Sab

Sabah Art Gallery unveils MCO, Covid-19-inspired exhibition

By Olivia Miwil - July 18, 2020 @ 11:39am The “MCO Artworks Exhibition” at the Sabah Art Gallery is offering a glimpse into life in the state during the Movement Control Order (MCO), which was implemented on March 18 this year. - NSTP/MALAI ROSMAH TUAH KOTA KINABALU: The "MCO Artworks Exhibition" at the Sabah Art Gallery is offering a glimpse into life in the state during the Movement Control Order (MCO), which was implemented on March 18 this year. The exhibition features the works of over 40 local artists who documented life under movement restrictions, and under the cloud of the Covid-19 pandemic. Among them are Zayrul Rizo Leong, 36, who drew a series of comics illustrating how people coped during the trying period. "It was quite boring throughout the MCO period and I started to draw something that reflected the voice of the people. "Among them were the children who could not wait to return to school, or people wanting to go out and walk around. "I have

MCO: Kuala Penyu's coastal villagers afraid to leave home

Balambangan island, located about 2 hours of boat ride from the mainland, is one of the areas in Kudat that has zero Covid-19 cases. By Olivia Miwil - April 7, 2020 @ 11:54am KUALA PENYU: Fear of contracting Covid-19 and running foul of the Movement Control Order (MCO) has left coastal villagers here confined largely to their homes, said Kuala Penyu assemblyman Datuk Limus Jury. “They are scared of going out and prefer to stay at home instead. Even if they go out, it will be to somewhere near to run errands. “The community leaders are also playing significant roles in monitoring the people’s movement and put up signage to stop people from coming to the district,” he told the New Straits Times. Kuala Penyu, located about 50 kilometres from the state capital, is renowned for its Pulau Tiga, which was the setting of the first season of popular American TV series "Survivor". While most of the locals work as fishermen and farmers, some ventured into the booming to

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