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Small earthquakes continue to shake Sabah – FREE 90km northwest of Labuan is hit by 3.2 quake, while one off Kota Belud chalks 3.0. http://owl.li/2ZAiSy Small earthquakes continue to shake Sabahowl.liFREE 90km northwest of Labuan is hit by 3.2 quake, while one off Kota Belud chalks 3.0. Malays …

LABUAN, Jan 29 (Bernama) — The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry has seized goods valued at RM11,379 and fined five traders under the ‘Ops Catut’ anti-profiteering operation launched on Jan 15. The ministry’s acting director in Labuan, Aslani Dabi, said th …

LABUAN, Jan 22 (Bernama) — The 1Malaysia Training Scheme (SL1M) launched today received tremendous response, with 3,000 unemployed and underemployed graduates competing for 800 jobs offered by five established bodies. The training scheme introduced since 2011, with 45,000 graduates having secu …

LABUAN, Jan 19 (Bernama) — The Labuan Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism Office has given an assurance of an adequate supply of essential goods in the island for the Chinese New Year (CNY) celebrations which begin on Feb 19. Its acting director, Aslani Dabi said the ministry was liais …

By Jailani Hassan LABUAN, Jan 19 (Bernama) — Gala and Granny Smith apples are available on the duty-free island, but fret not! They are not those imported from California, USA as the agriculture and agro-based industry ministry has restricted their import into Malaysia. Labuan Health Departmen …

LABUAN, Jan 16 (Bernama) — A total of 13,669 students of primary and secondary schools in the duty-free island here received the RM100 special schooling aid of 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M) on Thursday. The aid amounting to RM1,366.900 was also given out to students in the assisted schoo …

LABUAN, Jan 5 (Bernama) — The fishermen’s catching activity has been affected due to adverse sea condition since late last year and continues to dwindle due to the anticipated monsoon this week. The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) anticipates the monsoon surge to begin …

Huge waves lash Labuan coast, causing panic Some local fishermen and vessel skippers reportedly lost contact with one another. Huge waves lash Labuan coast, causing panic

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Meteorology Department today warned that strong north-easterly winds and rough seas would continue in the waters off Sabah and the Federal Territory of Labuan till this Thursday. According to the statement, the same was also forecasted for waters a …

LABUAN, Oct 29 (Bernama) — An 18- year-old female student of the Labuan Matriculation College (LMC) has died of suspected Leptospirosis, according to LMC director Sawang alias Rezal Amit. He said the student, from Bintulu, Sarawak, died on Monday and was buried the following day at her birthpl …

LABUAN, Oct 23 (Bernama) — Labuan has the potential to be the hub of the tuna fishing industry, said Malaysian Fisheries Development Board (LKIM) chairman Datuk Irmohizam Ibrahim. Hence, he said Labuan should be developed further, with better port facilities and jetties. Speaking at a dialogue …

LABUAN, Sept 26 (Bernama) — A study conducted by the Domestic Trade, Consumers and Consumerism Ministry (MDTCC) found that the 96 wet items were sold at higher prices in Labuan than in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Kota Kinabalu. However, the prices of 91 other wet items were found lower than in …

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 (Bernama) — The Sustainable Energy Development Authority (Seda) is inviting interested parties in Sabah and Labuan Federal Territory to apply for the feed-in approval (FiA) for renewable energy quota allocated for the areas. This follows the recent opening of the Seda of …