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BARISAN Nasional’s candidates for the upcoming Sabah state elections have been screened and identified, says chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The deputy prime minister said the party received several potential names per constituency before screening. He said those who passed were …

BARISAN Nasional chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said yesterday the coalition remains open to cooperating with other parties in the upcoming Sabah state election, except for Gabungan Rakyat Sabah or GRS. Zahid said that under the “BN-Pakatan Harapan plus” approach, the …

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah legislative assembly will be dissolved to pave the way for the 17th state election before its automatic dissolution on Nov 11, says Chief Minister Hajiji Noor. However, he stopped short of saying whether the state assembly’s …

UMNO Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh has dared his DAP counterpart Woo Kah Leong to ask his party to cut ties with Umno following the latter’s remark that the youth wings of DAP, Umno and MCA “walk different paths and …

SABAH Umno is calling on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to act against the Deputy Chief Minister I of Sabah, Dr Jeffrey Kitingan (picture), who is alleged to have admitted to receiving political donations without any official declaration. The Chief …

BARISAN Nasional will not contest all 73 state seats in Sabah at the coming state election, says BN chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. However, BN would contest more seats than the 14 it won in the 2020 state election. Six of …

DEPUTY Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has reiterated that no location in Malaysia serves or has served as a training base for Hamas, not even during his time as Home Minister. He said that the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), especially …

SABAH Umno chief Bung Moktar Radin has billed the coming 17th state election as the party’s “final battle” to win back the state government for Barisan Nasional (BN). According to national daily Berita Harian, Bung urged Umno leaders and members in …

UMNO Sabah has dismissed Ilham Centre's findings that Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) holds the edge in the state's coming election. Its information chief Suhaimi Nasir said Umno respects the findings but it was done without a thorough study on Sabah …