13 Mac 2026 KOTA KINABALU: Presiden Pertubuhan Kinabalu Progresif Bersatu (UPKO) Datuk Ewon Benedick berkata Sabah dan Sarawak kekal sebagai sebahagian daripada Persekutuan Malaysia, namun kedua-dua negeri itu menuntut pelaksanaan sepenuhnya Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 (MA63) serta hak-hak yang termaktub di dalamnya. Beliau berkata tuntutan itu dibuat secara bersama memandangkan Sabah dan Sarawak berkongsi banyak hak yang hampir sama seperti yang dipersetujui dalam pembentukan M

12 March 2026 KOTA KINABALU: Deputy Chief Minister III and Minister of Industrial Development, Entrepreneurship and Transport Sabah, Datuk Ewon Benedick, announced that standard operating procedures (SOPs) for railbus operations will be comprehensively tightened to prevent future unwanted incidents. He said the measures follow a report on the collision involving a railbus and a trolley motor in Tenom, presented at the state cabinet meeting.Initial findings revealed the trolle

11 March 2026 KOTA KINABALU: The United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) calls for the Federal Government’s ‘stay of execution’ application, filed over the Kota Kinabalu High Court ruling on Sabah’s 40 per cent revenue rights, to be challenged locally. Its president, Datuk Ewon Benedick, said the Attorney General’s Chambers had sought to suspend the High Court decision, which previously set a 180-day period for the Federal and Sabah Governments to negotiate repayment

5 March 2026 KOTA KINABALU: Deputy Chief Minister III, who is also Sabah’s Minister of Industrial Development, Entrepreneurship and Transport, Datuk Ewon Benedick, said a special task force will be established to monitor the implementation of eight interim initiatives introduced to address congestion at the Sepanggar Bay Container Port. He said the task force will ensure the smooth implementation of the interim measures while also assessing their effectiveness in improving th

5 Mac 2026 KOTA KINABALU: Kementerian Pembangunan Perindustrian, Keusahawanan dan Pengangkutan Sabah (MINDET) akan membentangkan laporan berhubung insiden perlanggaran railbus JKNS dengan motor troli di KM134/4 Pangi, Tenom dalam mesyuarat Jemaah Menteri Sabah minggu depan. Timbalan Ketua Menteri III yang juga Menteri Pembangunan Perindustrian, Keusahawanan dan Pengangkutan Sabah, Datuk Ewon Benedick berkata, susulan kejadian yang berlaku pada 3 Mac lalu, beliau telah meminta

5 Mac 2026 KOTA KINABALU: Timbalan Ketua Menteri III yang juga Menteri Pembangunan Perindustrian, Keusahawanan dan Pengangkutan Sabah, Datuk Ewon Benedick berkata, satu pasukan khas (task force) akan ditubuhkan bagi memantau pelaksanaan lapan inisiatif interim yang diperkenalkan untuk menangani isu kesesakan di Pelabuhan Kontena Teluk Sepanggar. Beliau berkata, pasukan khas itu akan memastikan pelaksanaan langkah-langkah interim berkenaan berjalan lancar selain menilai keberk

5 Mac 2026 SANDAKAN: Isu berkaitan pelabuhan terus menjadi komitmen utama Kementerian Pembangunan Perindustrian, Keusahawanan dan Pengangkutan Sabah (MINDET), kata Timbalan Ketua Menteri III, Datuk Ewon Benedick. Sehubungan itu, beliau yang juga Menteri Pembangunan Perindustrian, Keusahawanan dan Pengangkutan Sabah mengadakan lawatan kerja ke Pelabuhan Sandakan kelmarin, bagi melihat sendiri aduan serta mendengar taklimat daripada Pengurus Sandakan Port, Hayati Md Enarji. Men

5 March 2026 SANDAKAN: Issues concerning the port continue to be a primary commitment of the Ministry of Industry Development, Entrepreneurship, and Transport of Sabah (MINDET), said Deputy Chief Minister III, Datuk Ewon Benedick. In this regard, Ewon, who is also the Minister of Industry, Entrepreneurship, and Transport of Sabah, undertook a working visit to Sandakan Port yesterday to see for himself the complaints and to listen to a briefing from Sandakan Port Manager, Haya