The attack on Semporna town in March 1954 is considered one of the major incidences of Sabah cross-border crimes. A group of 30 armed Filipino pirates with two policemen and four others were killed. The news of the attack travelled fast, especially among European communities. In a news report by Reuters published on

Sir William Hood Treacher (1849-1919) was a British colonial administrator in Borneo and the Straits Settlements. In Selangor, he was at the Anglo Chinese School in Klang on Mar 10, 1893. His career in Borneo started in 1871 when he arrived in Labuan to be the acting Police Magistrate. In 1873, Treacher became

Did you know that there was an American colony in Sabah? And at one point in time, James Brooke and successors were not the only white 'Rajahs' on Borneo island. The establishment of Consulate in Brunei In 1850, the United States signed a bilateral treaty of Peace, Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation with

It is the 1920s. Imagine you are a pastor’s wife, and have sailed thousands of miles from your home to live in a very foreign country. You don’t speak the local languages so there is no way you can understand their cultures or customs. Your husband is always away from home preaching