Kota Kinabalu: Daily Express and its sister publication,
Overseas Chinese Daily News (
OCDN), emerged among the top winners in the English and Chinese categories at the 2026 Kinabalu Press Awards (KPA) held here on Saturday.
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Daily Express team comprising Larry Ralon and Ricardo Unto received a merit award in the Main Journalism Award (English) category for their entry, Sabah’s Climate Challenge Series.
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also won the Business and Economic Reporting Award (English) through
Sabah Global and Energy by Larry Ralon and Sherell Ann Jeffrey, while
Harian Ekspres reporter Noor Zafira Mohd Shafie secured a merit award in the Bahasa Malaysia category for her cocoa commercialisation special report series.
The publication further received two merit awards in the Entertainment, Culture and Arts Reporting category for
Roots Over Pixel by Sherell Ann Jeffrey and Crystal E Hermenegildus, and
Disrespect to Oath Stone in Keningau by Hayati Dzulkifli, Ricardo Unto and Marutin Ansiung.
OCDN special writer Siong Yin Hua won the Environmental Journalism Award (Chinese) for
Turtle Paradise-Selingan Island Malaysia’s Frontline of Conservation, while Gravin Wong Chian Kyun received a merit award in the same category for
Turning Waste into WoW: Nicholas Mg’s Green Creativity.
Gravin also won the Business Reporting Award (Chinese) for
Borenos: 10-year Journey: Sabah’s First Local Fried Chicken Brand Conquers the Nation, while Siong secured the Sports Journalism Award (Chinese) fo
r Hiking in Borneo has become the Latest Fitness Craze and Gravin earned a merit award for
From Sabah to the World: Angie Yan’s Wai Kru Journey.
Meanwhile, the Most Promising Journalist Award went to Fadhli Dzil Ikram Ishak of RTM Sabah, while the Outstanding Mobile Journalism (Mojo) Award was presented to Info X journalist Junaidi Ladjana, the first media practitioner in Sabah to receive the accolade.
