KUCHING: The upcoming TVET Symposium 2019 to be held at Pullman Hotel here from February 19 to 21 will be an ideal platform to facilitate the development of talent for the digital economy. Co-organised by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Research Sarawak (MESTR) and Pusat Pembangunan Kemahiran Sarawak
When your tent has cosy beds, sockets for your phone and a view of the Manhattan skyline, you’re not camping. You’re glamping. New York’s most glamorous camping hotspot is a small island a few minutes from the city by ferry. Gather around the campfire for a peaceful evening on an
A health spa in Lithuania has become the first in the world to open a sauna made almost entirely out of amber. Three tonnes of Baltic amber were used to build the 15-person relaxation room. The world probably already has enough bizarre saunas, many of them in Finland, where sauna
The venue for the Kelantan Silver Art Exhibition was Carcosa Seri Negara. Closed to the public since 2016 and now reopened as a centre for the exhibition of arts and culture, the mansion on a hill in central Kuala Lumpur remains charming and enveloped by nature on all sides. One
With a nearly 300 percent spike in bookings compared to last year, Kaikoura, New Zealand, which landed on the world’s radar after being struck by a massive earthquake in 2016, tops Airbnb’s list of top trending destinations of 2019. Airbnb’s annual best destinations list is based on a combination of
Spread over more than 6,000 square metres, the Louvre Abu Dhabi was opened in November 2017 in the United Arab Emirates, allowing visitors to famous works such as Ai Weiwei’s “Fountain of Light” and Vincent van Gogh’s “Self-portrait.” A year later, more than a million visitors have walked the museum’s
Australia is relaxing restrictions on backpackers and other visitors getting working holiday visas, allowing travellers to stay a year longer and work in more areas of the country. In Australia, immigration officials give working holiday visas (also called 417 or 462 visas) to people of a specific age range and
Anyone planning a trip to northern California has several options if they want to find out more about the potential impact of the wildfires that have been ravaging the western US state. The so-called Camp Fire has claimed at least 42 lives, making it the deadliest single blaze in the
KUCHING: Anyone who has information or strong suspicion of corruption or power abuse by any state representatives can call Datuk Talib Zulpilip (pic). The Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Integrity and Ombudsman) is serious about wanting to help wipe out corruption, if there is any evidence or at least
RIO DE JANEIRO: Several women have come forward in Brazil to accuse an internationally known self-proclaimed spiritual healer of sexually abusing them under pretext of trying to “cure” them of depression or other problems. The allegations against Joao Teixeira de Faria, 76, better known as “Joao de Deus” (“Joao of
