KUCHING: Tabung Ekonomi Gagasan Anak Sarawak (TEGAS), through its TEGAS Digital Village (TDV), has selected 25 local startups, social enterprises, and MSMEs for the second batch of the TEGAS Fundraising Accelerator (TFA) programme. TFA is a programme aimed at accelerating the growth of local startups and social enterprises in line
MIRI: The Miri Sentral Bus Terminal project along the Miri Bypass Road is expected to be completed end of December this year. State Transport Minister Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin said the RM26 million project is presently about 97 per cent complete. Lee said this on Monday after conducting a
MIRI: The joy of welcoming a newborn into a family can turn to sorrow when parents learn that their baby has heart complications. Faizal Arief, a father of four, faced this heart-wrenching situation when Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) doctors informed him that his newborn baby, Norfartihin Afief Faizal Arief, had
MIRI: The lifeless body of a man was found inside a house in Senadin here on Friday night. Miri OCPD ACP Alexson Naga Chabu said that the discovery was made around 9.12 pm. The police have ruled out foul play in the man’s death. “Based on preliminary investigations, we do
MIRI: Deputy Minister of Women, Childhood and Community Development Datuk Rosey Yunus is optimistic about the future of the Sarawakiana Carnival. “I believe with the right approach, it can get to the international level where we can showcase our unique traditional culture to the outside world,” she said at the opening ceremony of
MIRI: More than 100 volunteers and donors attended the Miri Mental Health Association’s fundraising event here Saturday. Mayor Adam Yii lauded them for taking the time to make the event themed “Caring for Miri: Mental Health Perspective”, a success. During the event, Yii, who is also Pujut assemblyman, also pledged a grant
MIRI: Sarawak Oil Palm Sdn Bhd (SOP) yesterday treated more than 20 local media practitioners here to an appreciation lunch at a leading hotel here. Present was SOP chief operating officer (COO) Eric Kiu Kwong Seng. Kiu, in his brief welcoming remarks, said the event was one of SOP’s ways
MIRI: Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) academic Dr Christine Yeo Wan Sieng and postgraduate student Eric Chua Yong Hong have been awarded Curtin University’s prestigious 2023 Curtinnovation Award – International Prize. They won the award for their remarkable research innovation, ‘Pine Sense’, which utilises advanced artificial intelligence technology to predict
MIRI: The Sarawak government, through the Unit for Other Religions (Unifor), has allocated RM900,000 in funds for the construction of a multi-faith space building at Miri Hospital. The construction of the two-storey building is scheduled to commence in March 2024 and will be carried out in two phases. Miri mayor
MIRI: A team of students from SMK St Joseph is participating in the international STEM competition, F1 In Schools. The team, named Arleon, consists of three members: Malachi Ong (team manager and design engineer), Lois Lu (marketing manager and digital media manager), and Abang Aslan (manufacturing engineer). During the regional
