Wednesday, 24 December 2025

Author: Nura V Lorna

Sagah: 145,000 job opportunities by 2030

PADAWAN: Sarawak aims to provide 145,000 job opportunities by 2030. The Education, Innovation and Talent Development (MEITD) Minister said the job prospects would include those in the economic policy catalyst sector as well as 50,000 in the business area. Datuk Roland Sagah Wee Inn emphasised that more productive, efficient, skilled

Mr Beast Serian can unveil local talent

SERIAN: The staging of the Mr Beast Serian bodybuilding competition is anticipated to unveil the potential of local talent on a global scale. The first edition of the competition in 2019 discovered Serian bodybuilder Daubline Timbol, paving way for him until he was listed in the top 10 of Mr

Cat-flinging-case suspect should face harsher penalty – rights group

KUCHING: An animal rights group expressed disappointment that a man charged with flinging cats from a 15th story apartment in Petaling Jaya was not prosecuted under a stricter penalty. According to the Lawyers for Animal Rights group, the suspect ought to have faced charges in accordance with the Animal Welfare

Citizenship for stateless persons

KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah hopes the new federal government after the 15th General Election will continue to grant citizenships to stateless individuals. The Women, Early Childhood and Community Wellbeing Minister said this would ensure that these people were not left behind in terms of education, health and so on.

Sarawakians urged to publish books via State Library

KUCHING: Sarawakians are encouraged to publish books written by them through the State Library. In making this call, Women, Early Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah noted that the number of books deposited to the State Library this year is rather low. As Sarawak aspires to

Overpriced tickets leave voters in the lurch

KUCHING: Voters are seeing an enormous surge in flight ticket prices for the election weekend just minutes after the Election Commission (EC) announced the polling date for the 15th general election (GE15). Following the eagerly anticipated confirmation of the election date, which was fixed on Nov 19, flight booking websites

Honor 70 family gets new colour option

KUCHING: Following the success of the Honor 70, Honor Malaysia has announced on its official Facebook page the addition of a new colour. From the leaked poster, it teases a cotton candy, indication of colour palettes built around the hues of blue, pink and perhaps more. On Today (Oct 17),

Resurging aviation sector

KUCHING: Maybank Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB) is optimistic about the Malaysian aviation sector ahead of the 15th General Election (GE15), stating that the election will “add fuel to the industry’s resurgence.” A Bernama report quoted the research house expecting GE15 to have a long term positive impact on passenger