New challenger from Sabah in TVSTARZ

KUCHING: A new challenger from The Land Below The Wind will take centrestage to showcase his talents in TVSTARZ. TVS, in a statement today (May 26), said Mohd Rifanzie, also known as Fanzi, was born and raised in Ranau, Sabah. “Fanzi is prepared to make a name for himself in Sarawak. The English teacher of […]

Malaysian student wins world public speaking competition

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian student Pavit Coran has emerged as champion in the English Speaking Union (ESU) International Public Speaking Competition held online and virtually on Friday. Pavit, a 19-year-old student at Multimedia University in Melaka representing the English Speaking Union of Malaysia (ESUM) beat 35 other participants from 33 countries in the Grand Finals, said […]

Unearthing the potential of e-Sports

e-Sports has experienced an explosion in popularity in the past few years. This has created some viable careers. Today, e-sports is no longer just a career path; it is already here to stay, powered by a very young fanbase that is backed by some of the biggest names in today’s business world. A viable career […]

Miss Panama to accept transgender women from 2021

PANAMA CITY:  The Miss Panama organisation announced that starting this year, the pageant would include transgender women “who have completed all their legal and medical procedures” in its competition. The contest, which is responsible for choosing the country’s representative for the Miss Universe pageant, said the decision was made “after plenty of conversations and in […]

RM500 for winner of song creation contest

KUCHING:A song creation competition organised by Wishesland Kuching and Wishesland Miri is offering the winner cash prize worth RM500. Chairman of Wishesland Kuching and advisor of Wishesland Miri, Chi Poh Yung said the competition aims to cultivate the potential of local song creators. He also said the motivational songs from the competition will help to […]

YouTube Shorts eyes TikTok competition with 3.5 bn daily views in India

NEW YORK: YouTube Shorts — the video-sharing website’s quick clips meant to compete with TikTok — are racking up 3.5 billion views a day during beta testing in India, the platform’s head said Tuesday. Susan Wojcikci explained the feature in a note laying out her 2021 priorities.  “So far, videos in our new Shorts player […]

Baleh e-Sport Mobile challenge Dec 26

KAPIT: A PUBG Mobile Indoor Baleh e-Sport Mobile Challenge will be held on this coming Dec 26. Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Baleh Women and Youth wings will collaborate with Baleh Constituency Service Centre and Batang Rajang Electronic Sports Association to hold this event. According to a spokesperson for the organisers, the competition will be held […]

18 win in various categories of Kuching Got Talent 2020

KUCHING: A total of 18 winners from here had won in the different categories of the ‘Kuching Got Talent 2020’ competition organised by Kuching North City Commission (DBKU). They beat 27 other participants out. DBKU director Dr Morshidi Ahmad presented the prizes to them at DBKU Library seminar room in Majma Mall today. The competition […]

Contest winners receive prizes

SIBU: Jason Ling Rong Wei was announced as the top winner of Covid-19 Sibu 2020 Competition here on Tuesday (Nov 10). First runner-up and second runner-up spots went to Tang Siew Lee and Hii Jia Shin respectively, while in fourth place was Cristiano Leonardo and Chieng Ley Fong was placed fifth. The presentation of prizes to […]

Kuching Got Talent 2020, anyone?

KUCHING: All locals are invited to participate in Kuching Got Talent 2020 for a chance to win great prizes. There are three main categories for the competition, namely Dance, Magic, and Others. Entries in the categories can be either solo or as a duo/group. For solo entries in any of the three categories, the champion […]