Woman loses more than RM100,000 to job scam syndicate
KUANTAN: A woman lost RM118,767 after being duped by a scam syndicate that offered high-paying part-time jobs online. Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman said the 22-year-old victim claimed to have received a job offer on July 23 from a woman she knew through Instagram. “The victim was asked to take screenshots of the […]
Fund launched to channel waqf donations via online platform
KUCHING: The State Mosque Welfare Trust Board (LAKMNS) launched the special fund for Raudhatul Sakinah Kuching Gazebo Waqf and the Nurul Saadah Religious Centre Waqf today. Its chief executive officer Datuk Abang Abdul Wahap Abang Julai said that the launch of the special fund was to ease the public to channel waqf donations with its […]
E-Preneurs now open to all
KUCHING: Small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) have been invited to register themselves in the E-Preneurs platform to market their products even more broadly. According to its spokesperson Aina Azizah, the said platform is a State Women and Family Department’s (JWKS) initiative and is open to the local community free of charge. “This platform will not […]
NGO successfully communicates with assemblyman via webinar
KUCHING: Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii showed his support by attending a Zoom webinar organised by SMK Ming Lik and United Chinese Association (UCA) Sarikei Division on Saturday. He thanked both organisers for holding the webinar programme as a safe platform for sharing. He noted that education in the country had adapted to […]
When the going gets tough, Amalia gets going
Some small business owners are staying afloat during the Covid-19 pandemic by adapting themselves and innovating their products in alignment with the current circumstances. Read how online boutique owner Amalia Afifiyati Iman Sholeh manages to do so. The Covid-19 pandemic and its associated restrictions have left few economic sectors untouched, negatively impacting almost every industry […]
Missing school but all efforts paid off
KUCHING: The Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 examination was indeed a new and unique experience for students due to the Covid-19 pandemic and its disruptive effects on the education sector. Not only did students have to cope with the pressure of studying for their public examination, they were also forced to quickly adapt to the […]
Malaysians shopping online more than before Covid-19
KUALA LUMPUR: Juwai IQI’s latest survey on Covid-19 has found that 57 percent of Malaysians are shopping online more than they ever did pre-pandemic, leading to an unprecedented boom for online shopping in the country. In a statement today (June 7), Juwai IQI Group co-founder and chief executive officer Kashif Ansari said that Lazada Malaysia […]
dBazzar aims to make lives easier
KUCHING: The first super app in Sarawak, dBazzar app, will have its pre-soft launching from tomorrow (June 6) to June 9. The application is a digital platform where users can shop and order food online and will soon expand to other services. Its chief executive officer Kent Kho said that the pre-soft launching is a […]
Pro-Keadilan Sarawak chief pleads not guilty to insulting King
KUALA LUMPUR: Pro-Keadilan Sarawak chairman Iswardy Morni pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here today (June 1) to a charge of issuing a statement on his Facebook page which was deemed seditious and allegedly insulting the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. Iswardy, 44, is alleged to have issued the statement […]
Assisting the OKU to generate income
KUCHING: Persatuan Anak Istimewa Sarawak (Perais) organised an online fertigation farming course for people with disabilities (OKU) to generate income, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. The online course via Zoom was organised together with its committee members and in collaboration with HFE Agro Resources Sdn Bhd, through a statement by the association’s president Rapelson Richard […]
