Eye in the sky
Viewing our world from above is a unique experience; it forces our perspective to change. Aerial photography has been used for everything from geographic mapping to artistic endeavours to spy missions, giving people a realistic vantage of the world few had seen before. Capturing complex and unique perspectives Jackson Pang is the man behind the […]
Technician loses RM22,750 in bogus iPhone11 deal
KUANTAN: A technician lost RM22,750 after he was duped into ‘buying’ an iPhone 11 advertised on Instagram last week. Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the male victim, 22, wanted to buy the smartphone offered at RM1,350 on Instagram on Thursday. “The victim claimed he had been dealing with an […]
Face mask harmful to health?
MUKAH: Wearing a face mask for a long time can be harmful to health and may result in death, claimed a social media posting which has gone viral. According to the posting yesterday, face masks are supposed to be worn for limited time only. “If you wear it for a long time, oxygen in the […]
Go to helplines if you are quarantine-stressed
KUCHING: Those under quarantine at the designated centres in the state can call the government or non-governmental organisation’s (NGO) Covid-19 support helplines if they feel they cannot cope with being quarantined. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said this in response to a post that had gone viral […]
Women’s Development Dept apologises over poster issue
KUALA LUMPUR: The Women’s Development Department (JPW) yesterday apologised if certain tips it had shared for women to practise during the Movement Control Order (MCO) were deemed inappropriate and touched on the sensitivities of certain groups. Its director-general Datuk Saidatu Akhma Hassan said the department, which was an agency under the Ministry of Women, Family and […]
‘Don’t listen to opposition’
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas yesterday stressed that social media posts discrediting the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government were bound with lies, slanders and instigations. He said the allegation on the enactment of Section 6 of the State Land Code to seize NCR (native customary rights) lands was not true. “There […]
