An increase in the grant allocated under the iTekad social finance programme would go a long way in helping more B40 groups to embark on small and medium size businesses.Small and Medium Enterprises Association (SAMENTA) National President Datuk Willi…
The Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital (HTAA) Neurosurgery Department here successfully performed an awake craniotomy on a female patient yesterday, making it the first Ministry of Health East Coast hospital to perform the procedure.Pahang Health director D…
The implementation of the ‘Op Beras Putih Tempatan’ (Op BPT) by the government to combat irregularities in the sale of rice by changing the packaging or label of local white rice (BPT) to imported white rice (BPI), is seen as protecting the people fro…
Life for the residents of three remote villages on Banggi Island, off here, is set to change for the better thanks to the solar-powered energy system recently installed at their homes.A team of local journalists, including this writer, spent two days …
Bridal boutique owner Nor Dina Nordin in Kampung Pondok here is a firm believer of the Malay proverb ‘melentur buluh biarlah dari rebungnya’ (to bend a bamboo, start when it is still a shoot).This has led her to create a Jalur Gemilang “tanjak” (tradi…