‘TALESOCKS’ IS ANKLE ART, A MALAYSIAN SOUVENIR YOU CAN WALK IN AND WEAR OUT

PUTRAJAYA, Yearning to create something different, young entrepreneur Ahmad Afiz Danial Mohd Khairuddin seized on a novel idea to introduce patterned socks (art socks or art on socks), and came up with ‘Talesocks’, with a batik theme and local elemen…

VARIOUS AUTHORITIES MEETING SOON TO ADDRESS VERN’S SHOE LOGO ISSUE

PUTRAJAYA, The Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) will be meeting the relevant authorities soon to coordinate their actions in addressing the issue of a Vern’s shoe logo which allegedly resembles the word ‘Allah’.

This includes meetings…

KESUMA ORGANISING TIKTOK CHALLENGE IN CONJUNCTION WITH LABOUR DAY

PUTRAJAYA, In conjunction with this year’s Labour Day celebration, the Ministry of Human Resources (KESUMA) is organising the TikTok Challenge – KESUMA Labour Day Poetry 2024, starting today until April 21.

KESUMA, in a statement today, said that th…

COVID-19 CASES RECORDED IN EW 14/2024 SHOW SIGNIFICANT DROP – MOH

PUTRAJAYA, The number of COVID-19 cases dropped by 97.1 per cent to 493 cases in the 14th Epidemiological Week (EW 14/2024) from March 31-April 6 compared to 17,256 cases in EW 1/2024.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan said …

Cebu City adopts modified class hours amid extreme heat index

CEBU CITY: Mayor Michael Rama ordered public school administrators here to modify class hours in response to the increasing heat index.

Rama ordered that all morning classes be held from 6 a.m. to 12 noon, while noon and evening classes will start at…

Antique eyes state of calamity; proposes water tank procurement

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: Antique Vice Governor Edgar Denosta will push for the procurement of mobile water tanks for barangays suffering from water shortage due to the El Niño phenomenon once the province declares a state of calamity.

In an interview …

Acting President presents gifts to disadvantaged people in Tay Ninh province

Tay Ninh: Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan presented 70 gifts to policy beneficiary families, poor households and children with difficult circumstances in Duong Minh Chau district, the southern province of Tay Ninh on April 8.

She also presented the …