Category: General

KUALA LUMPUR, U Mobile Sdn Bhd and Time dotCom Bhd have established a strategic partnership in anticipation of the accelerated deployment of its 5G network under the government’s dual network model. U Mobile said the partnership will see it tap into Time’s extensive fibre backhaul network to prepare for its second 5G network rollout. “Through this collaboration, U Mobile further strengthens its ability to ensure a superior 5G experience that is highly reliable, supports massive capacity and delivers ultra-fast speeds,” the mobile and digital services provider said in a statement today. U Mobile chief technology officer Woon Ooi Yuen said

IPOH, Engagement between Muslims and others is necessary for fostering mutual understanding and avoiding the misunderstandings that lead to Islamophobia, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar stated that the West, even post-colonial period, still retains old precepts of the “other”, leading to misunderstanding, misinformation and rejection of the other, which is termed Islamophobia. “How do you survive and live in a society like a multiracial, multireligious Malaysia and avoid discussing other religions, cultures, civilisations … And then demand the West must understand us? “So I think it is the engagement that is required by us to get others

TACLOBAN CITY: Of the nearly 2,000 learners who flocked on Monday to the Northern Tacloban City High School campus for the new school year, someone caught everyone’s attention: 52-year-old grandmother Rowena Taboso. Taboso, a Grade 12 student enrolled under the Department of Education’s (DepEd) alternative learning system (ALS) program, is twice as old as her teachers and most of her classmates. ‘I am very proud to wear my uniform as a senior high school student. I stopped coming to school 29 years ago and now, I’m back to school to fulfill my dream to become an interior designer,’ she told

KUALA LUMPUR, The ringgit opened almost flat against the US dollar on Monday, however, the short-term outlook for the local currency remained promising as the anticipation of a United States rate cut gained momentum, an economist said. At 8 am, the ringgit stood at 4.6550/6610 against the greenback from last Friday’s close of 4.6550/6605 . Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid said that the anticipation of the US rate cut was fuelled by market projection ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on July 30-31. “We should see further support for the ringgit

MANILA: The Department of Education (DepEd) is set to work with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to hasten the construction of more classroom buildings. In an ambush interview on Monday during his visit to Carmona National High School, Education Secretary Sonny Angara admitted that one of the challenges in the current procurement system of the agency is the validation process. “Hindi nakaka-construct dahil ‘di nava-validate yung ibang school sites, may mga problema ‘dun sa kung may titulo na ‘yung lupa, may problema kung hindi pala kaya nung lupain ‘yung multi-story building, so ‘yung tinatawag na (We can’t