Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, 2 September 2026 – HELP University athlete Daren James Nair Rodney James has been named Olahragawan (Sportsman) of the Sukan Institusi Pendidikan Tinggi (SUKIPT) 2026, following an outstanding campaign that saw him claim three gold medals and set three new Games Records. The 24-year-old distance runner delivered a clean sweep across three demanding…

Developed under medical leadership, the framework connects workplace programmes, sourcing and specialist delivery. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, 09 September 2026 — Novum Health Solutions Sdn. Bhd. has introduced Novum Corporate Health, an evidence informed framework developed under medical leadership to help organisations plan, source and coordinate workplace health, medical readiness and selected industrial-safety requirements through…

SearchInform Malaysia’s Francis Yeoh shares a 10-step guide to testing DLP solutions before buying, as Malaysian firms face rising fines and breach costs (RM1M BNM fine, RM3.2M average breach cost in 2026). Malaysian companies are facing growing financial and regulatory pressure over failures to protect sensitive information. In January 2026, Bank Negara Malaysia fined Bank…

KUALA LUMPUR, 8 SEPTEMBER 2026 — The Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association (MARGMA), together with the Malaysian Rubber Council (MRC) as co-host, today officially opened the 12th International Rubber Glove Conference & Exhibition 2026 (IRGCE 2026) at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC). Themed “Synergising Innovation: Redefining the Future of the Rubber Glove Ecosystem,” IRGCE…

The days of identifying talent based on the “eye test” of a local coach are fading into obscurity in Malaysia. In 2026, the pathway from the schoolyard to the podium is paved with biometrics, AI-assisted coaching, and sports science. Facing stiff competition in the ASEAN region, Malaysia has been forced to revamp its talent identification…

Firdaus Salim, Lapa Labs In a recent engagement, two people were given the same task. A 50-slide pack built on 2025 material had to move into a new house design and be updated for 2027. One person opened Claude Fable 5.1, a state-of-the-art model, and uploaded the full file, asking it to restyle and refresh…

Partnership brings Blue Santa Malaysia’s technology-enabled environmental initiative to the Miss Malaysia Indian Global Pageant, beginning with a Merdeka beach cleanup in Penang PENANG, MALAYSIA – 29 August 2026 – Brewspark Technologies Group and MMI Care, organiser of the Miss Malaysia Indian Global Pageant, have formalised a partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to…

Malaysia’s legal, regulatory and corporate landscape is being reshaped by forces that were barely on the agenda a few years ago: artificial intelligence making consequential decisions, cybersecurity escalating from an IT concern to a board-level duty, and a tightening data-protection regime under the amended Personal Data Protection Act. Yet as these pressures mount, women remain…

KUALA LUMPUR  – 3 September 2026 LapaLabs today announced the Malaysia launch of Solve (https://lapalabs.co/solve/), a free marketplace that matches companies with real problems to universities and students who solve them with a distinctive new layer: Solve now surfaces the government grants and incentives that can fund the work on both sides. Solve’s model is…

PETALING JAYA, 2 September 2026 — UnRavel Digital Marketing Sdn. Bhd. today extended its warmest congratulations to Datuk Wira Jonathan Lim Ying Ran, Executive Director of Systech Berhad, on being conferred the Darjah Cemerlang Seri Melaka (DCSM), an honour that carries the title of Datuk Wira. The Darjah Cemerlang Seri Melaka ranks among the foremost…