SINGAPORE – Former model Sherry Lim reckoned plenty of people needed a feel-good boost amid the pandemic miseries last year so what better time to launch her new cosmetics business. […]
SINGAPORE – Tour agency CTC Travel had about 100 full-time staff and was serving about 45,000 to 50,000 customers. Since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, 90 per cent of its staff […]
SINGAPORE – Mr Anwardeen, 60, owner of Central Exchange Money Changer at Suntec City, used to run his business daily with six employees before Covid-19 hit. Now, he operates the […]
(NYTIMES) – On a clearing at the edge of a farm field, 40 big rectangular boxes the size of shipping containers sit behind a tall fence. Packed inside are stacks […]
SINGAPORE – Residents from a block of flats in Tiong Bahru trickled slowly into a pavilion for mandatory Covid-19 swab tests on Saturday morning (June 26). This comes after 13 […]
SINGAPORE – A total of 186 students from the National University of Singapore (NUS) graduated in a virtual ceremony on Saturday morning (June 26). This is the first time NUS has held […]
SINGAPORE – Dentist Teo Eu Gene, who was jailed last year for having submitted false claims for dental procedures, has been struck off the official dental register. He will not […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Saturday, June 26. Covid-19 vaccinations in overdrive in Singapore Should the vaccination be made mandatory at some point? We examine […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – The S&P 500 finished at a fresh record on Friday (June 25), concluding a strong bounceback week for Wall Street on easing worries about monetary policy […]
SINGAPORE – Exposing children to as much nature as possible from a young age can help interest them in climate change, said National Library Board (NLB) Exhibitions Co-Curator Georgina Wong […]
New York, NY / SEAPRWire / June 25, 2021 / – Recently, Musashi, a US-based project, inspired from the Japanese legend warrior Musashi has recently launched its offering. The project has […]
SINGAPORE – A six-month intensive course to train mid-career jobseekers in digital skills was so successful, about 10 per cent of the 1,300 trainees found work before completing the course. […]
SINGAPORE – A marine surveyor obtained the personal particulars of seven colleagues amid the Covid-19 outbreak and used the information to dupe Temasek Foundation into issuing seven face masks through […]
SINGAPORE – All 71 mosques here will be backing an anti-drug campaign this year, with a specially crafted sermon encouraging the community to play an active role. The Dadah Itu […]
SINGAPORE – As many as 17 people were found together at one beach and 13 at another. They were among the 117 people fined for breaching safe management measures such […]
SINGAPORE – President Halimah Yacob has written to President Edgar Lungu and the people of Zambia to express her condolences following the death of the country’s former president Kenneth Kaunda. […]
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Booming cryptocurrency firms say they’re struggling to find the right candidates to fill hundreds of positions as a frenzy of interest in digital currencies and other assets […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – The prolonged Covid-19 pandemic is clouding economic projections for South-east Asia, with most countries not expected to return to pre-pandemic growth levels for several years. The […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing is looking to raise as much as US$4 billion (S$5.4 billion) in one of the biggest United States initial public offerings […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – United States investigators who focus on corporate collusion are examining how global banks handled multibillion-dollar trades with Archegos Capital Management that sent stocks into a spiral […]
