Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Sunday, April 25. Myanmar junta chief ‘not opposed’ to visit by Asean delegation, humanitarian aid: PM Lee The bloc leaders’ […]
SINGAPORE – Medical officer Stephanie Yeap is looking forward to her big day in December, when the 26-year-old marries Mr Timothy Lim, also 26. Dr Yeap, who is with Singapore […]
(NYTIMES) – Ms Dani Rizzo and Mr Adam Hoyt are diligently saving for retirement. They are putting away money each month and monitoring their investments. They are looking ahead, as […]
(NYTIMES) – For those lucky enough to have saved more money in the past year, the next question is: What should you do with it? The big secret to being […]
(BLOOMBERG) – Mr Ulf Erlandsson is not your typical climate campaigner: He prefers the trading desk to the picket line. He pushed Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, into divesting bonds […]
(NYTIMES) – How does a country deal with climate disasters when it is drowning in debt? Not very well, it turns out. Especially not when a global pandemic clobbers its […]
SINGAPORE – Outgoing Education Minister Lawrence Wong gave out food hampers and green packets on Saturday (April 24) to residents in Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, where he serves as MP and adviser. […]
SINGAPORE – Mount Alvernia Hospital has consistently been praised by insurers for charging the lowest among all private hospitals here because it does not see itself as a profit centre. […]
SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Saturday (April 24) said it has inspected close to 900 workplaces and fined about 10 companies since the start of April for breaching […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Saturday, April 24. Singapore’s Cabinet reshuffle: Field remains open for 4G leadership, say observers It is not where the 4G […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street stocks rose on Friday (April 23) to finish a volatile week on a positive note following strong new home sales data. New home sales […]
When the Covid-19 outbreak hit dormitories in Singapore last year, conditions in the living quarters were pinpointed as a reason for the spike in cases. A year after dorm cases […]
SINGAPORE – Covid-19 cases in migrant worker dormitories had been close to zero for months and plans were in place for rules to be relaxed, but a recent flare-up at […]
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – The Spac boom may be deflating after more than a year of frenzy, but it’s still creating vast riches for the right deals. Take Grab Holdings, South-east […]
SINGAPORE – Before the pandemic hit migrant worker dormitories hard last year, Indian construction foreman Mathiyalagan Kathikeyan used to share a room with 11 other people. Now, there are only […]
SINGAPORE – Mid-career job seekers looking to work at retailers that are integrating online and offline platforms, and firms in need of workers with such skills will soon be able […]
SINGAPORE – A domestic worker from Indonesia who stabbed her employer more than 90 times at her Telok Kurau house nearly five years ago was sentenced to life imprisonment for […]
SINGAPORE – Border restrictions on travellers from India will result in home buyers here being confronted with a longer wait time for their property and higher costs, the Singapore Contractors […]
SINGAPORE- A woman was sentenced on Friday (April 23) to four years and three months’ jail after taking part in a scam where she and an alleged accomplice posed as […]
SINGAPORE – A second migrant worker who was travelling in the back of a lorry that crashed into a stationary tipper truck on the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) has died. The […]
