The wife and the housemate of a 33-year-old Chinese national who tested positive for Covid-19 last Saturday have also tested positive for the infection, forming a new local cluster, according […]
SINGAPORE – Multilateralism is far from perfect, but in a world where challenges such as Covid-19 are increasingly global and transborder in nature, Singapore has a role to play in […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore is preparing to take its vaccination programme into high gear as the pandemic continues to rage around the world, with plans for new centres and roving teams […]
SINGAPORE – A woman who allegedly provided illegal transfers involving money from victims of online scams was hauled to court on Tuesday (Jan 19). Maslenie Mohamed Ramli, 38, was slapped […]
SINGAPORE – A full-time national serviceman (NSF) who duped the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) into disbursing $2,500 from the Temporary Relief Fund (TRF) for his benefit was […]
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Pressure is mounting on an heir to Singapore’s biggest family fortune as he seeks to salvage the property investment at the centre of an ambitious expansion into […]
LONDON (BLOOMBERG) – HSBC Holdings plans to accelerate its expansion across Asia in its imminent strategy refresh, according to chairman Mark Tucker. Mr Tucker said “the world had changed” in […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Tuesday, Jan 19. Additional Covid-19 measures may be needed as community cases inch up: Lawrence Wong Two more community cases […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The head of the International Monetary Fund on Monday (Jan 19) said the global lender needed more resources to help heavily indebted countries, citing a highly uncertain […]
Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) slipped back to under 3,000 yesterday, closing at 2,990.40 points, 14.47 points or 0.48 per cent lower. This was in spite of the Republic’s […]
UOB Asset Management UOB Asset Management announced yesterday that it has completed the acquisition of VAM Vietnam Fund Management Joint Stock Company, which was first reported over a year ago, […]
SINGAPORE – A Republic Polytechnic (RP) student appeared in a district court last week after he allegedly recorded a woman inside a toilet at Jurong West Community Building. Gerald Che […]
SINGAPORE – A serial protester was put on trial on Monday morning (Jan 18) for protesting outside the US Embassy here. Singaporean Yan Jun, 45, allegedly held a one-man protest […]
SINGAPORE – A mass exercise to vaccinate 37,000 front-line workers in the aviation and maritime sectors began on Monday (Jan 18) and is set to be completed within two months. About 13,000 […]
SINGAPORE – A man sentenced to 10 years’ preventive detention in 2009 for molesting six children, including a one-year-old baby, will be back behind bars for molesting a 10-year-old girl […]
SINGAPORE – Construction contracts for the built environment sector are expected to grow to between $23 billion and $28 billion this year, as the sector recovers from the impact of […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Goldman Sachs Group economists raised their growth forecasts for the US this year and beyond after President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a sweeping revival plan calling for […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Americans have become, by some measures, richer during the pandemic than ever before. It’s a difficult thing to fathom, what with the economic collapse and the […]
BENGALURU (REUTERS) – Janet Yellen, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to take over the US Treasury, is expected to affirm the United States’ commitment to market-determined foreign exchange rates when she […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s economy is on the mend after suffering its worst recession last year but the employment outlook remains clouded. Even after encouraging data for November, there are enough […]
