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 – 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 […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Blackstone Group is doubling down on a post-Covid 19 economic recovery, investing heavily in businesses that will benefit from a world that’s gradually reopening. New York-based […]
SINGAPORE – A 33-year-old man, who was one of 17 migrant workers travelling on the back of a lorry, died after the vehicle collided with a stationary tipper truck along the Pan-Island […]
SINGAPORE – The bodies of two men, aged 26 and 28, were retrieved from the Singapore River early on Sunday (April 18). Police said they were alerted at 1.57am to […]
SINGAPORE – He thought he was doing his colleagues a favour by consolidating orders and fulfilling them – except that the orders were for contraband cigarettes. He was among six men […]
SINGAPORE – A jobless man who housed two young brothers and their mother at his flat, but sexually abused the boys during their two-month stay, was sentenced to 18 years’ […]
Central Provident Fund (CPF) members were long able to use their funds to buy investment products such as annuities that would provide them a monthly payment for life, but that […]
SINGAPORE – Five men were charged on Thursday (April 8) with being part of a conspiracy to launder more than $2 million through shell companies. One of them, Tan Hock […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Former BitMEX chief executive officer Arthur Hayes turned himself in to face US charges that he failed to take steps to prevent the pioneering cryptocurrency exchange […]
SINGAPORE – Eight people were prosecuted for selling electronic vaporisers and related items in Singapore between November 2020 and February this year. Goods worth more than $50,000 were seized from […]
SINGAPORE – Identified as a close contact of a church member who tested positive for Covid-19, Mr Kenneth Lek was quarantined in February last year. During the two weeks at […]
JAKARTA, Mar 31, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – PT WIJAYA KARYA (Persero) Tbk. [WIKA] booked a net profit of Rp322.34 billion on the back of Rp16.54 trillion in […]
SINGAPORE – Some 27,000 employers hired an average of two locals each between September and November last year, with support from the Jobs Growth Incentive (JGI). This is higher than […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – The Covid-19 pandemic-related shift to remote work exacerbated an already difficult year for many women and minorities in technology, a new survey shows. The workers said […]
SINGAPORE – Six food and beverage (F&B) outlets were ordered to close and three were fined for breaching safe management measures, said the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) […]
– Leading manufacturer of nameplates and plastic injection moulded parts to MNC customers– Proceeds for purchase of machinery and equipment to expand capacity, grow market share in E&E and automotive […]
SINGAPORE – Security officers here say it has become increasingly common for them to be subjected to some form of abuse, with the Covid-19 pandemic being blamed for increased tensions. […]
Days after Mr Yuen Kuan Moon took charge as chief executive officer of Singtel Group, the telecommunications giant had an unprecedented challenge: a massive cyber attack involving the personal information […]
SINGAPORE – The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has seized about 20.5kg of cannabis in a drug bust – the largest haul of the drug in 14 years. The two-day crackdown, […]
