Singapore's health ministry said on Thursday it confirmed another 448 coronavirus cases, taking the city-state's tally of infections to 29,812. Most of the newly reported cases are from migrant-worker ... ( read original story ...)
Death via Zoom: Singapore court sentences drug suspect at virtual hearing
Singapore has sentenced a drug suspect to death at a hearing held on the videoconferencing app Zoom because of the city-state's coronavirus lockdown. ( read original story ...)
Wage subsidies from Jobs Support Scheme will be used to create new jobs: Singapore banks
Local banks in Singapore are using the wage subsidies from the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) to create new jobs during the COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Early-stage trials for coronavirus vaccine developed in Singapore could start next month, says professor
Scientists in Singapore are developing a vaccine for the coronavirus, with hopes that early-stage clinical trials could come as soon as next month, according to a professor at Duke-NUS Medical School. ( read original story ...)
Exterminate! UV robot sent to Singapore mall to zap coronavirus
A shopping mall in Singapore is deploying a newly developed smart robot to fight the novel coronavirus, not with chemicals - but with light. While spraying has become the norm in many places around ... ( read original story ...)
Citibank Singapore returns COVID-19 Jobs Support Scheme payouts
Citibank Singapore has returned payouts under the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) and will decline future such payouts from the Government. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Sees Negative Rates Creep In With Flush Liquidity
Negative interest rates are creeping into Singapore.The nation’s overnight borrowing rate was less than two basis points above zero on Tuesday, down from the year’s high of 1.68% in January. The ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Perennial, Shun Tak donate 5 million masks to vulnerable groups in Singapore
Perennial Real Estate Holdings has teamed up with Hong Kong-based Shun Tak Holdings to donate five million surgical masks to the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) in an effort to support ... ( read original story ...)
A Sudden Coronavirus Surge Brought Out Singapore’s Dark Side
The pandemic seemed to pass over the city-state. Then the government was blindsided by an outbreak among poor migrant workers in packed dormitories. ( read original story ...)
Singapore stock watch: Manulife US Reit, Del Monte, Vicom, Keppel DC Reit, PropNex
Manulife US Reit: The office real estate investment trust (Reit) has obtained a US$100 million five-year secured green loan from OCBC Bank. Proceeds will be used primarily to refinance Peachtree, a 27 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore sentences drug suspect to death at Zoom hearing
Singapore has sentenced a drug suspect to death at a court hearing held on the videoconferencing app Zoom because of the city-state’s coronavirus lockdown ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Gets Closer and Closer to a Sub-Zero Interest Rate
Singapore is just a whisker away from joining the global negative-rate club. The nation’s overnight borrowing rate was less than two basis points above zero on Tuesday, down from the year’s high of 1. ( read original story ...)
Singapore sentences man to death via Zoom for masterminding drug deal
The sentencing of a man in Singapore to death via Zoom video for his role in a 2011 drug deal has outraged human rights activists who call issuing capital punishment verdicts during the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Supreme Court Sentences Drug Suspect to Death on Zoom Call
Singapore has sentenced a drug suspect to death on the popular videoconferencing app Zoom because of the city-state’s coronavirus lockdown, in a move slammed by a human rights group as callous and ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Singapore rebuts claims Manpower Minister Josephine Teo profited from migrant worker housing
Surbana Jurong – whose international chief executive Teo Eng Cheong is Teo’s husband – in the conversion of the Singapore Expo, an exhibition centre, into a facility housing 8,000 beds. The centre is ... ( read original story ...)
A Singapore court sentenced a man to death over Zoom, marking the city-state’s first remote capital punishment during the coronavirus pandemic
Punithan Genasan, 37, was sentenced to death for his role in a 2011 heroin deal. The city-state has a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to drugs. ( read original story ...)