The Biden administration is weighing whether to accelerate global access to Covid-19 vaccines by supporting a waiver of intellectual-property protections. The move is backed by India, which had a ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19: Singapore asks travellers from India to quarantine for 3-week
All travellers from India should be isolated for 21 days instead of 14 to help strengthen Singapore's defences against a new double mutant strain of SARS-CoV-2 that appears to be more infectious ... ( read original story ...)
New Inmarsat Report Captures Role Of Singapore Start-Ups In Maritime’s Digital Transformation
A new study sponsored by Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, offers the most comprehensive overview ever of Singapore’s vibrant maritime start-up sector. The Trade 2 ... ( read original story ...)
InnoTek shaping up as electronics industry star
Firm's move into electric vehicles and parts assembly put it in strong growth position.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Future-proofing businesses through sustainable finance
SINGAPORE - Even as businesses were struggling to stay afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic last year, Mr Mike Ng did not waver from advocating that companies incorporate sustainability into their ... ( read original story ...)
Sir James Dyson moves back to Britain after two years based in Singapore
Relocation follows revelations that the billionaire businessman messaged Prime Minister Boris Johnson over tax issues in the UK ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore newlyweds ditch limo for special cab ride by loving uncle
Why book a limousine for your special day when you can hop into a taxi driven with love? A Singaporean bride was touched by her taxi driver uncle’s unexpected gift that easily saved the newlywed ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore and Shipping Industry Establish $90M Decarbonization Center
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore is joining with six leading companies from the shipping industry to establish a maritime decarbonization center. The center, which will have an initial ... ( read original story ...)
Govt to import 3.36m MMBtu LNG from Singapore firm
The cabinet committee on government purchases in a meeting on Wednesday approved procurement of 80 types of medicines from Essential Drugs Company Limited and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore real estate performance investment expected to recover in coming quarters
The optimism in Singapore real estate performance investment is not surprising considering that property investors were confident even during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic that transaction ... ( read original story ...)
Tessolve raises $40 mn from Singapore’s Novo Tellus at $100 mn valuation
The funding will be used by Tessolve, a Hero Electronix venture, to drive further growth through acquisitions and organic investments ... ( read original story ...)
PAL to trial IATA Travel Pass on LA, Singapore flights starting May
FLAG CARRIER Philippine Airlines (PAL) announced on Wednesday that it would soon begin a trial run of a travel pass mobile application developed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ( read original story ...)
The Good and the Bad of Singapore’s New Hawkerpreneurs
Can Singapore’s already fragile hawker centers withstand third-wave coffee and gourmet burger stalls? Faye Sai and her siblings grew up working in the small coffee shop, or kopitiam, of their father, ... ( read original story ...)
50 India ‘double mutant’, 137 S Africa variant cases in Singapore so far: COVID database
At least 50 cases of a new "double mutant" Indian COVID variant and 137 of the South African strain have been detected in Singapore, according to the world's largest database of COVID genome sequences ... ( read original story ...)
James Dyson relocates to UK two years after Singapore move
Vacuum cleaner billionaire Sir James Dyson has relocated to the UK, two years after his controversial move to Singapore. The main residence of Sir James, who is ranked as the country’s richest person ... ( read original story ...)
PA to Singapore Food Agency director-general charged with leaking statement on school closures
SINGAPORE: The personal assistant to the director-general of the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) was charged on Wednesday (Apr 21) under the Official ... ( read original story ...)