Category: NEWS

Myanmar's army needs to cooperate to end the crisis since the Feb. 1 coup and Southeast Asian countries should keep pressing it to show restraint and start dialogue with its opponents, Singapore's ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is on a "knife's edge with Covid-19 cases that could go either way over the next few weeks, but the country cannot completely shutdown its borders as it is not self-sufficient and need to ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore still expects to complete its COVID-19 inoculation programme by the end of the year, the health minister said on Tuesday, though the city-state is also looking to secure more sources of ... ( read original story ...)

Unlike bigger countries such as China and Australia, the city state cannot shut itself off forever, says Lawrence Wong as he warns Singapore is ‘on a knife’s edge’. ( read original story ...)

The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday (10 May) confirmed 25 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, taking the country's total case count to 61,403. ( read original story ...)

A former director at BP Singapore and an executive at a Singapore-based marine fuels supplier were each sentenced on Tuesday to four and a half years in jail for corruption. Chang Peng Hong Clarence ... ( read original story ...)

Some in Singapore are turning to urban farming in this land-scarce city, as they look for ways to turn waste into resources for electronics or cosmetics. ( read original story ...)

Singapore captain Hariss Harun has left Malaysian giants Johor Darul Ta'zim to return home to play with the Lion City Sailors. ( read original story ...)

German vaccine developer BioNTech SE selected Singapore as its Southeast Asia headquarters and first Asia-Pacific hub, giving a boost to supply of an mRNA vaccine that’s been extraordinarily effective ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore endorsed a former ruling party chairman to oversee the media business of a restructured Singapore Press Holdings Ltd., as a senior minister defended the independence of the city-state’s news ... ( read original story ...)

The new manufacturing site would be able to produce several hundred of million doses of mRNA-based vaccines per year, depending on the type, BioNTech said. ( read original story ...)

Vivian Balakrishnan, a medical doctor before entering politics, said subsequent waves of coronavirus infections will be a usual occurrence in the coming years. ( read original story ...)

India’s capital New Delhi extended its lockdown for another week and adopted stricter controls. The country recorded more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths for a second consecutive day Sunday. ( read original story ...)

Genting Singapore, the operator of Resorts World Sentosa, has posted in its first-quarter business overview a 26 per cent drop in net profit to $34.5 million for its first quarter ended March, while ... ( read original story ...)

The re-introduced Covid-19 restrictions could hurt Reits, tourism and land transport stocks the most.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market has climbed higher in back-to-back trading days, collecting more than 45 points or 1.5 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,200-point ... ( read original story ...)