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Singapore on Friday executed a woman for the first time in almost 20 years, officials confirmed. Singaporean national Saridewi Djamani, 45, was found guilty of trafficking 30g (1.06oz) of heroin in 2018. She is the second drug convict to be executed this ...

A series of political scandals has rocked Singapore in recent weeks, from corruption probes to inappropriate relationships among politicians. CNBC examines the reasons why corruption and political scandal are rare in Singapore,

SINGAPORE - Fuel pump prices have risen across the board after Caltex initiated an increase three weeks ago, with Shell swiftly following suit. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Another UFC contender fight is on tap for Singapore as featherweights Alex Caceres and Giga Chikadze will square off.

A 5-year-old girl recently delighted flight attendants and netizens for wearing a child-sized Singapore Airlines cabin crew uniform. What happened: On Saturday, Mohamad Yazid Bin Johari, 34, posted to TikTok a video of his daughter Zahra interacting with a few Singapore Airlines flight attendants in Kuala Lumpur.

All three local mobile operators -- M1, Singtel, and StarHub -- will retire their 3G services, including messaging and data, by July 31 next year. When the shutdown is complete, it will free up spectrum to improve 5G services, IMDA said.

July 27 (UPI) -- Singapore plans to execute a woman for the first time in nearly 20 years on Friday over drug charges. Saridewi Djamani, 45, is scheduled to be hanged after she was found guilty of trafficking 30 grams of heroin in 2018 which would mark the first time a woman has been put ...

The case was brought by the Seychelles-based crypto exchange Bybit against WeChain employee Ho Kai Xin and several other defendants, including FTX Trading and Consensys Software. The exchange hoped to recover stolen assets in Tether and fiat currency, and obtain acknowledgement that Ho held Tether and fiat currency in a Bybit trust.

The government cites the Tan saga as further evidence that it keeps an eye out for wrongdoing and then acts on its findings. There is a Singaporean phrase for it: “Ownself check ownself”, a form of self-monitoring that has been raised almost to dogma by the PAP leadership.

PM Lee's brother, currently in self-exile overseas, had made comments on Facebook about a saga surrounding the rental of colonia-era bungalows by the ministers Shanmugam and Balakrishnan had undergone separate anti-graft probes,

Singapore’s ministers of law and foreign affairs have sent lawyers’ letters to the prime minister’s estranged brother, Lee Hsien Yang, demanding an apology and damages for defamation, according to Facebook posts by the ministers.

UOB posted a 35% jump to 1.5 billion Singapore dollars in its core net profit in the second quarter from a year ago.

Singapore’s labor market, which expanded at the slowest pace in seven quarters, is expected to cool further as companies appear to be more cautious on hiring and giving pay hikes, according to the manpower ministry.

Singapore is scheduled to execute a woman for the first time in almost 20 years, human rights advocates say. Singaporean national Saridewi Djamani, 45, was found guilty of trafficking 30g (0.03oz) of heroin in 2018. She will be the second drug convict to ...

Forbes Media today announced that it will hold its 21st Forbes Global CEO Conference in Singapore, from September 11 to 12, 2023.

Dr Balakrishnan was on a four-day visit to Timor Leste, where he announced the establishment of the Singapore mission in the country’s capital at a joint media conference with his Timorese counterpart Bendito dos Santos Freitas.