Category: NEWS

Two more prisoners convicted of drug offences will hang on Aug 2 despite widespread condemnation of Singapore's continued use of the death sentence. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC reported stable returns for the year but warned of uncertainties amid inflation worries, pandemic risks and geopolitical challenges. ( read original story ...)

Three Malaysian shipbuilding and ship repair players have teamed up with a Singapore-based ship designer to build an environmentally friendly offshore supply vessel (OSV) in Malaysia. A memorandum of ... ( read original story ...)

The traditional 60/40 portfolio -- alleged by some investors to be dead -- is regaining some of its luster as bonds start to offer more value, according to Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC ... ( read original story ...)

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Exchange traded funds news every morning. The Singapore Exchange has announced a collaboration with the New York Stock Exchange that ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has granted another stay of 14 days to former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the city state's Straits Times newspaper said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s latest Covid-19 wave driven by omicron variant look to be cresting from a mid-July high, as its health minister said this week that infection tide is “coming to a peak, and starting to ... ( read original story ...)

Homeowners in Singapore are starting to tighten their belts as they will soon face higher mortgages, thanks to rising interest rates. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore on Tuesday (Jul 26) reported one more case of monkeypox infection, bringing the total number of cases in the country since June to 10. The patient is a 28-year-old Taiwanese man ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s $799 billion sovereign wealth fund sees pockets of opportunity in the beleaguered China real estate market as Beijing tries to make homes more accessible for the middle class. In China, ... ( read original story ...)

Here's the latest update on the monkeypox situation in Singapore. What are the symptoms of monkeypox, and how is it spreading? ( read original story ...)

As Amnesty International pleads to stop Singapore’s fifth execution in under four months, one man, whose name is not being released, was executed by hanging at the Changi Prison Complex in east ... ( read original story ...)

An American woman took to TikTok to share how she first got “offended” by the “rude” phrase “Wait awhile” after moving to Singapore. TikTok user Alison Emerick posted a video on July 17 detailing how ... ( read original story ...)

There has been an increase in tourists visiting Singapore in the first half of 2022, with Indians being the second-highest nationality to visit the island nation after Indonesia. ( read original story ...)

A serial conman, who was given seven years' corrective training in 2013 after cheating multiple women, continued to dupe 10 more of over S$72,000 (RM231,000) after he was released from prison in 2020. ( read original story ...)

In Singapore, at least 6 such local cases and 2 imported cases, who had travelled to India, have been detected. ( read original story ...)