After leaders of 20 of the world’s biggest economies endorsed a global minimum tax of 15 per cent on large multinational businesses, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong flagged the city-state’s ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore youths call on country’s leaders to ‘boldly accelerate’ climate action
SINGAPORE: Youth-led climate and environmental groups in Singapore have called on the Government to “boldly accelerate” climate action, saying that while authorities have announced various initiatives ... ( read original story ...)
Politics and lies: A look back at some of Singapore’s biggest scandals
Singapore—Sex, lies, and if not exactly a videotape, there were some photographs, albeit already digitally trashed. We’re talking about politics in Singapore, which, while less tumultuous in many ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore lender DBS posts 31% rise in Q3 profit, beats estimates
DBS Group beat market estimates on Friday with a 31% rise in quarterly profit, aided by an improvement in asset quality at Southeast Asia's largest bank. ( read original story ...)
Singapore reports 3,003 new COVID-19 cases
Singapore recorded 3003 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday bringing the total tally to 210978 the Ministry of Health MOH said ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Singapore reports 3,003 new cases, 17 more deaths
The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday (4 November) confirmed 3,003 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore – bringing the country's total case count to 210,978 – as well as 17 deaths due to the disease. ( read original story ...)
Man with IQ of 69 sentenced to hang in Singapore for drug smuggling
Human rights groups are pleading for the life of an intellectually disabled man who is to be hanged in Singapore next week for serving as a drug mule after repo ... ( read original story ...)
COP26: Singapore commits to phasing out unabated coal power by 2050
SINGAPORE: Singapore will phase out the use of unabated coal by 2050, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced on Thursday (Nov 4). Unabated coal refers to the burning of coal without carbon ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Singapore outbreak slows, reaches key metric tied to easing restrictions
Singapore’s weekly infection growth rate fell below 1.0 after 3,635 new cases were recorded, but reopening may not be immediate. ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Singapore warns unvaccinated officials with unpaid leave as country reports 3,635 new cases
Singapore has registered a total of 207,975 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic last year while 442 people here have died of COVID-19 complications. ( read original story ...)
Covid: Singapore warns, unvaccinated officials to be on unpaid leave, as country reports 3,635 new cases
The Ministry of Health had announced on October 23 that only fully vaccinated employees, or those who recovered from COVID-19 within the past 270 days, will be allowed to return to workplaces from Jan ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore is set to execute a mentally disabled man for trafficking 1.5 ounces of heroin
A last-ditch effort is underway to challenge the capital punishment and help the man’s family travel to the city-state amid pandemic restrictions. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s MHA: Malaysian drug trafficker mentally ‘not substantially’ impaired, in response to petition
A drug trafficker on death row had fabricated his defence that he had committed the act under duress, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in response to an online petition to pardon him. This was ... ( read original story ...)
Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III Meeting With Singapore Minister for Defence Dr. Ng
Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met with Dr. Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Defence for the Republic of Singapore, at the Pentagon to discuss ways to broaden ... ( read original story ...)
U.S.-Singapore Partnership Central to Expanding Regional Security, Prosperity
The United States and Singapore have stood alongside each other through numerous challenges, including the coronavirus pandemic and Afghanistan evacuation, highlighting the strength of the ... ( read original story ...)
Louis Ng on Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill and Judicial Service (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill
A proposed restructuring of Singapore’s Legal Service will allow for greater specialisation and flexibility needed to tackle an increasingly complex legal landscape, said MP Louis Ng in Parliament on ... ( read original story ...)