To accelerate the decarbonisation of the oil and gas sector, the bank will not extend project financing to upstream oil and gas projects that obtained approval for development aft ...
Crypto Expo Asia Returns To Singapore After Successful 2022 Debut
Asia’s premier crypto exhibition will return to the iconic Marina Bay Sands Expo on 7 - 8 June 2023 SINGAPORE, 2023 - Crypto Expo Asia, the largest crypto conference and exhibition in Asia, announces ...
Explainer: What are the dangers of ‘fake’, malicious mobile apps and how to guard against them?
While applications or apps are essential to the function of mobile devices — and to a certain degree, the daily lives of their users — the authorities have recently warned about the dangers associated ...
Embattled Crypto Broker Voyager to Return $1.3 Billion to Customers
This week, a bankruptcy court gave the greenlight for the bankrupt crypto broker Voyager to return approximately $1.33 billion to a long line of creditors. Voyager’s official committee for creditors ...
Singapore hangs another citizen for trafficking cannabis despite calls to halt executions
Singapore on Wednesday hanged another citizen for trafficking cannabis, the second in three weeks, as it clung firmly to the death penalty despite growing calls for the city-state to halt drug-related ...
Singapore hangs citizen for trafficking 3.3 pounds of cannabis
Singapore has hung its second citizen in the last three weeks for trafficking cannabis. The 37-year-old man smuggled 3.3 pounds of drugs in 2019.
Singapore and Kenya sign three new deals, agree to ratify investment treaty soon
The two countries will collaborate on climate issues, info and comms tech, skills development. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore proptech Simpple downsizes proposed IPO to $7M
Singapore-based proptech Simpple (SPPL) has downsized its proposed US initial public offering to $7M from $9M. Simpple said in an SEC filing that it is now looking to offer 1.6M shares priced between ...
Ever Glory jumps on trading debut to 52.3% above IPO price
Ever Glory plans to use the $3.1 million raised from its IPO to scale its existing business. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Are Property Taxes the Same for All Types of Homes in Singapore?
Here is this week’s question. A: Property taxes in Singapore are the same for all residential properties, applying to apartments, condominiums and landed properties—properties that are attached ... ( read original story ...)
Police, ICA: Illegal shipment of fireworks uncovered at Pasir Panjang port while transiting through Singapore
Almost 1,000 cartons of fireworks have been uncovered in an illegal shipment at Pasir Panjang Terminal after a member of the public alerted
Singapore’s Whampoa Group to set up digital bank HQ in Bahrain
Singapore's Whampoa Group, an investment firm with stakes in global tech firms, will set up the headquarters of its new digital bank in Bahrain, the Gulf state's Economic Development Board (EDB) said ...
30 from Singapore on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Asia 2023 list
finance and venture capital; media, marketing and advertising; retail and e-commerce; enterprise technology; industry, manufacturing and energy; healthcare and science; social impact; and consumer ...
Singapore Hangs Man in Second Drug-Related Execution in Three Weeks
Anyone can read what you share. By John Yoon Singapore on Wednesday hanged a man for trafficking less than 3.5 pounds of marijuana, its second execution in three weeks for a crime that carries a much lighter sentence in most of the rest of the world.
30 from Singapore in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Asia 2023 list featuring 300 promising young talent
They include the co-founders of local video publisher Our Grandfather Story and singer Shye. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore Airlines gives staff bonus of 8 months’ salary after record results and pandemic sacrifices
Singapore Airlines recorded $1.6 billion in profits in the last year, the highest in its 76-year history, as it thanked staff for pandemic sacrifices.