Singtel has launched its 5G Standalone (SA) network, offering customers early access to the most advanced 5G connectivity globally ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: BNPL hoolah Partners with BridgerPay
Fintech, has partnered with BridgerPay - a payments platform that operates in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. According to a not from the company, hoolah is the first and only BNPL provider in Asia ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign student in Singapore falls for China official scam, poses blindfolded and gagged for ransom photo
Convinced he was taking an X-ray via the phone, as instructed by who he thought was a police officer, the student posed topless, blindfolded and gagged, while on a video call.The 21-year-old believed ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19: Housekeeper at Sengkang General Hospital among six unlinked community cases in Singapore
A student at Westwood Secondary School in Jurong West as well as a housekeeper at Sengkang General Hospital were among six new Covid-19 community cases yesterday (May 25) that have not been traced to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore has highest quality “business elites” in the world
For the second year in a row, Singapore has topped the Elite Quality Index (EQX) 2021 from the University of St. Gallen and the Singapore Management University. The EQX measures the way elites ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore tops global index on value added by ‘elites’ to society for second straight year
Singapore has retained the top spot for the second year running in a global index that ranks 151 countries by measuring the way in which “elites” contribute to the wealth and development of their ... ( read original story ...)
Consumer Electronics Exhibition to be held in hybrid format this year
Festival will run in a hybrid online and offline format for the first time when it opens for 11 days tomorrow.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Company briefs: Singapura Finance
Singapura Finance has disposed of its stake in MatchMove PowerBank following its unsuccessful attempt to obtain a digital bank licence in Singapore.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
LAX Cargo Handlers Marlon Moody, Brian Benson Indicted For Stealing 4 Gold Bars From Singapore Shipment
Marlon Moody, 38, and Brian Benson, 35, both of South Los Angeles, were arrested Tuesday morning by the FBI and are expected to appear in United State District Court in downtown Los Angeles. ( read original story ...)
Forecasts for key exports, merchandise trade raised after surprise Q1 growth
Official forecasts for Singapore's key exports and overall merchandise trade have been raised, amid better-than-expected growth seen in the first quarter of this year.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s last surviving village
Nestled here, on three acres of verdant land, is Kampong Lorong Buangkok, Singapore's last surviving village, where remnants of the 1960s are alive and well. Little resembles modern-day Singapore's ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore milk technology company TurtleTree opens lab in Woodland
TurtleTree Scientific is a 2019 startup that has patented technology to use mammalian cells to make milk in laboratory settings. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s economy grows at its fastest pace in more than a year
The Southeast Asian economy expanded by 1.3% in the first quarter of 2021 compared with a year ago, the ministry of trade and industry said. ( read original story ...)
Singapore to lift import restrictions on food from Fukushima
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday his country will remove its remaining imp ... ( read original story ...)
SpaceChain Announces New Commercial Use Cases for the Blockchain Industry in Outer Space
SpaceChain Announces New Commercial Use Cases for the Blockchain Industry in Outer Space. SINGAPORE, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SpaceChain today announced two launch missions sl ... ( read original story ...)
18 COVID-19 community cases in Singapore, including Sengkang General Hospital housekeeper
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 21 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases as of noon on Tuesday (May 25), comprising 18 in the community and three ... ( read original story ...)