Singapore has quarantined about 1,200 migrant workers from a dormitory after coronavirus cases were discovered among men thought to have already recovered ... ( read original story ...)
Currencycloud Selects Singapore As APAC HQ, Hires 50 People
London-based FinTech Currencycloud will be making Singapore its Asia-Pacific (APAC) headquarters. The company will also be hiring over 50 new staff members. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Property Market Frenzy Continues as Prices Rise
Singapore’s property frenzy continued as home prices grew more than expected in the last quarter, fueling concerns that authorities may step in to cool the market. ( read original story ...)
Surging Covid cases globally send medical supplier stocks higher in Singapore
The Singapore-listed shares of Top Glove, the world's largest medical glove maker, have risen 18.4% so far this month. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stock Market Has A Red Light For Friday’s Trade
The Singapore stock market on Thursday ended the two-day slide in which it had stumbled more than 50 points or 1.7 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,185-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Supports Tests of Shore-to-Ship Drone Operations
Singapore is moving forward with a novel way of making deliveries to vessels at anchor in its harbor. After a series of preliminary tests using drones to carry documents, supplies and parts, as well ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: Funding Singapore’s major infrastructure projects a tricky business
A balance must be struck where over-commitments could lead to future constraints on the Singapore Budget and the Government’s ability to finance ... ( read original story ...)
Video Shows Incredible Act of Singapore Police As They Save Monitor Lizard ‘Chilling on Highway’
So when footage surfaced this week of police officers in Singapore pulling a monitor lizard off a busy highway and saving it from a squishy end, we cheered. Monitor lizards can be tricky animals to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to ban non-resident visitors from India amid fears of Covid-19 reinfection among recovered migrant workers
India arrival ban comes after delay to expected Thursday announcement on launch date of Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble. ( read original story ...)
Fully-vaccinated dorm resident among 8 local cases in Singapore infected with COVID variants
The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday (22 April) confirmed eight local cases of two contagious COVID-19 variants. ( read original story ...)
BPI eyes Citi’s retail business
Ayala-led Bank of the Philippine Islands has expressed interest in the retail banking business of Citigroup Inc., a move that would double its consumer banking business. ( read original story ...)
Singapore firms roll out green finance initiatives
They include a Singtel subsidiary, gaming firm Razer, and banks such as DBS, OCBC and UOB. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Singapore quarantines about 1,200 migrant workers, probes re-infections
Singapore said on Thursday it is quarantining about 1,200 migrant workers after finding COVID-19 cases in their dormitory including among men who had recovered from the virus, raising concerns about ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-Singapore Travel Bubble Delayed Again After Singapore Reports Outbreak Among Migrant Workers
The reported delay in the launch of the travel bubble between the two Asian financial hubs highlights the challenges of such an arrangement while the pandemic still persists. ( read original story ...)
Singapore to block arrivals from India due to coronavirus wave
Singapore health ministry said on Thursday it will not allow entry to long-term visa holders and short-term visitors with recent travel history to India, which is battling a second wave of COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Wells Fargo plans to shift Asian hub from Hong Kong to Singapore
Wells Fargo, America’s fourth-largest bank by assets, has been quietly working on a plan to move its Asian regional hub from Hong Kong to Singapore as part of wider restructuring efforts. The move ... ( read original story ...)