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SINGAPORE - The business community has its part to play in the recently-launched Forward Singapore exercise to shape and strengthen Singapore's social compact for its next phase, Deputy Prime Lawrence ... ( read original story ...)

"The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) confirms that Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa left Singapore on 11 August 2022," the office said in reply to an AFP query. ( read original story ...)

Singapore Premier League champions Lion City Sailors have abruptly announced a mutual termination of contract with title-winning coach Kim Do-hoon. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - On a balmy afternoon one weekend in July, several young women paid $60++ to attend a three-hour workshop at the Design Orchard mall to learn how to transform old clothes into new ones. ( read original story ...)

"If life tries to burn you down, you rise from the flames and become a new version of yourself," said Mr Pang. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

People burn different types of joss paper to help spirits in the realm of the dead go on holiday, make new clothes, let go of grievances and more. ( read original story ...)

Song Seng Wun of CIMB Private Bank discusses how the Monetary Authority of Singapore might handle the country's inflation. ( read original story ...)

Justice for Myanmar (JFM), a group of activists monitoring the business interests of the Myanmar military, has called on Singapore to take immediate action against companies that broker the supply of ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's economy expanded less than initially estimated in the second quarter and the government revised its growth projections for 2022 lower, flagging risks to the global outlook from the Ukraine ... ( read original story ...)

The life insurance sector in Singapore recorded $2.63 billion in weighted new business premiums for the first six months of 2022, down 1.9 per cent from a year ago. This came amid a weaker showing in ... ( read original story ...)

A 29-year-old man was sentenced to life behind bars and 15 cane strokes today for murdering a 9-month-old infant he was upset at for spilling a drink. Mohamed Aliff Mohamed Yusoff was found guilty of ... ( read original story ...)

Piracy and sea robberies (PSR) are likely to rise in Southeast Asia in the second half of this year due to economic issues from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a recent report by a ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister called on President Halimah Yacob at the Istana on Thursday (Aug 11) . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Singapore trimmed its 2022 growth forecast to reflect an increasingly challenging global environment, after the economy slipped into contraction in the second quarter. Final data for the June quarter ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore on Thursday narrowed its economic growth forecast this year after the economy contracted in the second quarter compared to the previous three months due to rising inflation and tighter ... ( read original story ...)

An Indian-origin supervisor, who allowed an untrained worker to operate a forklift, which resulted in the death of another worker, had his prison sentence increased by four months following an appeal ... ( read original story ...)