Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will travel to Indonesia and Singapore on his first overseas trip since taking office in June to strengthen security ties and discuss problems confronting the ... ( read original story ...)
Compromise Lies Behind Singapore’s New Approach to LGBT Rights
SINGAPORE—Growing up in a conservative Christian neighborhood in Singapore, Brenda Eng and Pearlyn Tam never imagined they would lead the life they do today. The lesbian couple share a home, run a ... ( read original story ...)
We’ve taken something that was ‘science fiction’ and made it ‘lunch in Singapore’: Eat Just
Josh Tetrick of Eat Just says the company's goal in the next five to 10 years is to ensure the cost of its products are below the average prices of chicken and beef in Singapore. ( read original story ...)
News: Singapore’s Sea cuts jobs in gaming arm in second round of layoffs
Sea Labs the tech conglomerate's development arm is shutting some of its biggest experimental projects and cutting staff including blockchain and public cloud projects ... ( read original story ...)
Filipinos in Singapore invited to meet Marcos on Sept 6
Filipinos living and working in Singapore have been invited to meet with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. when he visits the city-state from September 6-7. Next Tuesday (September 6), kababayans will ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s law minister tackles question of death penalty on Astro Awani
Will Singapore’s death penalty go the way of Section 377A, as public attitudes towards it shifts? Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam tackled this ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore hotels charge highest average room rate in 10 years as visitors return
ARR in July was $259 - the highest since September 2012 when it was $261.66, according to the latest data from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). Year on year, ARR shot up 69.2 per cent from July last ... ( read original story ...)
SC’s ruling poses challenge to Singapore marriage definition: Minister
Shanmugam said the constitutional amendments that the Singapore government intends to pass would seek to ensure that the definition of marriage here is decided in Parliament, not through the courts ... ( read original story ...)
Tattoo guest work: South Korean artists inking their way in Singapore this month
September and October just got a whole lot interesting!There's no doubt that Singapore has become the hub for creativity, with more than a few tattoo artists from South Korea are making their way to ... ( read original story ...)
Panda-stic! Jia Jia and Kai Kai to stay in Singapore till 2027
SINGAPORE - Giant pandas Jia Jia and Kai Kai at River Wonders will be extending their stay in Singapore for five years till 2027.The announcement on Friday came amid the pandas' birthday celebrations ... ( read original story ...)
Giant pandas Jia Jia, Kai Kai to extend stay in Singapore until 2027
Giant pandas Kai Kai and Jia Jia will stay in Singapore for five more years after an extension to their decade-long loan from China. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Emerges as Hot Spot for ‘Tech Food’
Singapore, an island nation just about 3.5 times the size of Washington, D.C., cannot feed the entire world. But the technology some U.S.-based tech companies develop on Singapore’s shores might ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Sea cuts some Garena unit jobs, shuts projects, sources say
(Reuters) - Gaming and e-commerce company Sea is putting the brakes on its game livestream platform and shutting projects at its development unit after reporting an almost $1 billion quarterly loss, ... ( read original story ...)
Winning numbers for Singapore Toto $8 million draw picked
SINGAPORE — The winning numbers for the $8 million Toto draw by Singapore Pools were picked on Thursday night (1 September): 1, 18, 28, 42, 43, and 48 with 45 as the additional number. The draw comes ... ( read original story ...)
‘ROAR: Football Legends of Singapore’ a labour of love for Lions fan Thiyaga Raju
Die-hard Singapore fan Thiyaga Raja has been compiling stats and recollections of Lions matches since the 1970s, and he has published a book containing these nuggets of Singapore sporting history. ( read original story ...)
Standard Chartered rolls out digital bank in hot Singapore market
Standard Chartered and FairPrice Group on Thursday rolled out their digital bank focusing on Singapore's retail segment, a move that comes on the heels of digital bank launches by GXS Bank and China's ... ( read original story ...)