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Singapore said on Thursday it expects to almost double the number of doses of coronavirus vaccines it administers each day to 80,000 from this weekend and might later ease restrictions on gatherings ... ( read original story ...)

The founder of Hin Leong Trading has been hit with more than 100 new charges, increasing pressure on the Singapore tycoon at the centre of an oil dealing scandal that has left banks facing hundreds of ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore government will on Friday (25 June) ban a book promoting armed jihad and extremist views. The Malay book is titled (Uncovering the secrets of the Izz Ad-Din Al Qassam Brigades Elite ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore said it plans to give a first Covid-19 vaccine shot to most of its population by July after securing more supplies, flagging the prospect of looser travel and social-distancing rules for ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore said Thursday that some permanent residents and long-term pass holders can begin booking appointments on July 2. ( read original story ...)

Singapore has signed an advance purchase agreement for the Novavax vaccine in January, said Minister of Health Ong Ye Kung. ( read original story ...)

The priority window for Singaporeans aged 12 to 39 to register to book their vaccine appointments will also be extended by a week. ( read original story ...)

Singapore will accelerate its vaccination plan from this Saturday (26 June) after the country was able to bring forward the delivery of COVID-19 vaccine supplies. ( read original story ...)

In February last year, as Covid-19 hit Singapore, army camps had to screen visitors by asking them to fill in paper forms, with questions such as whether they had any flu symptoms or had travelled to ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore residual fuel oil inventories slipped 2% in the week to June 23, falling for a second straight week as net import volumes remained weak, official data showed on Thursday. SINGAPORE, June 24 ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's public prosecutor filed an additional 105 charges against Lim Oon Kuin, the founder of collapsed oil trading firm Hin Leong Trading, relating to $2.23 billion in fraudulent disbursements. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore can now set a “more ambitious” target of inoculating two-thirds of the population with COVID-19 vaccines by National Day as ... ( read original story ...)

The ministers said that with enough vaccinated people, Covid-19 can be managed like other endemic diseases like common flu, hand, foot and mouth diseases in Singapore. ( read original story ...)

Temasek Foundation will be providing a free oximeter for every Singapore household, to enable Singaporeans to monitor their blood oxygen levels regularly. ( read original story ...)

Singapore is drawing up a road map on how to live more normally with COVID-19 on expectations that the virus will become endemic like influenza and as vaccination rates pick up, said ministers leading ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore-listed conglomerate Keppel Corp KPLM.SI and rig builder Sembcorp Marine SCMN.SI on Thursday requested the stock exchange in separate filings that their shares be placed on trading halts ... ( read original story ...)