In a year of expanded ambitions for the Southeast Asian event, Indonesian director Makbul Mubarak's debut feature 'Autobiography' won the festival's best Asian film award.
Convicted ex-UOB, OCBC banker slapped with 15-year prohibition orders by MAS
Han, a former senior personal banker at UOB (August 2014 to December 2015) and OCBC (March 2016 to January 2017), was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment after being convicted by the State Courts ...
China’s long-awaited reopening will be a double-edged sword for Singapore economy
Chinese consumers on a shopping spree could reignite global inflation, which has only begun to show signs of peaking. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore fuel oil stocks rise for second straight week
Onshore fuel oil stocks added 2% to 20.31 million barrels (3.20 million tonnes) during the week ended Dec. 7, rising to a three-week high, Enterprise Singapore data showed. The build in weekly ...
RM3.968 billion investments from Singapore among key successes of Johor’s JETCO
Investments from Singapore amounting to RM3.968 billion is one of the highlights of the Johor Economic Trade and Cultural Office’s (JETCO) achievements.
Man to be charged over allegedly sharing Singpass details with scammers in exchange for $1k
SINGAPORE - A 26-year-old man will be charged in court on Friday over allegedly sharing his Singpass details with scammers in exchange for $1,000 in cash. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Man allegedly shared Singpass details with scammers in exchange for $1k
A 26-year-old man who allegedly shared his Singpass details with scammers in exchange for S$1,000 in cash will be charged in court on Friday (Dec 9).
Hunted by liquidators, ex-bosses of Singapore-based bankrupt crypto firm point fingers at FTX
The liquidators are urging the founders of the SG-based bankrupt crypto hedge fund to practise what it preached to the former CEO of FTX, that he make transparent disclosure on the collapse of his ...
Crypto Firm Amber Cuts Staff, Pauses Fundraising in FTX Fallout
Amber Group has continued to lay off staff and put a funding round on hold amid turmoil in the digital-asset sector.
Money spent on lotteries, sports bets in Singapore surged by 40 per cent in 2021/22
According to the Tote Board's annual report, this is a 40 per cent jump from the $6.6 billion that was wagered on lotteries - which comprise 4D, Toto and Singapore Sweep - and sports bets in the ...
Singapore investors take a ‘risk-off approach’ to investing in November: TD Ameritrade
Despite the low investment exposure, Singapore clients have been net buyers of equities, in contrast to the global client base.
Singapore tops the list of the safest countries to travel in the world
As per a research conducted by a US-based start-up called The Swiftest, Singapore is the safest country to travel in the world.
Singapore increases private housing supply, earmarks large Jurong Lake District sale site for mixed use
Private housing supply on the Government Land Sales Programme's Confirmed List has gone up from 3,505 units in the second half of 2022 to 4,090 in the first half of 2023.
Shipping delays, higher costs for Korean imports to Singapore due to South Korea truckers’ strike
Thousands of cargo truck drivers in South Korea have been on strike for more than two weeks over a lack of progress on wage demands.
Celebrate a green Christmas in Singapore with M1’s Eco-Christmas Carnival
SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 8 December 2022 - M1 Limited (M1), one of Singapore's leading Mobile Network Operators, today announced an Eco-friendly Christmas Carnival. With the launch of the carnival ...
Johor exco: Jetco brought in investment worth nearly RM4b from Singapore to state
The Johor Economic, Tourism and Cultural Office (Jetco) in Singapore, which started operations in the first quarter of last year, has successfully ...