Singapore-based Wavemaker Impact, a fund of Wavemaker Partners designed to help build climate technology ventures, is nearing the final close of its first vehicle, the firm's founding partner, Marie ...
Small business, big impact: The benefits of treating IT as an investment
The high cost of tech is hindering SMEs in Singapore from adoption but it can help build a resilient and successful business.
Lazada is about to become a very lucrative failure, as leaks suggest possible IPO in 2024
Latest leaks, reported just a few days ago, suggest that Alibaba is already actively making plans for a possible IPO of the unit next year. “The firm is in the early stages of consideration and ...
Singapore’s Soaring Rents Are Becoming a Political Problem
Expats aren’t the only ones feeling the pinch of rents in Singapore rising at the fastest pace in the world. Most Read from BloombergTexas Mass Shooting’s Bloody Images Add to Fervor in Gun ...
Singapore’s TOC Asia editor Terry Xu gets Pofma correction orders over allegations against police in 2021 incident
Alternative news website The Online Citizen Asia and its editor Terry Xu were issued correction directions under the Protection from Online Falsehoods ...
Singapore Premier League: Tampines lose ground in title chase with shock loss
Tampines Rovers began the second round of the Singapore Premier League on the wrong foot, slumping a shock 2-3 defeat by Balestier Khalsa.
SFA: Not true that Singapore allows pig carcasses from Indonesian island with African swine fever
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has on Sunday refuted an Indonesian media report that Singapore is “ready” to import pig carcasses from Bulan Island, Batam, where African swine fever (ASF) had been ...
Singapore highest globally for total stamp duty on foreigners
The market recently put a 100% increase in the ABSD rate for foreigners. A real estate expert’s study showed that Singapore ranked highest worldwide for total stamp duty rates for a foreign national ...
WEEKLY ROUND-UP: Sports happenings in Singapore (1-7 May)
Close to 7,300 cyclists took part in the OCBC Cycle 2023 event at the Singapore Sports Hub on Saturday and Sunday (6 and 7 May), marking the first full-scale OCBC Cycle event since 2019, when the ...
6 things you need to know before you go on a night walk in Singapore’s parks
The Straits Times joined Singapore’s spidermen, Mr Joseph Koh and Mr Chris Ang on a night walk in the northern part of the island in search of nocturnal arachnids. Journalists Ang Qing and Gena Soh ...
Monetary Authority of Singapore Imposes Additional Capital Requirement on DBS Bank for Disruption of Banking Services
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has reportedly imposed on DBS Bank Ltd (DBS Bank) an additional capital requirement.
SFA refutes Indonesian report about Singapore’s ‘readiness’ to import pig carcasses from Bulan Island
SFA said it hasn't received or approved any application from Indonesian abattoirs for export of pig carcasses, pork to Singapore. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SFA dismisses ‘inaccurate’ Indonesian claim that Singapore is ready to import pig carcasses
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) on Sunday (May 7) rejected a report by Indonesian media outlet Antara that said it was ready to sanction the import of pig carcasses from Indonesia's Pulau ...
Singapore to plant 10,000 trees to mark founder PM Lee’s 100 birthday
Some 10,000 trees will be planted across Singapore to mark the 100th year since the birth of the city-state's founding Prime Minister, the late Lee Kuan Yew, who was known as the economically ...
Singapore woman, 60, who scanned QR code with malware lost RM66,000 to bubble tea survey scam while she was sleeping
She visited a bubble tea shop and saw a sticker pasted on its glass door, encouraging customers to do an online survey to get a free cup of milk tea.
Singapore’s Execution Of Man With Cannabis Brings ‘Rule Of Law’ Under Scanner
Singapore’s credentials as a rule of law destination are severely undermined by its criminal law jurisprudence.