SINGAPORE – A home-grown job portal with more than 7,000 job vacancies was launched on Friday (Sept 24) at the South West Community Job Fair held at Jurong Spring Community Club. Known as qood, it also helps jobseekers write resumes and shortlist employers. The portal offers jobs from more than 400 employers across different sectors […]

SINGAPORE – Nine women who worked at massage parlours in Little India were arrested following police enforcement operations on three establishments between Sept 16 and 17. The three outlets were purportedly found to be operating without a valid licence, in violation of the Massage Establishments Act, said the police on Friday (Sept 24). The nine […]

NEW DELHI (AFP) – An Indian salon has been ordered to pay more than US$271,300 (S$366,700) in damages to a model for a botched haircut which she claimed caused a “severe mental breakdown”. Ms Aashna Roy went to the salon at a top New Delhi hotel in 2018 and asked staff to trim a conservative […]

YANGON (AFP) – A power blackout briefly hit Myanmar’s main urban centres and far-flung towns on Friday (Sept 24), including commercial hub Yangon and parts of the capital Naypyitaw, authorities and AFP correspondents said. Yangon Electricity Supply Corporation reported a “temporary power outage in Yangon region today at 13.35” local time, adding that it was […]

KABUL (REUTERS) – The Taliban’s new defence minister has issued a rebuke over misconduct by some commanders and fighters following the movement’s victory over the Western-backed government in Afghanistan last month, saying abuses would not be tolerated. Mr Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob said in an audio message that some “miscreants and notorious former soldiers” had been […]

SINGAPORE – The Singapore Recreation Club (SRC), which has been at the Padang since 1884, will continue to remain there for the next 30 years if its members can raise $18.4 million. The lease for the land at Connaught Drive, where the clubhouse is located, is due to expire on July 11, 2024. But the […]

SINGAPORE – The Singapore Recreation Club (SRC), which has been at the Padang since 1884, will continue to remain there for the next 30 years if its members can raise $18.4 million. The lease for the land at Connaught Drive, where the clubhouse is located, is due to expire on July 11, 2024. But the […]

PHNOM PENH (AFP) – Cambodia has cancelled its “Festival of the Dead” – an annual holiday where the Buddhist faithful pay respects to deceased relatives – after a coronavirus outbreak among monks in the capital. Worshippers around the country visit pagodas during the two-week Pchum Ben festival to offer prayers and food to the spirits […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s widening wealth gap has emerged as a key issue in a ruling party leadership contest that will decide who becomes the next prime minister, with candidates forced to reassess the legacy of former premier Shinzo Abe’s “Abenomics” policies.Slideshow ( 2 images )Under Abenomics, a mix of expansionary fiscal and monetary policies […]

NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) – India’s long-delayed plans to overhaul its military are getting a new life as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government moves closer to the US and its allies, which are strengthening defence cooperation against China. Mr Modi, who will attend a meeting of Quad leaders at the White House on Friday (Sept 24) […]