TOKYO (THE JAPAN NEWS/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – China has been stepping up its engagement with South Pacific island nations. It is necessary to monitor China’s moves as it looks to win over smaller countries to its side through economic assistance with no concern of how its actions are perceived, turning them into its footholds. […]

SINGAPORE – An elderly recalcitrant offender, who has been in and out of jail since 2018 over multiple counts of molestation, is back behind bars for molesting two people including an 11-year-old girl. Poh Seng Khian, 86, who is also hard of hearing, was earlier sentenced to 18 weeks’ jail last year for a similar […]

SINGAPORE – An elderly recalcitrant offender, who has been in and out of jail since 2018 over multiple counts of molestation, is back behind bars for molesting two people including an 11-year-old girl. Poh Seng Khian, 86, who is also hard of hearing, was earlier sentenced to 18 weeks’ jail last year for a similar […]

JOHOR BARU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The state government joins the growing call for fully vaccinated Malaysians in Singapore to be allowed to quarantine at home instead of spending 14 days at a designated quarantine centre. State Investment, Cooperatives, Entrepreneurship Development and Human Resources committee chairman Datuk Mohd Izhar Ahmad said it was about […]

(Reuters) -Centene Corp on Tuesday became the latest U.S. health insurer to warn of higher COVID-19 costs in the coming quarters due to the impact of the Delta variant, which has become the dominant coronavirus strain globally. The company’s shares were down about 3% at $70.50 after Centene reported a jump in medical costs in […]

SINGAPORE – Four new Covid-19 clusters have surfaced, one of which involves a Punggol Primary School cleaner with four cases and another at Westlite Juniper Dormitory with nine cases. The other two new active clusters are linked to individual cases, each having three cases linked to it, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in an […]

SINGAPORE – In deciding the timing of any increase to tax rates, including the goods and services tax, the Government will take into account Singapore’s fiscal needs as well as the prevailing economic conditions, said Finance Minister Lawrence Wong on Tuesday (July 27). The topic of the GST hike had come up for discussion as Parliament […]

SINGAPORE – In deciding the timing of any increase to tax rates, including the goods and services tax, the Government will take into account Singapore’s fiscal needs as well as the prevailing economic conditions, said Finance Minister Lawrence Wong on Tuesday (July 27). The topic of the GST hike had come up for discussion as Parliament […]

SINGAPORE – The Covid-19 situation today would have been much worse if the authorities did not impose tighter restrictions in the wake of the Jurong Fishery Port cluster, said Finance Minister Lawrence Wong on Tuesday (July 27). Responding to a barrage of questions and comments from MPs on the move back to phase two (heightened […]

SINGAPORE – Vaccination rates among migrant workers are very high and are increasing, said Finance Minister Lawrence Wong in Parliament on Tuesday (July 27), as he assured the House that the Government was looking at easing safety measures for these workers. Mr Wong, who is the co-chair of the multi-ministry task force tackling Covid-19, was […]