KABUL (REUTERS) – Reeling from a surge in battlefield losses, Afghanistan’s military is overhauling its war strategy against the Taleban to concentrate forces around the most critical areas like Kabul and other cities, border crossings and vital infrastructure, Afghan and US officials say. The politically perilous strategy will inevitably cede territory to Taleban insurgents. But […]
JAKARTA – Undertakers are making a killing as Covid-19 rages on in Jakarta. Residents of the Indonesian capital are facing skyrocketing cremation prices, with the copy of an invoice which went viral online showing that a crematorium in West Jakarta charged a client 80 million rupiah (S$7,500), or 10 times the normal rate, for one body. Please […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian police have arrested 49 men for allegedly being part of a gathering of more than 200 worshippers outside a prayer hall in Penang during Hari Raya Haji on Tuesday (July 20), despite social distancing rules in place. The gathering on a holy day for Muslims, together with several others the same […]
SINGAPORE – There are two new Covid-19 clusters at markets in Clementi and Whampoa linked to the Jurong Fishery Port cluster, and a new cluster at the Marina Bay Sands Casino, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). In its daily update on Wednesday night (July 21), MOH said it has detected 22 Covid-19 cases among […]
SINGAPORE – Schools around the island have told students that they can approach teachers and counsellors to discuss Monday’s (July 19) alleged murder at River Valley High School, which has shaken the nation. At least six notices have been sent since Tuesday evening by principals of multiple primary and secondary schools, including St Margaret’s Primary […]
SINGAPORE – Employers will be required to give their domestic workers one compulsory day off each month that cannot be compensated with cash, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said. The ministry on Thursday (July 22) announced new measures to strengthen support for migrant domestic workers. New maids will also be interviewed twice in their first […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s ex-minister Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman, who was the youngest Cabinet member in the country’s history, was charged on Thursday (July 22) with misappropriating RM1 million (S$323,070) of funds from Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s Parti Pribumit Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu). Syed Saddiq, 28, was charged in a court in Kuala Lumpur with two counts […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s ex-minister Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman, who was the youngest Cabinet member in the country’s history, was charged on Thursday (July 22) with misappropriating RM1 million (S$323,070) of funds from Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu). Syed Saddiq, 28, was charged in a court in Kuala Lumpur with two counts of criminal […]
SINGAPORE – There were 162 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases on Thursday (July 22), including 87 cases connected to a growing cluster linked to the Jurong Fishery Port. This brings the total number of cases in the Jurong Fishery Port cluster to 541. There were also five new cases linked to the KTV cluster, which has a […]
SINGAPORE – A former director at an automation firm was jailed for two weeks on Thursday (July 22) for assaulting a private hire car driver while intoxicated. American Andrew McKee Bowles, 50,previously a managing director at Automation Anywhere, pleaded guilty to voluntarily causing hurt to Mr Ng Chee Siang. Just hours before the incident on […]