SINGAPORE – Temasek Foundation is among Singaporean and Indonesian entities donating more than 11,000 oxygen concentrators to support Indonesia’s fight against Covid-19. The first batch of 1,500 units is slated to arrive in Jakarta on Tuesday (July 13) and Wednesday, said the foundation in a statement on Tuesday. More will be progressively delivered over the […]
SINGAPORE – A Nanyang Technological University student allegedly trespassed into the lobby area of a campus building last year and used the video recording function of his mobile phone to look under a woman’s clothes. Nicholas Tan Siew Chye, now 25, is also accused of taking upskirt pictures of a woman in a lift at […]
SINGAPORE – A Nanyang Technological University student allegedly trespassed into the lobby area of a campus building last year and used the video recording function of his mobile phone to look under a woman’s clothes. Nicholas Tan Siew Chye, now 25, is also accused of taking upskirt pictures of a woman in a lift at […]
SINGAPORE – A 69-year-old man is suspected to have drowned in a swimming pool in the Botanique At Bartley condominium in Upper Paya Lebar Road in the early hours of Sunday (July 11). In response to queries from The Straits Times, the police said they were alerted to a case of suspected drowning at about […]
SINGAPORE – A foreign worker who felt unwell and was taken to the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) disobeyed orders after he was told not to leave the premises, in May last year. Balachandran Parthiban left the hospital grounds before taking a bus and a taxi to Changi Airport, where he tried but failed to buy […]
BEIJING – Beijing is furious after a US warship sailed near the Chinese-controlled Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on Monday (July 12), on the fifth anniversary of an international tribunal ruling that repudiated much of China’s territorial claims in the region. The Chinese military said in a statement that the US guided missile […]
BEIJING – Beijing is furious after a US warship sailed near the Chinese-controlled Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on Monday (July 12), on the fifth anniversary of an international tribunal ruling that repudiated much of China’s territorial claims in the region. The Chinese military said in a statement that the US guided missile […]
MASINLOC, THE PHILIPPINES (NYTIMES) – The fishermen along the western coast of Luzon Island, in the Philippines, have known for generations that the seas, the tides and the weather can determine their fortunes. More recently, they have added China to that list. Scarborough Shoal, a nearby triangular chain of reefs and rocks in the South […]
JAKARTA – A controversial plan by Indonesia’s state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma to sell the Covid-19 vaccine has been delayed. The planned sale, which was due to begin on Monday (July 12), met with high demand but triggered angry protests by health activists and parliamentarians who insisted that vaccines should be administered free of charge. […]
SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is reviewing how to strengthen measures to tackle workplace discrimination more effectively. While anti-discrimination laws will not be a panacea for unfair employment practices, the authorities are considering all options, said Manpower Minister Tan See Leng on Saturday (July 10). Stiffer penalties may be adopted for employers who […]