SINGAPORE – DBS Bank has given refunds to all customers affected by a payment processing glitch, which charged them twice for transactions made with credit and debit cards. Singapore’s largest bank said in a Facebook post on Saturday (June 19) that all duplicate card transactions have been refunded and any fees – as a result […]
SINGAPORE – Smaller households – in terms of fewer members – are on the rise. More are staying in condominiums; although for private properties overall, large variations continue to exist between ethnic groups. These findings from Census 2020 raise key issues around stratification, representation and social cohesion, say experts. Please subscribe or log in to […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – The United Nations General Assembly on Friday (June 18) called for a stop to the flow of arms to Myanmar and urged the military to respect November election results and release political detainees, including leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The General Assembly adopted a resolution with the support of 119 countries […]
BENGALURU (REUTERS) – Health officials in India’s richest state have urged the authorities to step up preparations against a possible third wave of coronavirus infections, they said on Friday (June 18), as lockdowns eased less than a month after a surge that killed thousands. India’s second-most populous state of Maharashtra lifted many curbs this week […]
SINGAPORE – The Sinovac vaccine carries some risk of a person being infected despite taking the jabs, based on evidence from other countries, Singapore’s director of medical services Kenneth Mak said on Friday (June 18). For instance, there has been a recent report of healthcare workers in Indonesia still being infected even after receiving the […]
SINGAPORE – To escape punishment after he had violated a 14-year-old boy in 2005, Lim Leong Sze fled Singapore and was on the run for 10 years. He absconded in 2010, shortly before he was to be charged for the offence, and was repatriated in February last year by the Malaysian authorities. The 57-year-old Singaporean […]
SINGAPORE – With the restaurant industry battered and bruised by the Covid-19 pandemic, owners and chefs greeted the newest regulation on reopening with a mix of relief and resignation. From Monday (June 21) restaurants can open for dine-in customers, with no more than two of them at one table. Hardest hit will be Chinese restaurants, […]
SINGAPORE – A National University of Singapore (NUS) student who filmed a woman in a shower on campus deleted the videos when he was nearly caught but returned four hours later to film another woman. Jonathan Angga Dharmawan Jie was eventually caught by a campus security officer who found an incriminating video on his mobile […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand’s planned reopening of the resort island Phuket next month to vaccinated visitors, bypassing quarantine requirements, has met a lukewarm response, with hotel bookings indicating expected occupancy of less than 20 per cent so far. The “Phuket Sandbox” initiative from July 1 will allow free movement on the island for tourists fully […]
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymakers meet in a Frankfurt hotel this weekend to kick-start an overarching strategy review that will redefine the bank’s targets and may set new ones in the areas of climate change and employment.FILE PHOTO: The European Central Bank (ECB) logo in Frankfurt, Germany, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File PhotoFollowing […]