SINGAPORE – A bespectacled elderly man sat below a block of flats in Tiong Bahru, poring over a newspaper – without a mask on. He was alone, and did not seem to be bothered that he was unmasked even though there were a few other people around on a recent weekday morning. When approached by […]
Mr Peter Ong (not his real name) is no stranger to receiving suspicious calls claiming that he had parcels to collect from the post office, or that his phone had a problem that needed fixing by his telecom service provider. But the retired businessman, who is in his 70s, never entertained them. “It’s obvious that […]
NEW DELHI – When Mrs Manisha (who uses only her first name) was hospitalised with Covid-19 last month, the family thought it would be only for a few days. But the 58-year-old’s health started deteriorating even as medical bills have continued to mount, pushing the family increasingly deeper into a financial crisis. Please subscribe or log […]
SINGAPORE – There is a need to re-educate the Muslim community here on unacceptable behaviours, and Islamic religious leaders must take firm action against miscreants, said Mufti Nazirudin Mohd Nasir on Wednesday (June 2). Dr Nazirudin, who is Singapore’s highest Islamic authority here, had strong words for the Muslim community during a virtual Hari Raya […]
Good evening! Catch up on some of the main headlines on Wednesday, June 2. MOH approves special access to Sinovac vaccine through private healthcare sector This follows WHO’s announcement that it had approved the vaccine for use under its Emergency Use Listing. READ MORE HERE 26 builders ordered to stop work for not using SafeEntry […]
A 41-year-old man in China’s eastern Jiangsu Province is the first known human to be infected with a strain of bird flu known as H10N3, China’s National Health Commission said on Tuesday — a development that experts said merited close monitoring because of an underlying continued risk of pandemic flus. Avian viruses do not typically spread […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – Leaders of South Korea’s largest conglomerates urged President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday (June 2) to pardon Lee Jae-yong, the jailed vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics, to maintain the country’s edge in the chip industry. The plea was made during a luncheon between Mr Moon and the chiefs of four major business empires – […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Wednesday (June 2) it will soon provide Thailand with 1.8 million doses of its locally manufactured Covid-19 vaccine, the first of multiple batches this month, just days out from the launch of the country’s mass vaccination drive. The announcement in a joint statement by AstraZeneca and Siam Bioscience, a firm […]
SINGAPORE – Scammers have come up with a new way to cheat people with a gold bar scheme using compromised WhatsApp accounts, the police warned on Wednesday (June 2). They added that the accounts can be hacked using a voicemail method. In this new scam variant, the crooks pretend to be a friend of a […]
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – A private Hong Kong sports club has instructed all staff to get vaccinated for Covid-19 by the end of June or be denied future bonuses, promotions and pay rises. The request, an example of the rising pressure on residents in the Asian financial hub to get jabbed, comes days after the […]